Meanwhile, I wanted to show you one more thing about our current moving season! After we had the home inspection and knew that all was well regarding the structure of the home itself, I felt safe to go ahead and begin packing. Though we don't know when we will be moving, in all likelihood, it will be several weeks yet. I know it's not really necessary to begin packing, but I wanted to do a thorough job OF packing, and I wanted plenty of time to keep up with all my normal activities as well. Writing blogs every day, working out, keeping up with clean eating, prepping the podcast, being a wife...all those things take time, and I want to continue to excel at them in this meantime.
We had a stash of boxes already from the many times we've planned to move and haven't, so we had a head start on that. Ryan brought them in from the garage for me, and we got a bag of newspaper from my parents' house!
We have been trying to work with her on this idea and let her sort of nose around at her own pace and get used to boxes and the ripping sound of packing tape and all that. It's a slow beginning.
We have also started researching the best plan for the actual moving DAY for Braeya Jo Jo. This girl is traumatized to the max by car rides. Her saturation point on moving vehicles is less than one mile. We are moving farther than one mile. And while it would be easy {and maybe even likely!} to just put her in Ryan's car for the ride, since she likes him better anyway, I truly don't want her to be scarred for life by a move. So we're exploring kitty meds and all that. But in the meantime, we thought we would reintroduce her to the carrier. So we casually left it by all the moving boxes.
At first, she wouldn't even look at it. Literally turned her stubborn little nose in the other direction. But eventually she got closer.
Meanwhile, I keep packing. Bookshelves are almost completely packed now.
8 comments:
I can imagine the excitement! You're so organized and top of everything. Your moving planner- the fact that you have A PLAN- impressive!! Braeya does not seem to be on board... she looks like Grumpy Cat in the first picture with her in it.
The planner came from Etsy - I'll have the link for you tomorrow. The lady who made it is pretty amazing. I fell in love with her system!!
Braeya is on board with nothing but sleeping, to be truthful. LOL!!
Yay for packing! Your system looks solid!
I was in charge of numbering the boxes when we moved and keeping track of what was in each box. Good luck with Braeya!
When we moved to IA, several people told us that cats can handle small doses of Benadryl as a sedative for travel stress. We ultimately did not have to do that. Keeping the cage covered can also help. Also, I'd put her in the last carload to go so she doesn't dart out the door while the big stuff is being brought in.
all of this is SO EXCITING I CAN HARDLY WAIT!!! haha so fun and i love the color coordination and love the planning of it and poor Braeya. I know she will be okay, but it might be a long card ride. I vote yes! Kitty meds! :)
Love you guys and happy weekend!!! It's a warm one!! woo!!!
XOXOXOXO
You are so unbelievably organized! I'm overwhelmed just at the thought of all the packing we'd have to do....but you're excited!
As for the cat...I have been there/done that many times with different cats. We had one cat that would get carsick EVERY time we drove more than a mile. She also had long hair. It wasn't a pretty combo. I would medicate if it's going to be a longer drive. Put a blanket in the carrier (to hide under....current cat likes that) and one over the carrier to hide everything whizzing by her! Also, I don't recommend feeding a cat anytime before a car ride (unless you feed her in the morning and then drive at night).
Tamar - I wish I could take credit for coming UP WITH the system, but sadly, I cannot.
Kristin - I loved hearing from you! YAY!!! :) I did not know Benadryl would work! {I promise not to do it unless necessary.} I was thinking when we arrived, I would put her in the walk-in closet so she had room to move around but no one would need IN there.
Polly - Love you too! We are excited!!!!
Christina - Want to come be our kitty whisperer?? LOL!! Don't get me wrong...I'll get overwhelmed. I sure will. But I'm not there yet. I think my undoing will be when I finally get to the place where I don't have room to PUT boxes anywhere anymore without just feeling like I'm living in a warehouse.
There is nothing more exciting than packing up for a big adventure. As I'm super-late on my blog reading, I hope the unpacking has been going well too!
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