Ways of looking at the pieces

The past few days have been piled with small fragments. Tesserae. A jigsaw puzzle in a box. The deadline for the house is rapidly approaching: five weeks until our lease is up here. Five weeks to do: drywall mudding, paint, floors, kitchen, and both bathrooms.
My mother is here for a visit, and seeing her come […]

The past three days by the numbers:

8 hours spent writing applications.
6 application packages sent out.
400 other applicants competing for the same positions.
1,000,000,000 units of stress about obtaining one of said positions.
1 mother visiting.
5 loads of laundry done by said mother.
1 happy grandson.
6 hours of drywalling.
1 diningroom completed.
2 black-hole hours at Home Depot.
3 hours in the emergency room.
2 new babies came into […]