Wednesday was Paige's first day of school as a sophomore at the high school. She didn't have to go in until 12:30pm which made each class only 5 minutes long. Not sure what the logic is in this short of a school day, but whatever. Paige found a few more friends in her classes, but still lonely in a few of them. That evening, Paige reported back to the softball field for her select softball team callbacks only to find out they weren't having them. ???? A missed email told us that the coaches didn't see enough talent to make a competitive team, so they just aren't going to have one at all. Jeff's hopeful to find another select team for Paige, it'll just be further vs. right in our hometown.
Thursday was Bryn's first day of school at Carroll. And she started her on-campus job on Friday. She'll get 5hrs/week at her desk job in the Physical Therapy Dept. She said it's pretty cushy. Good for homework I said. She's found a running buddy that also plans to join track. All sounds like it's going well.
Abby was a good little packer all week and had all her stuff set to go by Friday afternoon. She even labeled all her bins and bags! We waited for Paige to come home on the bus and we left for La Crosse by 4pm; Abby driving the Prizm with Paige which Abby'll keep at school this year and Jeff and I in the van. The traffic was typical Friday-before-Labor-Day busy, but we knew what we were getting into. We stayed the night at our favorite La Crosse hotel, Stoney Creek, and Abby stayed with us: Abby in the bottom bunk, Paige on top. We were all refreshed Saturday morning and invaded the house at 10am. Luckily no one else was moving in the same day. Jeff and Abby immediately commented how great the house looked since they had last been there. A couple of her roommates had certainly been busy cleaning and painting. Paige and I unpacked and sorted things out mainly in the kitchen and living room. Jeff had his duties completing Abby's loft and hanging up various hooks and decorations. Abby's job was certainly the biggest: unpacking her clothes. Even her Wonder Hangers couldn't afford her enough room for it all! She sent some back with us and Amy was happy to house a few pieces herself. The 2-story house is really nice with 5 bedrooms and 2 baths for 6 girls. I think Abby will love it there. Meanwhile, Paige recently posted on her Facebook "I am now an only child." She's still not seeing the benefits.
Back home on Sunday, it seemed a perfect day for me to fulfill a goal I had set for the summer: to bike the Bugline Trail from my house to Kristin's. It was so nice and cool as I trekked my way from the hospital (Jeff dropped me off at the trailhead there) out to Sussex. About 5 miles and 45 minutes later, I was in Kristin & Carlo's driveway. Kristin had hired Bryn to babysit that same afternoon so I got to see her and had made arrangements for Jeff to pick me up, then we'd drive Bryn back to Carroll. Kristin and Carlo took longer to come back than we anticipated, so Bryn was repeatedly driven to the "doctor" by Lucy, while the doctor (Bella) fixed Bryn's missing teeth. The Taormina van was followed home by our van each with a piece of a very solid desk Kristin and Carlo had purchased on Craig's List and enlisted Jeff's help in moving. We got it in and got dinner too!
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