Wow time flies. Especially when you’re: (or is some cases “your”)
1. Having a fantastic going away party (May 6) complete with music by Syd and Patrick Thomas
2. Husband has moved to Colorado two months ahead of you (Doug left May 10)
3. Packing up everything you own
4. Putting your house in California on the market
5. Taking care of your two children while working full-time (double full-time) and packing up everything you own
6. Finding a new nanny because your previous nanny, who came back for six weeks because he "hated" what he was doing (and you shipped your goddaughter back to Pennsylvania on Mother's Day while both your kids with a fraction of a second away from being put in the hospital because they were so sick but she really needed to sleep more and be on her cell phone and spend time with boys her age) now really needs to find another job because now you really are leaving and you’re not taking him with you
7. Saying goodbye to more good friends you’re really going to miss (like Joe)
8. Packing up more of everything you own at 3:00am because the moving truck will be there at 8:00am and you’re not finished (July 10)
9. Walking around your house videotaping it five minutes before (a) you wake the kids up and (b) the movers get there . . . and weeping while your telling your husband you wish he was there with you to say good-bye to the house you started your life together in and then videotaping the boys sleeping for five minutes while you cry and remind your husband that this is the reason you’re doing what you’re doing, for your two precious and beautiful children
10. Saying goodbye to more really good, true, wonderful friends who cared enough about you to come to the house every couple of hours to make sure you’re okay, help you pack, bring you lunch and make sure that your precious son can wave goodbye to his good friends, making the whole thing much easier on him (knowing there are good, true friends who do that kind of thing)
10. Driving from California to Colorado with the new (temporary) nanny, but not leaving until 6:00pm because that’s when the movers finally finished up
11. Arriving in Colorado 26 hours later, but still six days before the furniture and boxes arrived
12. Buying and sleeping on air mattresses
13. Unpacking and setting a miniscule three bedroom apartment that’s less than half the size your house was and still finding stuff for the husband, kids and yourself to wear
14. Making counter offers on the offers on your house in California
15. Looking for a new house in Colorado
16. Taking a couple of trips back to California for business
17. Getting your kids registered for pre-school and school (because in Colorado it starts August 17!!)
18. Trying to get some sleep, spend time with your husband and kids
19. Wandering around this beautiful new place we’re living in, marveling at its beauty and being astonished that we really, truly, after all these months, actually live here
I’ve got A LOT of catching up to do, and I will. I’ve got a lot of photos to post, and I’ll do that too. Stay tuned.
