Can you handle a few more stories from the moving days? I'm just so excited to have my pictures back so I can finally share with you! :)
As we prepped to move, it was also time to prep to move another very important family member: ABBY!!!!! She'd been all bedded down for the winter, and about a week before we moved, Ryan took off her cover and put the batteries back in her so we could take her with us!
The first day we took things over to our new house was LITERALLY the only nice day of all the days we moved. It was chilly, but so sunny and bright, and we were grateful for that!
This was a day off for us, and Ryan was so happy that he had everything situated just how he wanted it!
We unloaded it fairly quickly, actually.
We took that load over and carried it all off the truck too (in the rain, but we were able to just unload into the garage, so it was okay!) and then it was back to packing. It was right about this point in the game when I got so sloppy. I was just throwing things in boxes. We had less than a week at this point, and I couldn't afford to be too picky anymore.
We were thankful that Tim came over one day and helped carry the furniture that was just really and truly too much for me. THANK YOU, TIM!!
Yours truly prepping to pull out of the parking lot with a car full of stuff!
And that brings you up to our final day of goodbyes and our last trip over! When I look back on these days of packing, transporting, loading and unloading - while still working - I really don't know how we did it. It was completely stressful, and a few times I feared I may end up having a stroke or heart attack or something, but we got through it no worse for the wear. And here's to NOT moving again for a good long while!!
6 comments:
What an adventure!
I'm glad you're all settled by now and that everything went smoothly (with Lexi's help, of course)!
:)
So thankful that someone else could help move the truly heavy furniture. And when I read your last paragraph, it was clearly God keeping you going. There are times when it's so clear that God is working and this must have been one of them.
You two make a great moving team!
For some reason I have not seen a blog post where you tell us WHY you're leaving your job at Willowbridge and moving somewhere else. I'm sure I'll come to it eventually, but right now I'm so confused. lol
But congrats on getting the move done and over with! I've moved several times in my life and hated it every time so I feel for ya. So glad you love your new place! So what are ya'll doing for work now? Did I miss that post, too?
Paula - Yes! Moving with a puppy = adventures untold! :)
Natasha - It was ONLY God that kept us going!
Tamar - Well thanks! :)
Jinjer - I talked some about it back in March when I started the story, but the main reason is that our job was around the clock shifts except for the 9 days a month we were off duty. We were actively working 12-15 hour days during those 24 hour shifts, and we were starting to wear down physically and mentally. The staff is small, so there weren't a lot of people to step in for respite, and the time finally came when the best answer for our health, our marriage, and our mental health, was to step away. We are in conversations with some places about new jobs, but so far, we do not have a new job.
(Also - since we lived and worked in the same place, leaving work meant we had to find a new place to live.) Hope that helps clarify! :)
Jinjer - I should also add, after what I said above, that we knew when we took the job that it would be challenging and difficult. It's the nature of that sort of job. The time frame we stayed is actually fairly typical for a houseparent type of position. (To be clear, we were not houseparents, but we shared similarities with them in the round-the-clock aspect of the job.) We had hoped that since we didn't have children of our own, we might be able to stay at the job longer, but that did not end up being the case. We prayed long and hard about what to do and felt that it was best to step away. In no way do we regret going or feel we made a wrong decision. We know the Lord led us there for that season, and we learned SO much while we were there. We also hope we made an impact. But even with all that, we knew it was time for us to make a change.
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