What a day. I was at the house in town by 8:15 this morning. I took a car load of things that I needed to hand carry to the new house as well as two big bags of meat to put in the freezer.
The internet guy showed up as promised right on time at 8:30. He got the internet up and running for us. It only took him about 20 minutes to get us going.
Phil had replaced the hot water heater yesterday so that is fixed and ready for use. So very grateful for Phil.
Came home and took a nap. I had woken up early and couldn’t go back to sleep. I had gotten up and packed a bunch of boxes. When I got home I got overwhelmed and things felt hard so I put myself in time-out and took a nap.
Woke up feeling much better. I finished packing most of the main level. At 2:00, Kathy helped me take Sophia and Roxy to the Vet. They are going to get a spa treatment and be boarded at the Vet’s office until Thursday. Sophia seemed to take it in stride but Roxy was pissed. The Vet may need to sedate them to give them their haircuts.
Went to exercise after I dropped the dogs off. We used resistance bands today. Not my favorite type of exercise but I powered through and it went fairly quickly.
Came home afterwards. I asked Kathy to help me disconnect the washer and dryer. The dryer was easy. Had trouble getting the hoses free from the wall. The turn-off valve on one of them wouldn’t shut off all the way. I had to turn the water to the whole house off so we could work on it. No matter what we did, we couldn’t get it to turn off.
I put out an SOS to Phil and he came out, bless his heart. Discovered the valve was defective and needs to be replaced. Phil hooked the hose up to the leaking value and the other end to the other valve – genius. He is coming back tomorrow or Wednesday with a new valve.
Guess this house had to give me a parting gift. What is it about water issues and me? Even the new house got in on it by welcoming me to the new house with a leaking water heater. What’s a girl to do?
A dear friend invited us over for dinner tonight. It was a very enjoyable dinner and so nice to have real food. I have been living on peanut butter and honey sandwiches lately and have missed real food. The company was great too!
The movers let me know they will be here between 9:00 and 10:00 in the morning. Not sure how many will be coming and how long it will take to load me up. I sure have a lot of boxes. Sure thinking I still have too much stuff. Guess I will find out tomorrow when I start unpacking.
I’ll get up early tomorrow morning and pack the last bits and pieces. I will need to pack my bedding, a few more dishes, etc. I am grateful I can come back after the movers are done and go through everything one more time. I have been told the movers won’t move anything that isn’t boxed, except for furniture. I still have some things that won’t fit in boxes so will see what happens tomorrow.
This is my last night to sleep in this house. After over ten years in this house it will be a big change. Still know that this move is in my best and highest interest. Change is hard sometimes but my gut is telling me to do this. Sometimes I have to jump off a cliff and trust that the universe has my back and will catch me when I jump.
What a beautiful day it was today. The sun is giving me one last awesome sunset to remember. There isn’t even much wind tonight. I sure am going to miss these views.
The company doing the closing on the house Friday emailed me today and requested copies of the invoices for the EFIS and guttering work. Sorry, those are packed and I have no idea which box they are in. I told them it would be Thursday before I could find them. Hope it doesn’t delay the closing. Wish they had said something last week.
The moving company called me today to request payment. Got that taken care of so we are good to go tomorrow.
I think I can, I think I can. Tomorrow is finally the day. Big life change.
Grateful for friends that feed both my body and spirit, grateful tomorrow is The Day, and grateful for morning naps that can reset a day.