Boxes and Chaos

I spent most of the weekend rounding up a plethora of boxes. Saturday it was a trip to a friend's house who moved a good while ago but still had a stack of moving boxes hanging out in her basement. My Jeep was filled to the brim and now the boxes are hanging out in my garage. Then in the afternoon it was off to meet another girl I kinda sorta know who has a small business to get more boxes from her. Sunday, after the Steelers game, it was off to meet with one of our real estate agents and a stop at my parents' house, where my mom had a big stack of boxes that she had gotten from a friend of mine in that direction.



During all this, we kept wondering if we were really going to be moving or not. The home inspection was done on our house last week and we were waiting for the response from our buyers. We finally got that at some point this weekend. There were only five little things that weren't a big deal at all. However, there was a sixth request that we weren't comfortable with. Besides, we had addressed the issue in our disclosure for our house and didn't feel it was something that we should be responsible for. So, we were left waiting to see what the buyers were going to do and if they would be okay with us not addressing that issue. Finally heard back from them late on Monday evening. They were okay with everything, sale is moving forward, and our purchase of the new house can finally move forward too. Up until that point, we really couldn't make any plans for the move and neither could the people who are moving out of the house we are buying.



Once we knew all was moving forward, it was time to move forward ourselves. Greg went into work yesterday and started making phone calls. I ran out to the grocery store super early yesterday in the rain with both kids. (The carts were all wet and all the double kid toting carts were outside in the parking lot, in the rain. I was brave and let Marcus walk through the store. He did great! Helped me put stuff in the cart and didn't once start to randomly take things off the shelves. Plus, since there wasn't really any people in the store that early in the morning, I wasn't concerned about him getting run over or just getting in the way of other customers.) Not long after I got back from the store, people started showing up. First it was a moving company to give us an estimate. While he was here, the radon guy showed up to service our radon system. A few minutes after both of them left, two electricians showed up. At that point, I was wondering if I should call a handyman in to install a revolving door on our house.

Today it was back to more of the same. A man came from another moving company to give us an estimate and as he was leaving, the appraiser showed up. Tomorrow will be a slow day since all we have going on is one moving company estimate.



The chaos and disorganization is really getting to me. In one sense, my house is probably more organized right now than ever, with things packed nicely in labeled boxes instead of cluttered all over the place. But these boxes! They are driving me crazy. They are just stacked all over the place and I have no sense of peace and tranquility around here. Then again, I have two toddlers. There is never a sense of peace and tranquility around here.

And speaking of the toddlers, they are doing well. They are playing with each other more and more everyday. It is fun to watch but can also get VERY loud when they start having too much fun. I keep telling them how we are packing up things to take to our new house. Not really sure there is any other way to prepare them for the move. I don't really expect them to be traumatized. Things will probably be a little rough for them the two days we are doing the majority of the moving and the night or two when we have to crash somewhere other than the new or old house.