The Shafferland Shuffle

What. A. Week. It. Has. Been! Thank you all so much for traveling with me this week through all the story installments and for your kind words of encouragement! We appreciate you! Last Sunday feels like it took place about 100 years ago, so I have a feeling I'll be as surprised by this week's happenings as I write about them as you will be when you read about them! :)

* Last Sunday was, of course, Father's Day, and we continued our annual tradition of spending the day with Ryan's family. The Father's Day bash out at the cabin is usually about 50-70 people strong, but the virus cut it down to about 1/3 of that. We were super careful, and I carried my hand sanitizer on my person and applied it about 1500 times in the few hours we were there. My parents stopped by for a bit, so I got to see them, too! And on the way to the cabin, we stopped by Ryan's mom's grave to see her stone, which had just been set the day before.

* Monday began my last week of work at the church, and it also began our packing-palooza. When I came home from work that night, I packed my very first box. Ryan began his trek around the house to mud, sand, and repaint as many of the nail holes as he could, so the walls are fresh and clean for the new owners. I thought we both made pretty good progress that night!

* Tuesday was my last staff meeting, so I had to document it with a picture with Abagail. I am going to miss her so much. We became two peas in a pod in NO TIME. (She's the one I covered for while she was out on maternity leave, but we still talked all the time, even then.) Tuesday night brought about more mudding, sanding, and packing!

* Wednesday I started taking pictures with all the staff, because I wanted those for my scrapbook! I've lived life with these people for the last six months, and I have so many memories with them. The picture below is with Pastor Liz, our worship pastor, who I started serving directly back in March. From March to now, she became one of my very dearest friends. She's retiring in a month, and I think we're both glad we don't really have to know what work life without the other is like. I'm sure it will surprise you to know that we did more packing and mudding/sanding/painting on Wednesday night!

* Thursday was my last day with several of the staff, because Friday is a popular day off for them. I did more pictures, received some gifts that made me cry, and that afternoon, I got a total surprise when they threw me a going away party! It was late enough in the day that Ryan was done seeing patients, and he even sneaked in to be part of the fun!

* Friday was my last day ever working at the church, and it kept me hopping! I filled in for Abagail, and the phones rang fast and furious all day. Didn't get bored! That night, Ryan picked me up in the truck as you see below (HA HA HA HA HA!) and we drove to the south side of Indianapolis like this - to deliver our beloved hammock to my sister's house. We won't have space for it at our new place, and she's going to love it for us. Oh the stares we got!!

* We woke up to strong storms here yesterday, so we took it easy - probably our last ever lazy Saturday morning in this house. We took our time with Bible study and coffee and listened to the rain on the sun porch roof. We ran out for a bit in the afternoon - had a graduation open house for one of the teens from church (sweet, sweet girl) - and then? Yep. More packing.