Moving again (and again and again)

 We have lived in Aspen-Snowmass for 5+ years.

My first blog with our move from Chicago to Snowmass (move 1).

After a year we moved across the street in Snowmass without pro movers (it was just across the street right ?????) but in the middle of that move my dad fell and needed emergency surgery so I was off to STL leaving my wife with the move (yes we are still married somehow). (move 2)

less than 2 months later we moved again---the place was furnished like a college dorm which kinda sucks when you are in your 50s.

We then moved to East Aspen for 3 years (with pro movers saving my marriage) (move 3)

a year ago we moved back to Snowmass village (pro movers but still) (move 4)

in Oct of 2020 our house finally sold in Chicago resulting in use moving out our furniture and remainder of stuff from Chicago (how big a move was that......fucking big like big big big with fucking fuck fuck worst pro movers ever like tony suprano taking us for $25k) (move 5)

and then in March of 2021 my mom moved into a retirement community meaning another move for me to manage (move 6)

now we are moving again (house sold) to another home in Snowmass village (move 7)

 that is 7 moves in just over 5 years -----OMG

Why are we renting and not buying?  When I started this blog I pitched Aspen as a low cost alternative to Chicago.  Since then Aspen real estate is up about 150% and the cost of everything else in Aspen is up about 60%.  I am not sure we can afford to stay here much longer---get the boy out of high school in 2022 and who knows where the next move will be.

my daughter maybe the funniest person in the world

 My daughter went to summer boarding school for a month this summer.  She is in 10th grade.  She was hanging out with a 9th grader and they were talking about a book they both had read for pleasure that year---Go Ask Alice.   

For those of you unfamiliar with the book it is "praised for conveying a powerful message about the dangers of drug abuse. " The main character is raped, abused, meseriable loses her mind for a while and then dies of a drug overdose.

The 9th grader says to my daughter ---"wow yea that book made me want to try molly and X and LSD." 

My daughter looked at her and said ' that is what you took away?'

Interesting.  My daughter will not be attending that boarding school.

Bang--second day of school and the boy gets in trouble

 He popped a Mylar balloon in the main hang out area.  Seems it sounded like a gunshot, and, well use your imagination.  On the plus side the school didn't go into lock down.  A teacher was there and saw what happened so it was clear that it was a balloon not a gun but.........come on people, when everyone freaks out over a balloon popping in a high school maybe it's time to address the gun control head on.

We move next week.  Should be a solid pain in the ass.  If any families with multiple kids, dogs and bunnies and a large kitchen wondered if moving rental homes every year or so was a good idea the answer is ahhhhh NO.