It's just plain pathetic that I haven't posted anything in 2 months.....
I have only one thing to say - I HATE TO MOVE!!! It's an awful and stressful thing to go through and if I never do it again it will be one day too soon. Our move turned life completely upside down for me and our blog wasn't the only thing that got neglected. Didn't my brother tell me that the short distance moves are much worse than the long distance ones? Well by golly he was certainly right. (If I remember correctly, I think he was actually kind of laughing when he said it to me - guess he knew what kind of torture lay ahead...)
Official moving day was May 15th - the day we moved all the furniture and beds and started sleeping at the new house. Here it is the end of June and I'm still surrounded by cardboard boxes! We've made countless trips between the two houses and we still haven't moved everything out of the old house. It's ridiculous! If I was in charge, I would suggest that when people move they are given a "pass" from life. You know, like maternity leave. At least six weeks would be good. You don't have to worry about work, send the kids off to grandma's house for awhile, even a break from your church calling. I mean, women don't have babies on a Saturday morning and then expected to jump right back into life by Monday, right? (Well, except for those type of moms that look fabulous in their hospital pictures and can wear their pre-pregnancy jeans home from the hospital...) But trying to fit in a move during your already hectic and busy life is just plain hard! The month of May was a blur to me and it was all I could do to just survive some days. We wouldn't have made it through without help from a lot of neighbors, ward members and friends who --
gave us boxes
helped Andrew move furniture
watched our kids
let us borrow their trailers
brought us dinner or fed us
stopped by with a nice hello and a yummy treat
It's always been hard for me to accept help but even harder for me to ask for help because I don't want to be a burden on anyone. But I am so grateful for everyone that stepped in and helped without a second thought. Even my new neighbor Judy who I had to borrow cereal from on our first night in the house when I realized my kids had nothing to eat for breakfast the next morning!
My new favorite thing I get asked all the time now is "Are you guys all settled in yet?" Of course not! I just laugh and say not quite, but maybe by Christmas! I pray it doesn't take that long, but come December if there are still boxes lying around, bare walls and no mirrors in our bathroom I can't be upset with myself because I did say it would take me that long!
4 comments:
I felt the same qway! Close to home moves are SO much worse! It took us so long to get everything moved over. I kept saying to the girls that this was the last time we would be in our old home and then we would have to go back the next day! And if it makes you feel better we have been here almost a year and I still have picture frames stacked in the corner of the office!
Cami told me about your awesome house deal. That's so nice that u get to stay in the sames school and ward.
OK, it's not the close move, it's the fact that your children are older. So you have to stop moving to take them to activity days and scouts and the fifty other things going on. I feel like I'm always playing catch-up and hoping that the next big project will be over with soon.
We should have a unpacking boxes/housewarming party. :)
Would it be too much to ask for pictures at this point? Just kidding. But seriously, host a book club or baby shower and you will be AMAZED what you can get done:)
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