The Parkers

Katie and I have been trying hard to make this move as easy on Norah as possible.  We found a day school closer to our new apartment and my office.  It was great.  Norah started there about two months ago so she would have plenty of time to adjust to the new school before she had to adjust to a new apartment.  It took her about two weeks to get used to the new school such that she stopped crying when we dropped her off.  By now, she is back to the point where she practically shoves us out the door when we drop her off.

We are now a handful of days away from moving into our new place.  The vast majority of our stuff is in boxes and the rest of it will be by Wednesday morning.  Norah actually asks us everyday if we are “moving to ours new home tomorrow.”  We are all very excited and ready to move.

However, just when you think everything is under control, life throws you a curve ball.  We found out Friday that the Norah’s new school will be closing later this month.  Now all our preparation to make this move easy on her seems fruitless.  Norah is going to have to adjust to a new apartment and a new school all at the same time.  I was under no impression that being a parent was going to be easy, but I had hoped that our well laid plans could spare our daughter the difficulties of adjusting to our semi-nomadic lifestyle.