October 4, 2020. San Antonio. Progress.

Today David and I took three trips to the storage units. My role is to accompany him and when I get there I walk on the level parking lot while David carries the boxes. And we made a trip to the tiny house to take some cleaning materieals when Aiurora comes to clean on Thursday. And David hung two pieces of art: one large fish on the wall of the screen porch, which I now call the fish porch, and another large painting in the bedroom of the tiny house. During one of the trips to storage we took the last art to the storage unit, which is a temperature controlled inside unit. It is almost full. David has kept one of his favorite paintings still on the wall of the living room, just to keep at least one beautiful painting on the wall. It is one of our paintings, done by a Russian, and called "If pigs could fly". Progress has been made. Every cabintet and drawer is empty. The only items still in the house are what will go with them into the tiny house. All closets are empty. The dining room table is full of objects for Aurora to take to her home. This afternoon we drove to the lake to leave candles and cleaning materials. Also in another box was food from the pantry. They expect to visit the lake this Fall and Winter, while they are living in small quarters. Normally they do not go to the lake in the autumn because the girls were involved with volleyball. But that is over so they will probably go to the lake. Also the house will not be ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas so the family will gather at the lake. The freezer was defrosted and cleaned today and the garage is mostly empty except for a few tools and light bulbs and a step stool. So the house is pretty ready to turn it over to the new owners. I leave for Mississippi on the 11th. Moving day is the 12th, when both David and Suzanne will take the day off work. Aurora will make one last sweep of the house before the settlement which will be on the 15th. No one gets together at the settlement table these days. It will all be done by remote. This has been a good house for the last 18 years. And they have been good for the house. Every aspect of the house has been improved. Now David and Suzanne are ready for the next phase of their life. They are excited. And so am I.