{"id":4914,"date":"2012-11-06T04:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/michaboyett\/?p=4914"},"modified":"2012-11-05T22:05:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T05:05:43","slug":"thankful-tuesday-adjustment-and-the-hope-of-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/michaboyett\/2012\/11\/thankful-tuesday-adjustment-and-the-hope-of-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankful Tuesday: Adjustment and the Hope of Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Yes, these are the empty (Empty!) boxes in our hallway\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Today is election day in the US and I know a good blogger would have something really meaningful to say about that. But today, I\u2019m going to have to send you elsewhere for your meaningful election posts, because I\u2019m obsessed with the fact that we\u2019re in our new apartment! I\u2019m still operating without Internet so my sole communication with the outside world has been radio and Twitter on my phone. (My phone is pretty lame so my tweets are barely-tweets.)<\/p>\n

Those things don\u2019t really matter though because when I move I turn into Crazy Move Micha who cannot do anything other than unpack. This version of myself is the most driven version of Micha that exists. Understand, I\u2019m not very organized. I\u2019m not high-strung about much. But there is one thing I care deeply about: Where my stuff goes. And how quickly I can put it there.<\/p>\n

I do not like unopened cardboard boxes. I do not like to be more than two days in a house without feeling like it\u2019s my home. That\u2019s why the moment we move into a new place, two things happen: 1) Chris gets out of my way, and 2) Chris takes care of the children. Because Crazy Move Micha has a really hard time listening to and\/or stopping her wild pursuit of unpacking whenever a child asks for a cup of water or wants to eat some lunch. Crazy Move Micha loves her children but she is incapable of hearing their cries until the dishes are in the cabinet, you see.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we\u2019re all thankful that Crazy Move Micha can usually accomplish the unpacking of our entire house in superhero time. And that\u2019s why I\u2019m able to write this post on Monday night, because that woman has already gone far far away and hopefully she will not show up in my life for a very loooooong time because we will not move again for a very loooooong time. Okay?<\/p>\n

So, Happy Thankful Tuesday. I\u2019m thankful\u2026<\/p>\n