One of the recurring tasks in this now-decreasing household is the rearrangement of our stuff to fit the existing space. Joel moved to Mankato on Friday, thereby reducing the number of live-in children to the number of bedrooms upstairs. So on Thursday night, the men tore down the bunk bed/storage combo and hauled it down to the office. We moved clothes around and settled in to another new arrangement: Daniel in the "solo" room, Andrew and Philip sharing the "duet" room, which is really two rooms in one, and Sarah in the same room she's had for years (with Michelle for a while) and redecorated last summer. We'll find a double or queen bed for Daniel's room; he and/or Sarah will be bumped for guests, including our newlyweds. Also, when Joel comes home he'll have a good twin mattress on the floor and possibly even a place to put his clothes - unlike David, who has had to sleep on the couch and keep his suitcase in the bathroom.
Andrew started making, with Pete's help, a new shoe shelf, much smaller and less bulky. Our laundry system has changed also; we used to sort the clothes from the dryer into personalized laundry baskets, from which each person would fold his own clothes while we watched a movie or TV show. Now, however, we're rarely all home at once, and I find it relaxing to fold the clothes myself while watching something. I removed the laundry baskets from their shelves and replaced them with the blue plastic hole-y boxes that formerly contained the shoes. The four boxes will be catch-alls, one for each remaining kid.
And so begins another chapter in the never-ending saga of reorganization as the seasons of family life change yet again. :)
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