Up in the Air

I'm taking a break in the midst of packing. Actually I've a bit today - packed my dresser, including all the junk on top, all of our fancy glasses and gone through some shoes and clothes and other stuff to give to Goodwill.

We are about to move, actually one week for right now we will hopefully be putting the last of the stuff in the moving van. But the house isn't ready yet. It is a remodeling project and like all remodeling project things run behind schedule, but in this case the outcome and reason is good - the entire house will be insulated and not just the second floor. But as of Wednesday there was no walls or ceiling on the second floor.

So why are we moving next week when their were walls this week? It is because we are going on vacation the following week. On the 24th of August we fly out to Minnesota to visit family and friends there and in Wisconsin. We will then come back on the 31st. However we told our current landlord we would be out by the end of August, hence the need to move before vacation.

So where is our stuff going? Into a pile in the basement of the church. All of our stuff will hang out in the church basement and then be moved into the parsonage after we return from vacation.

So where are we going to stay between next Friday the 21st and Monday the 24th? Well we haven't figured that out yet. Hopefully not also the basement of the church - primarily because there is no shower there. We are just going to play things by year and know that somehow they will all work out.

So what is the best part of this chaotic move? Well we have been married a little over 3 years and we are moving into our 4th place. But the best part of this move - we will be done with moving for quite awhile after this one. No more annual moves for us. No more packing boxes, and having a pile of bubblewrap and boxes in the back of the closet. We are done, finished, for a good while at least.

Ohh and in the midst of all the packing and preparation, I'm preaching at a wedding tomorrow and still working a full week next week. I guess Bob will doing a lot of the last minute packing.