2 weeks down, 1 to go

We left Lawton 2 weeks ago today. Since then we've lived in motels. Ugggg. Here I sit in our Days Inn Room, watching the dow jones futures tank, listening to one politician after another saying, I'm right, he's wrong, yet either not qualified to remake the economy into a vibrant, healthy, forward-looking one. (I've obviously spent too much time watching TV lately). Who needs Iceland anyway? I did register to vote in Georgia last week. I think I'm just going to vote anti-incumbent. Doesn't matter what side of the aisle - just throw the bums out and start over.

Any-hoo. Nathan started school on Wednesday. Eric and I both took him. We were a few minutes late because we hadn't anticipated both school traffic and PT traffic intersecting in our new neighborhood. Went to his new classroom. His teacher asked him if he was excited to join the class. He looked up at her and said, "Well, I am a little nervous, actually." She reassured him a little, then said to the class, "I need a buddy. Who wants to be a buddy?" Every little boy arm started waving wildly. AJ showed him where to hang his backpack and they all settled down for storytime. So we left and looked at each other and thought - what do we do now? We've been a trio for 10 days straight. It seemed strange not to have him with us.

But we managed to survive the empty nest syndrome. Eric took a nap and I applied for unemployment and found the local public library (TINY!). I went solo to pick up Nathan. He seemed happy with the school. He only complained about the succotash at lunch and no recess.

Now, getting the kid out of bed yesterday and today has been a challenge. School doesn't start until 8:00, but with the travel time and going through the gate, he's gotta hit the road shortly after 7:00. Unfortunately, the poor kid takes after his momma. Neither of us are morning people. I can make myself get up early, but that's because I'm an adult. Nathan, on the other hand, doesn't get the idea of consequences. We had a crying episode this morning with Nathan yelling that Eric is so bossy and it's just not fair. Poor little guy. This should be the last morning he has to get up quite this early. Next week we'll move to a hotel in Hinesville to be closer to the post.

We've got a long 3 day weekend. Not sure what we'll do. Of course, the game is on at 12:00 on Saturday. I may take Nathan to explore some of the parks on post after the game is over. Then on Sunday and/or Monday we may explore Savannah more or try to find more beach. Tybee Island is having a Piratefest this weekend. Arg!