From Weekend to Work mode...

We seem to be packing more and more into our weekends as we settle deeper into our lives in this place we now call home.
It has been nearly 3 years since the kids and I made our way out to the west coast. Our first summer here was quiet, relaxing, perhaps even boring. There weren't friends to have over for dinner, there were no soccer games, no tennis matches, not even any end of the school year activities. The phone never rang and there was seldom an interruption.
But life is quite different now. And for the most part, I am thankful for that.

It's Sunday night and things are shifting gears. We've had a good weekend filled with armloads of activities. There are a number of activities left unfinished and some we never even started and will have to wait for another 6 or 7 days.
The family is now transitioning from the casual weekend mood towards the formal work/school week mode. The washer and dryer are in high demand evidenced by the line of laundry baskets awaiting the next open wash cycle.
The shower is busy with bodies in and bodies out. Half the family generally showers at night while the other half showers in the morning. This method seems to work well for our large family allowing for more hot water and more bathroom time at both ends of the day.

A large part of me looks back on the summer of 2006 and longs for the quite uninterrupted family time we had when we first moved here.
But I haven't entirely forgotten the boredom and loneliness that accompanied the quiet.

Regardless, I am at the end of a good weekend facing another work week and already looking ahead to next Saturday and more armloads of family activities.