Preparing the Next Move
I like to be prepared. Ok...prepared of sorts. I like to be organized. My family does not. They like to find things where they belong, but they don't like putting things where they belong. This makes being organized next to impossible. This makes having an organized move REALLY impossible. SO, to combat the moving stuff, I move the kids. I move everything out of one room and move the kids mattresses into it. That frees up even more rooms. I make one room a "take with us" room and another a "we don't need until we get there and settling in" room. I also sell things and throw stuff away that doesn't have a home and no one has looked for in ages. I LOVE that part. Clorox bleach pen that was used for a craft project 2 years ago? Gone. Old cell phones, kindles, DS games, unknown wires? Gone too. It is liberating. So. Much. Stuff. Too much.
So organizing. I have my calendar set with important dates for the next 28 days. I have menus planned. I'm working on my "Mom school" to do with the kids for the summer. I've checked on the new school district to see when school starts up again and just exactly how much time I can plan for this summer. The kids have a love/not-so-much-love relationship with mom school. They would love to spend their entire summer in front of the TV or video games. That is boring. They are becoming boring. So I include field trips, library days, pool days, picnics, beach time, science experiments, cooking classes, dad school, etc. It sounds like I'm really good at this. I'm not. I'm constantly feeling like I'm failing and my kids are at each other's throats. I still try. This summer, I'm adding in a morning devotional. We need more help from a higher power.
In 5 days we have John's brother, Buzzard, and his wife, Shelley, coming for a few days to visit before we leave Alaska. 3 days after they leave, our packers are scheduled to start packing up the house. They have scheduled themselves 4 days, but I doubt it will take that long. It took the last packers 1 day...and we had more stuff. We will then have 2 weeks before we get on the ferry to travel south. It seems so far away, yet glaring us in the face at the same time. There are so many emotions going on...excitement of a new adventure, sadness of leaving this beautiful place and the friends we have made, nervous about schools for the kids and new neighbors and *hopefully* new friends, happiness to be near stores and decent prices and driving distance to family, anxiousness over homeownership and the responsibilities that go with it, fear of John hating his commute and being stuck with it. So much more, but for now, I'm just working on clearing off the clutter on my desk, filing things away, throwing away more (yes!!!), and doing one little thing at a time.
❤, Kate
So organizing. I have my calendar set with important dates for the next 28 days. I have menus planned. I'm working on my "Mom school" to do with the kids for the summer. I've checked on the new school district to see when school starts up again and just exactly how much time I can plan for this summer. The kids have a love/not-so-much-love relationship with mom school. They would love to spend their entire summer in front of the TV or video games. That is boring. They are becoming boring. So I include field trips, library days, pool days, picnics, beach time, science experiments, cooking classes, dad school, etc. It sounds like I'm really good at this. I'm not. I'm constantly feeling like I'm failing and my kids are at each other's throats. I still try. This summer, I'm adding in a morning devotional. We need more help from a higher power.
In 5 days we have John's brother, Buzzard, and his wife, Shelley, coming for a few days to visit before we leave Alaska. 3 days after they leave, our packers are scheduled to start packing up the house. They have scheduled themselves 4 days, but I doubt it will take that long. It took the last packers 1 day...and we had more stuff. We will then have 2 weeks before we get on the ferry to travel south. It seems so far away, yet glaring us in the face at the same time. There are so many emotions going on...excitement of a new adventure, sadness of leaving this beautiful place and the friends we have made, nervous about schools for the kids and new neighbors and *hopefully* new friends, happiness to be near stores and decent prices and driving distance to family, anxiousness over homeownership and the responsibilities that go with it, fear of John hating his commute and being stuck with it. So much more, but for now, I'm just working on clearing off the clutter on my desk, filing things away, throwing away more (yes!!!), and doing one little thing at a time.
❤, Kate
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