Moving Jitters

I woke up feeling freaked out... So I'm blogging first thing this morning. Today we get the U-Haul. Rick'n'Abby will be here around noon to help us pack big stuff. Katie and Josh may be coming as well and Chantelle says she'll be here but not until later in the evening. I've said tearful good-byes to everyone else in my family and I will be crying at the end of today.

Quite a lot has been packed. The kitchen cabinets are nearly empty, the laundry room shelves hold only cleaning products, the spare room is almost cleared out. The living room is a maze of packed boxes, empty boxes and things that haven't been labeled trash or treasure yet. The fish and the shrimp are dead and the tank has been gutted. Today we'll load as much as possible, tomorrow we'll finish and clean... And maybe even make a start on driving. Monday morning at the latest, we will no longer be residing in UT.

I have a nervous/stressed/excited knot in my stomach and a little sadness in my heart. I will be more than happy to leave this particular house- my landlords have been great but the house is tiny, the rent is high and the cost of living up here is just below break-the-bank- but I will be sad to be so far from my family. I have no delusions about people visiting. I say, "Come see me in St. Louis," but I know how often we visited Bekkie in Oklahoma and I know it's unlikely that I'll get many visitors. On the bright side, I am getting married out here and will need to visit a couple times before the big day just to work out some of the specifics. :)

I really feel like everything will be fine. I just need to make it through today... And tomorrow... And the rest of the week... And maybe a little longer before things settle down.