You Might Be Moving If...

A couple of weeks ago my dad helped my sister move. Then last weekend he helped me move. Also last weekend a friend of mine moved. And yesterday I got a call saying another friend of mine will be moving shortly. With all this moving going on it seemed appropriate to do a post about it.

There's so many things that happen during moving. You're excited about where you're going while sad about where you're leaving and nervous about all the unknowns you'll be facing. There's stress and exhaustion but gratefulness to those who step up to help you out. So this post is called "You Might Be Moving If..." and will describe just a few of the things I and others have experienced lately in our moving adventures.

You might be moving if finding the coffee and coffee pot allows life to move forward again.

You might be moving if you go from laughing one moment to tears the next because you just found an unpacked cupboard.

You might be moving if you look at a stack of boxes and think 'I could never use this many' then use three times as many as you thought you would.

You might be moving if getting the washer and dryer hooked up makes you feel like a real adult.

You might be moving if your big accomplishment for the week is hanging the curtain rod and curtains by yourself.

You might be moving if you set aside an entire day just to track down utilities companies to get things turned on/off for the houses.

You might be moving if you're driving home from a long day at work and suddenly realize that you're on the road to the old house, not the new one.

You might be moving if 'all this space!' turns into 'where are we going to put all this stuff?'.

You might be moving if your weekends turn into let's get the painting done one weekend, move the next, and how many weekends will it take to unpack?

You might be moving if getting the internet set up is more important the getting your clothes put away. After all that's what clean laundry baskets are for right?

You might be moving when you thought you had everything you needed then realized you're missing about half of what you actually need.

You might be moving if you go through all your things before you pack up and assure yourself you've gotten rid of everything you need and then the moment you unpack you get rid of at least ten more things and wonder why you packed them if the first place.

And finally you might be moving if you'd rather do anything else then have to even think about moving again.

Now to be fair not all of these apply to just moving, I mean let's be real- sometimes finding the coffee pot when you stumble out of bed is a real accomplishment and life doesn't really go on without it. However all of these can apply to moving but they also can.

Hopefully you're not in the process of moving but if you are then just know that all the craziness, stress and exhaustion is normal but you'll get through it. We all do. But if you're not moving I hope you just have a great weekend!