OK, so blogging is hard to keep up with when you're moving...

Maybe this wasn't the best thing to add to our list of to-dos so close to move day. But we'll try to keep up to date as much as possible. Anyway, a lot has happened since my last post.

On Friday evening I went out with my MOMS Club friends for a last moms' night out hurrah at the Sonora Cafe. We always have such a great time, with the conversation flowing freely from "mom" topics - children's bowel movements, temper tantrums, eating habits etc. - to "grownup issue" topics - why we love our husbands, why they annoy the hell out of us, what exactly constitutes a normal marital sex life, why the Beverly Center represents all that is wrong with Los Angeles, etc. - to "higher," more existential topics questioning whether we're doing the right thing, whether we're wasting our educations, our talents and our brain cells by staying home to raise our children. The answers are different for everyone, but it's so amazing to be able to talk so freely about our hopes, fears and aspirations together without fear of judgement, and to be able to give and receive support and advice with total trust. I'm not sure I'll be able to replicate this again when we move, because I suspect it grew organically from our shared experience as women who became moms together. I am going to miss my mom friends terribly.

But, when you're a week away from moving there's not much time to dwell on any one loss - so onward we march! On Saturday morning we hosted a very enjoyable birthday party for Logan, at the Under the Sea indoor playground. Most years we do a small gig in the back yard, but this year, since we're leaving we decided to blow it out, hold the party at a venue where they take care of all of the details and invite everyone. We ended up with 33 children (schoolmates, neighborhood friends and moms club friends) plus adults and it was an absolute blast. Best of all, I didn't have to lift a finger! It was very emotional at the end, though, when I had to say goodbye to several friends who I know I won't see again before we leave.

Saturday evening we our last backyard dinner with our neighbors Julie, Calvin and Thea, and Matt, Jill and Liv. The weather was balmy, just like summertime, and we had a wonderful time sitting around talking about the past and about things to come. Again, we have the feeling we're giving up something precious that we will never be able to reproduce. We will always treasure our memories of our time at Park la Brea.