Last year I wrote or started several posts for my planned craft blog before deciding to go another direction. I’ll be posting some of them here now and then. This is one I drafted a year ago today, while we were getting ready for our Epic California Road Trip.
I knew our trip was coming up, but now I can feel it. Just like I didn’t really feel like it was monsoon season (despite the fact they announced today as the official start date), until I saw the dust rising above the horizon on the way home today.
I walked in and realized the house is in that special state of chaos that feels like we’re really about to leave. Things are staged in little piles all over – camping gear on the bed, snacks in a grocery sack on the kitchen counter.
The whole place is humming with projects. We’ve dumped out a basket of random odds and ends, trying to figure out what did (what we ever do) with our spare house keys. We are cooking for several meals on the road and doing that last bit of laundry. And shopping. I don’t really want to talk about how many trips to Target I’ve made this week. Actually, I’m not sure I even know.
The chaos would get to me – if it lasted. But it won’t. We’re leaving in just a few days. And I’m savoring the anticipation.