Making a Short Story Long...

Since this is primarily a place to record the goings-on of "My own Backyard,"  I guess a recap of the past few months is probably in order.  If I ever get industrious enough to have this nonsense printed and bound in hard-copy, I won't want the events that have led up to the new adventure we're experiencing these days to go un-documented.  And as I'm sure most of my future posts will be about said "adventure," it might be helpful to know how we got here.

So--and I'll try to make this short and sweet--here goes:

Boy meets Girl (or maybe Girl meets Boy--I don't exactly remember, and that may be further back than we need to go).

For some crazy reason Girl still does not understand, Boy proposes to Girl.  Girl says yes.

Boy and Girl make people.  Four of them, to be exact.  A statistically good number to ensure that their her unique brand of crazy gets passed along somewhere in the gene pool.

Boy and Girl spend the next 17 or so years (give or take) raising the people in a functionally dysfunctional home in a small Midwestern town.

June of 2012 Boy finds out that his employment security is not immune to the plight of the American economy.  Girl inwardly has a mental breakdown while outwardly tries to remain composed and supportive.  (Employment instability is one of Girl's deepest fears).

August of 2012 roles are tweaked.  Girl works full-time.  Boy does...well, everything else.  It's a pretty cushy deal for Girl, minus the obvious decrease in spendable income.

October of 2012  severance package runs out.  Boy is offered employment.  Great company.  Great benefits.  Great potential for future advancement.  Great distance from small Midwestern town.

Employment is located in the Golden State.

Boy takes job.

Boy moves across the continent.

Girl stays behind.  With the four people.  And the psychotic dog (more on the dog later). The oldest of the people graduates this year.  Girl's teaching contract needs to be fufilled.  Plans are for Girl and people to join Boy later this summer.

Which brings us to now.

We are in the middle of week two of this "new normal."

Stay tuned to see how it goes.

It would make for a highly entertaining reality show, I'm sure!  I'd wager it's every bit as good as "Duck Dynasty."