Over a recent weekend, I read a Toy Story book to a child. As I read and reflected upon the tale, I was struck by a rather profound concern for the planning skills of Andy’s mother.
If you are not familiar with the plot of Toy Story, the relevant details are this: Andy and his family are moving tomorrow. Andy’s mother, who may be a single mom, has planned for Andy’s birthday party to be on the morning before the family move. From there, an adventure involving the toys develops, bladdy, bladdy, blah. The important fact here is that Andy’s mother planned a birthday party to be held at their house on the very day before the entire family moves to a new house.
That struck me as either an incredibly well-organized attempt to minimize the disruption that a family move will cause her children or a well-intentioned misstep that can lead only to a calamitous disruption of the relocation process.
For our readers: discuss.
If my recollection is correct, Andy’s room does not show any signs of being even slightly packed up at the start of the movie. Which would say that the mom intended to pack the entire room in one night!
bold move!
perhaps they are plannig to abandon the room contents and begin anew.
Andy was to be sold and his room rented out.
End of story.
😉
Having moved more than a few times in my life, I know that on the day before the house move itself, the last thing I want is people at the house — unless those people are packing boxes and moving furniture for me.