Month: July 2008

Move ’em out:
 

 
The crew is mostly done loading up the big U-Haul (bigger than we needed, but an appropriate estimate to have been on the safe side); we’ve arranged to leave various appliances behind; we’ll pick up Phil this evening at about 7; and after that (and after an intermission of a week or two), we will begin the new Durham chapter of family life.
 
[Later: It’s all loaded. I had estimated well on labor time, but underestimated the materials, so the tab ran higher than I expected — but amply worth it to get the work done professionally.]

Margaret and I are at the Ekklesia Project gathering (well, today Margaret is at our [former] house, arranging the last details before the movers come tomorrow). Our friend from our first sojourn at Duke, Mikeal Broadway, gave a tremendous talk last night at the gathering.
 
It’s sinking in that I’m no longer an employee of Seabury; they’re canceling my email account (if you’re accustomed to contacting me at seabury.edu, please switch to my akma at disseminary.org or my akm dot adam at gmail dot com account). I have some weightier things to write about, but little opportunity just now.
 
Tomorrow we leave Evanston for keeps. It’s sad; it’s a relief; it’s a monstrous burden on Margaret, who has shouldered all the hard parts about relocating.

We pulled in tonight just in time to see the house into which we’ll soon be moving. It’s a nice, humble duplex nearby the Mussers’ place, and not far from East Campus or even the Hall-Utz household.
 

 
I just don’t understand the allegations that I’ve heard about a drought; the lakes looked very full on our way along I-85, and it’s pouring cats and dogs as I type.

I wish I could say that this sign greeted us when we boarded the ferry yesterday, but that sign was on a different ferry.
 

 
Just to be on the safe side, though, we made sure our carry-on bags were limited.
 
We’ve successfully made our way to Princeton. We enjoyed an unexpected visit with Dana; we watched as James knocked over a street sign with his bare hands. We have dispatched Pippa to her summer theater camp, and Beatrice to her summer doggie play date with Chase, Annie, and Bambi. Our future holds trips to Durham, Chicago, Evanston, Indianapolis, Johnson City, back to Durham, back to Princeton.
 
We’ll try to keep in touch, but connectivity has been limited for the past few days, and may be again.

Not much connectivity lately; the wifi capacity of the Atheneum sometimes fills up during the day, and that’s our access. Will catch you when I can.