Packing Up

Chad & I are busy packing up all our stuff. It’s a bit of a struggle, but we are making really good progress. We have taken all the boxes out of the storage room & gone through all the baby stuff to decide what we’ll need in Alberta & what we can wait for.

We’ve packed all the things in the laundry room which included all the kitchen things like the rice cooker, crock pot, corningware, etc. We had to stop at that point b/c we started getting carried away & headed toward the kitchen stuff. At one point had we kept going we’d have nothing to eat for breakfast the next few days.

The items from the desk have been packed, which has become an issue already b/c all the rubberbands are gone…. How are we supposed to wrap electrical cords now? We did leave out a few pens, but we don’t really have any paper to write things on….. I suppose we could write ourselves notes on boxes, but w/ our luck the box would get moved & we’d have no idea where that person’s phone number went…….

All the books & art got packed before the weekend & now our living room echoes…. echoes… echoes….

Asher is enjoying being at daycare this week. Yesterday he managed to talk his way out of a nap there, but fell asleep on the couch about 20 minutes before we picked him up. This resulted in him sleeping in ’til quarter after 7 this morning! Of course b/c he is always awake at quarter ‘TIL 7 most mornings, I woke up then & couldn’t get back to sleep……

This morning Asher woke up & asked to play w/ his trucks, BUT we got a little carried away in packing his room yesterday & the only toys that are left are ones that we are going to get rid of, so there were no trucks. We did leave about 1/2 of his books out, but since he couldn’t play w/ toys while we got ready, one of us had to read to him while the other got ready this morning, so we were a bit later than usual. That’s ok though, we aren’t really in a huge rush.

It’s been really enjoyable having Chad around w/o Asher. I know that sounds bad, but normally one of us is preoccupied w/ Asher so we don’t really spend all that much time talking & just BEING together.

This morning we got started packing our room. We’re pretty much done, though it was not a whole lot of fun. We had to go through all our clothes & decide what we’re going to wear in the next 2 months, pack THAT stuff to take to Alberta, & then pack the rest of the stuff for storage. For me, that consists of maternity clothes & post-maternity clothes…. It’s not so easy to decide what clothes are going to fit after you have the baby, when you are currently 7 months pregnant…. How skinny will you be 2 weeks after your baby is born? What clothes (that you haven’t even THOUGHT about looking at in the last 5 months) will you be able to/want to wear in 2 months?

Pretty much all that’s left now is the washroom & the rest of the kitchen stuff. That shouldn’t take us too long. We have ’til Thursday night when all the people come to load the trailer, but I think we should be able to be done sometime tomorrow. It’s nice that we are so good at packing b/c I would NOT like to feel rushed doing this. It’s nice to be able to relax in the evenings & not feel like we should be packing. Besides, I’m PREGNANT! I should be taking it easy, eh?

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A New Timeline

The other day I had another OB appointment. I am to the point where I see a different doctor everytime I go so that I can meet them all before I have the baby. O f course, I’m not having the baby here, but they didn’t know that, so I was meeting them.

The last time I was there, the doctor asked if I was small when I was pregnant w/ Asher too. Well, I don’t know really. I didn’t gain a whole lot of excess weight, but I certainly got a big belly by the end. Then she asked if I was on a 28 day cycle…. well, not so much. So she changed my due date.

This time I saw a male doctor, & he said that since the ultrasound pictures had been a bit small for the time frame & I was more than 28 days, the new due date was August 21 instead of Aug 10. Then he asked if I was ok w/ that. Let me tell you, people are not expecting to hear that you’d rather have the baby inside for longer b/c it’s quieter that way!

I am GREAT w/ having the baby later for that reason, but it does change things a bit for taking a call to a church somewhere. Our timeline has kinda been that we’d be in Alberta until the end of August & then move to wherever we are going, but I REALLY don’t want to drive across the country 10 days after I have the baby, although at that point it will probably sleep most the way, nights will probably be another story. Asher was awake almost every 2 hours & was a Looooong nurser. That could make for an interesting trip.

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Trying to Pack

I have been given the ok to pack from Chad. This is a good thing since we are moving in 2 weeks! I am a little worried though that we aren’t going to make it out in time. You see, we have a storage room that is full of boxes. Some are 1/2 packed b/c we pulled some things out of them when we moved in, but we didn’t unpack everything b/c we moved from a 3 bedroom house w/ basement, to a 2 bedroom apartment & we have less room here then we did before….

SO, not only do we have to pack the things that are UNPACKED, we also have to go through all the boxes in the storage room to fill the holes back in on the boxes that are 1/2 packed….. not only that, but since we are moving to Chad’s parents for a few months, & are going to have the baby there, we have to have all the baby clothes & equipment along that we will need there, plus non-maternity clothes & maternity clothes for me.

Part of my task is also to look through all the boxes marked “Baby Stuff” & sort through it for things we will want in Alberta. To give you an idea of why this task is a bit daunting to me, here is a few pictures of the storage room. Keep in mind that this is all stuff that DIDN’T get unpacked. I still have to pack everything that we have had out in the last year!

*sigh* I think I’m procrastinating.

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Packing Bug

Whenever we are on the verge of moving (read: within 4 months or so) I get the packing bug. This really drives Chad crazy b/c I start to pack things that I think we don’t use, leading to oddly packed boxes b/c I have a space & all spaces must be filled. Sometimes when we unpack a box, the contents must be delivered to 3 or more rooms….
It also leads to things being packed that I am unaware that Chad uses. For instance, last time we moved, Chad was doing all the cooking & I wasn’t. I packed most of the kitchen utensils b/c I figured he wasn’t using them. We then had to unpack 3 boxes to find the pancake flipper.
I have officially caught the packing bug again. Chad has forbidden me from packing any more boxes since he came home to 5 boxes of videos sitting on the couch. I asked him to put them away & since we are living in a small apartment, our storage room is already filled nearly to capacity. He had to stack those beautiful Huggies boxes behind the couch in our living room.
His point was, that A-we don’t have the space, & B-we aren’t moving for another 2.5 months. However, with our trip to England & numerous trips to Grand Rapids, a whole month is cut out of that time frame. But he assures me that our stuff will get packed, we will move on time, & I have nothing to worry about…… It’s hard, but I’m really going to try to quit now.

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Settling in….. Somewhat

So, here we are in Strathroy. I guess we’re all moved in. All our stuff is here and sorted through anyways. I can’t say we’re all unpacked b/c we aren’t. It’s a bit of a downsize, so a lot of our things are staying in boxes until we move again.

I am going a little crazy though I think. In GR Asher and I had a whole routine throughout the week of things we’d do, and places we’d go. So far, none of that here. So we’ve been going for walks, but that’s not near as fun when there’s no destination. We used to visit Kami. We’ve also been riding bikes quite a bit. That’s more fun, we can explore the area a bit that way. There’s also a Walmart in town, so we’ve walked around there as well. It does get a bit old though, just hanging out w/ Asher all day w/o other people to talk to.

Anyways, that’s what’s on my mind. Until next time, Asher and I will continue to drive each other crazy.

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Moving

So, 4 weeks from today we will be moving. Crazy. I feel like I’m in an insane time crunch, yet I can’t do anything b/c we are trying to sell the house, so things have to look nice. We’re having an open house on Sunday. After that, everything gets packed…. for the most part. I sure hope someone decides to buy the house before we move.

Yesterday Chad and I were discussing future plans. I think it’s kind of surreal that we can’t really plan for where we’ll be past next year. Most people have a picture in their mind of where they’ll be and what they’ll be doing in 10 years. I have a big blank. It’s unfathomable for me. I guess that’s good. I’m not constantly going to be begging to move to Little Rock or some such destination. It’s all in God’s hands. Sometimes we feel really called to go back to the UK. Sometimes we feel that the CRC is where we should be, keeping us somewhere in N. America. Maybe we’ll end up w/ both.

Even our family size depends upon where we’ll be and what we’ll be doing. Not that we’ll change if we want kids, but God knows what will work for us and where. And still we keep moving away from friends. I feel like we have a lot of friends, just none that will be long term, have coffee together friendships. Maybe we’ll have to wait until all the pastors retire and we’ll all live in Raybrook together.

Of course if we move around enough, and some of our friends also move, then there’s a pretty good chance that we’ll meet up again somewhere, right? Or at least we’ll never have to pay for hotels when we go somewhere.

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