Greetings from Chaos

The packers are coming on Thursday, and all my belongings go into suspension for a couple of weeks while they move across the country to Seattle. So my entire day was about packing, including the hour I spent talking to my high school friends at lunchtime when I was wrapping up ceramic magnets and ornaments around my desk, plus the two hours I spent watching The Masked Singer and then The Mandalorian long-distance with . I saw several neighbors as we gave away toys we'd forgotten we had in the house and sent another big donation to AmVets. From the small mammal house at the National Zoo last week: