Now comes the packing
The sale of our house here in SoCal has closed, been recorded, and is done. We're now living in someone else's house until we can move our things. The moving truck will be here on Friday, and we'll spend our weekend stuffing it full of our memories (and some other, more practical things). We've been about 60% packed since mid-August (constantly heard around here, "that's in a box") but there's still a lot of work to be done. We should be extremely proficient at packing by now (we're pretty darn good), seeing as how we've spent the past few years moving from state to state. I'm hoping that we'll be able to get everything in the truck this weekend and can get on the road on Monday morning.
If we can be out of here Monday morning, we'll be in Bend late Monday - it's only a 13 hour drive, but we'll have the four of us and four dogs (two puppies - we're bringing an additional puppy as a gift to our realtor in Oregon, as she's amazing) which means that we'll have to stop on a regular basis to let the dogs out of the car. Not to mention Zippy.
Burger alternates between being excited about moving and complaining that we're ruining her life. I think both of her reactions are reasonable points of view for a 14 year old. I hope the kids at her new school will be welcoming, because it's so hard to come in to a new school part way through the year. 14 sucks as an age, and I feel for her.
posted by Little Things at
9:18 AM
5 Comments:
Entirely reasonable. I was 14 when my family moved. I think that's an especially difficult age to make such a radical change. GOOD LUCK!! I look forward to reading about your life in your new town.
congrats again and good luck with the packing, moving, and frequent stops. drive safely!
Actually, being the "new girl" only two months into the school year is kind of cool.
Congrats on the sale (FINALLY!!!!) of your house, and good luck on your move. I did the same drive with 3 dogs when moving back to Bend, and there are many parks along the way to stop at.
its not fairrr, im telling you!
You've got firends back out here in Maryland when you're ready for your next move. Spent a few good evenings with you eating fried okra and hot-lapping around the slot car track. Good luck with the move!!
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