Marlowe got outside. When I found him and tried to pick him up, he hissed and ran. He’s under the neighbors’ porch now. I think we might have to let him stay out overnight; with any luck, he will follow his usual pattern and comes back in the morning.

What a pain.

Edited to add: Got him inside an hour later.

We are almost gone. Around 6:30, we finished loading the truck. I paused after the truck was loaded to play my violin in the empty living room. Wicked reverb.

It’s 10:00 now and we are about to leave the house. We decided to hire a cleaning service to do the cleaning, but it took us awhile to sort and organize the remaining items. The truck wasn’t quite big enough.

A hearty thank you to our helpers: The Chelsea family, Aimee, Merilee, Kate, Mick, Yani, David, Sam and Cindy. We couldn’t have done this without you guys.

Next on my agenda–a shower.

Tomorrow we’ll take some things to the storage locker, load the ice chest, put the cats in their carriers and hit the road.

In a half an hour, Rob and I are biking off to pick up the moving van. I’m puttering around, packing all of the random things that somehow didn’t get into boxes. But, really, we’re pretty much ready for our wonderful friends to descend on the house and help us load the truck.

I think I’ll have internet most evenings over the next week, but clearly won’t be spending much time online. If you have some exciting news, and it’s on your blog, I probably will miss it so make sure you drop me a line.