Channel #2

So I am moving in 10 days…… 10 DAYS!!!! I can’t help but wonder if we will actually be able to pack up our the lives in fit it on to 1 little 24 foot truck??? It just seems inconceivable to me that the property of 6 people our whole life will in fact fit on that truck!!!
I had truly hoped that I would be more ready and packed then I am now!! I packed the basement last night, the basement in this house is #1 our storage area #2 our Laundry area #3 our Play room /office and I have to say it was the one area that was my dreaded area!!! I find it amazing that we as humans will keep things like gift bags reuse and then forget that we have them and go buy more when we need one!!! Yet for some reason we keep keeping them?? I found stuff down there that I don’t / can’t remember why I even had it!!! My four children have more toys then the country of China and it is mostly likely accurate seems as how they make it and we buy it!!!
I have four children and they are all really excited to move and I think they are most likely feeding off our energy as they usually do!!! When we last moved they were younger it was a hard yet easy move they sort of went with the flow and enjoyed the ride yet this time they want to help and God bless their little hearts for wanting to help but the OCD in me says NO WAY !!! I can’t help but think you want to help pick up your toys stop leaving them where ever you play with them HAHAHA!!! Life long battle I know but it is one of my dreams!!
As of right now we have 36 boxes exactly Yes I know the exact number of boxes sick I know!!! Have I mentioned I have a little OCD in me?? Well actually DH says it ids the OCD in me I just say it is good sense. I have a system every bow that gets packed gets a number from 1 to whatever and I right the location to where it will belong in the new house for example Box #1 Living room FRAGILE - all sides of the box is marked with its number the number is then marked in my trusty little MOVING note book/Organizer beside the box number is the Boxes future destination and a list itemizing everything that the box contains……. A little Martha Stewart but you know something it works, it is the only way I know how to be especially with 4 kids and a DH who always seem to ask where is the ……… (usually just after it gets packed) this way I just pull out my trusty little Note book and direct the person to the box # that holds the item in Question. Now some of you may ask “well what happens if you lose the book?” but I have that all covered you see I have a second book as a back up that I keep it all logged in as well!!!
I have really realized how much the chaos affects my children’s ability to keep with their regular responsibilities of life, they just don’t seem to remember where anything belongs. The minute I pick something up to put it in its proper home, and later return to the place it was just to find 5 more things in its place, this for someone like me who even in the chaos of moving still likes things to be in its place finds this very unnerving.
Yesterday we went out to the new house and hung some curtains I cleaned the Kitchen and got it ready for the dishes making un packing one step easier I plan to return to the house with hopes of cleaning the bathrooms and closets and maybe even the floors and even unload some the boxes which I have the gut feeling will surpass the 50 mark!!! Being at the house felt so surreal I felt as though I was trespassing but on my own property such a weird and thrilling feeling!!
Since the house is sooooo brand new we don’t even have our natural gas hooked up and I think I have been on the telephone with the Natural gas company more in the last 2 weeks than I have been with anyone else in my life not exactly what I hoped to be doing at this time but not really a choice if we want some heat on a cold night or even a hot bath or shower!!!
The children were registered to there new school and they are so excited. The school seems so great too it is a smaller school (country school) they were so excited to get to know the children. My eldest has a slight learn disability (I hate calling it that) and I was able to meet and chat with the resource teacher and she seemed so excited to work with my daughter which fills me with so much peace. The school that they are leaving has always treated my daughter as though she was an in convenience, they were in such a rush to get her tested (assessed) and then once she was it was all they could do to not have to deal with it. This school is so excited to meet her and her siblings. I found out that their JK program is a full day program 5 days a week as apposed to ½ day programs that my 3rd is in right now so as of 10 days from now I will have 3 kids in school full days and 1 home with mommy all to himself full days. I had a moment of panic for a few days due to the fact that I have always conditioned myself that it would be another 2 years before they would all be in school full days, now I have 4 months left till all my babies are all grown up!!!! I have to admit that the thought of a clean house for 6 hours is quite appealing to me, along with the thought of possibly going back to work or even school all very appealing choices none the less!!!
In and amongst all of the chaos and mayhem I still find one thing baffling, not upsetting just baffling and that is the fact that all of this still leaves me excited for the future, months ago this would all have caused me to have ulcers and panic attacks and now I welcome the excitement.
BRING IT BABY!!!!