Family Life
The reality of moving is definitely starting to “move” in – not in a negative way though. We are just realizing that is a LOT to do before next Thursday, our official moving date. Most of the things we have to do, are things Dan and I just need to figure out :).
We have been able to accomplish many items on our list this week already, which feels so good. In our youth group leader’s meeting on Friday, we were talking about how therapeutic it is to cross things off a list – I can say that we have been able to incorporate that feeling numerous times this week.
We are renting a big ole U-Haul and car dolly to tow our Intrepid and both are reserved (big job done because when reserving, they make you think about all the little things in moving, such as appliance dolly, moving blankets, size of truck, insurances…but Dan faithfully worked on this project and we are picking it up next Tuesday. Thankfully we left most of our stuff in boxes when we first moved to Dan’s parents, so we just have to box up the things we have been using for the past 5 months (which in reality isn’t much). Honestly a lot of it is my crafting “stuff.” I have downsized (I think…Dan may think otherwise…).I really have though – I have tried to refrain from buying “more” until I use what I have.
As hard as it is, we have also been getting together with people one last time. We now have zero nights left to meet with people, but we are so thankful for the nights we do have with our friends and family. AND…it’s NOT the last time we will ever see these people – it just may be a longer stretch than normal. That is what makes this move that much easier – these are not final goodbyes. Minnesota really is NOT that far away. I am not saying that just because we want people to come visit :), but truly, you can easily drive to Minnesota in a day, which means we can drive home in a day too. We are ready to move. We are PUMPED to move (emotions set aside). We are excited to continue to meet more people, build on the relationships we have already made, and start a life there.
Tomorrow is my last day at the bookstore, which is incredibly bittersweet. I started at the bookstore about 2 weeks after we got married and that is all I have ever known since moving to St. Joseph. I have absolutely LOVED that job. It was a great way to meet community members, build friendships with my co-workers, and a great job to do while Dan was a youth pastor. I am going to miss seeing all of the new product come in too :). But at the same time, it is extremely helpful that we are looking forward to moving – if we weren’t, it would make leaving this job that much harder. It’ll be a sad day tomorrow, but when kept in perspective, I think it’ll be okay.
I am sure there is much more going on, I just can’t remember it all 🙂 – that is why lists have been my best friend!
