Went to Emporia this morning to get more boxes. Not sure that I will need them but thinking I will. They didn’t have a lot of them but I should have enough now to get me fully packed.
The house is about 85% packed. I filled box after box as I did the pantry. Really thinking it won’t all fit. Guess I will discard what won’t fit Wednesday. I am working in short bursts today. Work for a bit, stop for a bit, rinse and repeat all day long.
It was sprinkling and turned into light rain to and from Emporia this morning. It has since cleared off and we have mostly clear skies this afternoon. So appreciated what rain we got and especially appreciated that the severe stuff went around us.
The yard will need mowed when it dries out a bit. I may go out yet today and mow a bit of it. It may still be too wet to mow. If I can’t get it done tomorrow, I won’t be able to do it before Friday when I close. My new mower is being moved Tuesday.
Feeling a bit out of sorts today. I get overwhelmed when I see how much stuff I still have to pack and think about the small space I am moving into. I am not good at visualizing space and knowing how much will fit. I also don’t like cluttered and crowded cabinets. Guess when I unpack on Wednesday I will find out how much is too much.
Still want to get down to the barn today and make sure it is clear what I am moving. I may not get all the cleaning done down there today I want to do, but I still have a couple days to get that done. Not very high on my priority list for the day.
Tomorrow I have to be at the new house by 8:30 to wait for the internet guy to show up. I will take a car load when I go of stuff that is too big to fit in my boxes. I also want to take a load of beef to put in the refrigerator freezer. Tomorrow afternoon I take the dogs to the Vet so they can be boarded for a couple of nights and to be bathed and groomed. I also have exercise at 3:00.
I told Kathy we may need to eat out tomorrow as I am packing and closing down this kitchen. It will be the last room I finish packing tomorrow. It is pretty empty now although I haven’t packed the plates, silverware, and pots and pans yet.
Hard to believe I only have 48 hours left in this house. I have waited a long three months for this to happen and am grateful it is finally time to move. I will come back Thursday to deep clean this empty house and it will give me a chance to find anything I missed.
Have a feeling this week is going to be busy and I am going to be one tired puppy at the end of it. Moving is a huge job with lots of parts to it. I am about emotionally spent. Trusting I won’t have many surprises that I will have to deal with this week. Not sure I have much patience to do so.
Just think, by this time next week this will all be behind me and I can begin to figure out what I want to do with all my free time. I am holding on to that thought to give me some light to look forward to this week.
Sitting with a mixed bag of emotions today. Grieving leaving this house and all the memories it holds, looking forward to a new life style, and dreading the hard work of the final moving process this week. Sometimes one has to go through hard things to find what they are seeking.
Grateful for the rain the prairie received yesterday, grateful the severe weather passed me by, and grateful most of the packing is complete.