There is no way we’re going to be able to fit everything we own on a 27′ truck. There is no way I can get everything packed in two weeks. How the hell are we going to manage the whole move? My mom shouldn’t drive 600 miles on her own because she has vertigo and isn’t supposed to drive much at all. I can’t help her drive. Philip will have to drive the truck. Where will all the animals go? Where will the kid go? In the cab of a 27′ truck with his dad, his dog, and two cats? Or with his vertiginous Grandma and her dog and her two cats? Will Philip be flying up and then driving down with us or driving? Also – Philip has two days only to move us. So that’s one day to pack the truck which means I need someone to pick up the truck in the first place and bring it to our house and then I will need people to help us start loading it or it will be too much for Philip and I to do in one day. What about my precious plants that must come with me?!
I’m in official moving freak-out mode. Cause this whole thing is so impossible. Moving up here was much easier – we paid a moving company to move us for the first (and only, I think) time in our lives. It was fantastic! It also cost a fortune.
Do I need to leave a bunch of furniture behind? I’m already making a mental list of what I’m willing to let go of and what I’m deeply attached to.
-two days and mucho panic later-
I’m much calmer now. We got a lot of packing done while Philip was here. He’s headed back south today and won’t come back for two weeks when he’ll come back just to pack up the moving truck and drive us back home. Last night I went through my desk and my files and wonder why I’ve let it all go for so long. I love having my things organized and cleaned out.
Oh right. That bitch, depression.
Anyway – I have rediscovered how cool my desk is. Now I can’t wait to be set up in my new office. I’m trying to focus on how great our new house is and not on how we’re going to get there. I’m definitely enjoying how much less shit is coming down with us than came up with us. The feeling of shedding belongings continues to refresh me in the midst of all my anxiety.
Max is out of school now too. Summer is almost officially here. Philip has a good new job he’s really excited about. I have artichokes to eat from the garden. There is fresh cool air rushing through my window which I’m grateful for after yesterday’s heat. I’m lucky in my friends. I have so many good friends looking out for me and rooting for me. I still don’t like radishes. The sight of my calendula blooming always makes me happy.
And now I have to catch up on my paid work and get back to packing and organizing and not freaking out.