Election Day

Maya' school was closed today, perhaps as a celebration of voting or democracy. I am not sure I understand why this happens. I took Maya to work for a bit this morning, and then we walked over to the mall to visit 'Crate and Barrel' and 'Pottery Barn', where we drooled over dishes and beds and desks and drapes. I wondered if there would ever be a time in my life when I could go wild in stores such as these and redesign every room in my house. Maya and I imagined painting each room in the house a different colour and refurbishing everything. It was sad that Maya was so aware that our circumstances are such that we cannot ever do anything like that, that our means are always limited and we can only dream.

We do have to paint the entire inside and outside of the house. While waiting for the roof and gutters to be repaired. Eric plans to paint room by room, but I would rather hire someone who knows what he is doing to do the job. We are still camping in the house, with two beds, a table and chairs, and little else. I am amazed that we are living as simply as we are, with no intention to unpack the hundreds of boxes in storage.

Tuesday will be a day off from now on. I have to drive Maya to a violin lesson at 2 to 3, a contemporary dance class at 5 to 6, and then dash across town to my ballet class at 7. We have accustomed ourselves to our lives here, with busy days and nights and weekends. We are busy busy busy....