Haven’t had time to post for a while because life has been extremely stressful. Derek was gone most of last week at a conference in DC, and he left again this morning for a couple days in Dallas. And Pepperdine finally got their act together and gave us a closing date of Dec. 11. Of course, that’s right when Derek is giving his finals, so I will have literally no help with packing, again. I have a few tween and teen girls who I’m thinking I’m going to pay to come over and help me pack the week before. The effort of keeping up with everything without Derek has my foot aching by the end of the day (and sometimes by mid-morning), so I’m trying so hard to stay off of it, which means the house is out of control dirty and messy, laundry has been mounded on the couch for six days and counting (every time I think I’m close to getting it all put away, someone wets the bed or we get the news that we were exposed to lice or Janie makes a mud puddle and falls in it, and I’m frantically doing loads until everything mounds up again).
So I’ve done no prep work on curtains/furniture for the new house, I didn’t manage to hold a garage sale last Saturday, and I am no closer to picking through the kids’ toys than I was this summer. At least this closing date means I don’t need to even bother doing any Christmas decorating or baking–we will be living in chaos the entire month!
When we checked out the condo with Grandma and Grandpa a week and a half ago, it was overwhelmingly unfinished. But this is the view the girls will have from their bedroom:
Oh Emily! I’m sorry! I wish I could drive out and help although I assume seven children instead of four would be little help. 🙁 That foot of yours needs rest and moving is insane, even an in-town move. Thinking of you…
I wish you guys could drive out, too, and I still think a visit to Malibu sometime next year would be a great vacation option for you.=)
Your new location has a breathtaking view.. The closing date happens to be on my Birthday! So I should remember what you are doing on that day…. Did you get any help packing while Derek’s folks were there? If you could pack a box or two a night, you might feel some accomplishment towards the move.. Just some thoughts
We packed up my fine china while the Mullers were in town, but not knowing how far off the close date would be and not having a ton of space to put boxes, we didn’t do more. I’m trying to get on top of normal housework this week, then hopefully can start being productive in the packing department.