I scrubbed that condo to pieces, wondering how we lived with all that dust in that one spot, and those smudges on the door, and how did this wind up here?
I spent time with precious friends who are "way up north", since we were heading "way down south."
We closed on the house but wouldn't get the key for a few days.
We kept packing. And packing. And cleaning. And touch-up painting.
Rocket started taking Valium a couple of day before the move, and then we placed the two of them in a bathroom at the condo with a "DO NOT ENTER" sign and a bottle of whiskey.
While we waited for the movers, my dad told us he was dating someone with the intention to eventually marry. I had a breakdown and tried to get over it to participate in the move into our new house.
We watched the movers carry three or four boxes behind their backs from the condo to the truck. Scary and cool.
We arrived at the house to get the key at 11:00, cats in the car, their dog running around. We wanted to say, "Get out of our house!" :-)
We ordered pizza and ate while couches appeared and we directed boxes to rooms.
Over the next two days, with help from friends and family on Sunday, we had unpacked all the boxes except the books (we need shelves first)!
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| Onyx was NO help at all... |
We now have as much up on walls as we can until we find wall art for a couple tougher rooms. It feels SUPER good to be settled in, especially because I love the house SO much I can't believe it's ours! At first, we felt like we were renting a VRBO house and would have to pack up again.
Oh, and there's more about my dad: two weeks after we moved in, he came over to tell me they set a date. He's getting married on September 10th. Yeah. Please pray for all involved with that. It's been very hard to start processing. We have yet to meet her.
Last Friday, Shawn's parents showed up on our doorstep! It was an awesome, wonderful, splendid surprise that really helped us focus on a positive thing. Thank God for great in-laws who will drive 12 hours from Missouri to make our lives that much brighter.
While they were here, we went and toured a cool castle in Colorado Springs, which we all enjoyed. Shawn got to ignore work for a while, I got to ignore that work starts this week, and we were blessed by their sweet presence.
They left a couple of hours ago, and I'm putting off going in to school to do prep stuff for orientation. Maybe it's because it's the last day I can choose my start time...
On the docket for this week and next: meetings every day, dentist, haircut, all-nighter with my Link Crew kids to train for orientation, 10-year high school reunion (yikes!), orientation, first "real" days, sub at the end of my first work week so we can go to my cousin's wedding in Minnesota. Yeah, I think that's it...
In other words, I babbled because you won't have to listen to me babble again for a while. :-)
