Packing Up

I definitely can't miss a night's sleep easily anymore. Which can be good. Last night it was. I was so exhausted that I slept through most of the night in spite of everything. I'm still exhausted, but not as much of a mess as two sleepless nights in a row would have made me.

A friend gave me a big ol' package of Sharpies today, all different colors. They're supposed to make packing more fun. I should think so! I dearly love pens and getting these just really made my day.

I'm making steady progress on the packing, but I don't have the time to declutter as I go along anymore. I started just shoveling things into boxes today. It's amazing how much stuff you can accumulate just by staying in one place for a few years.

It's starting to hit me that we're leaving here and I'm feeling sadder than I expected. I never cared for this house. The husband owned it when we got married. I would never have chosen something like this place. But I've never lived anywhere as long as this. We spent our first year of marriage here, struggled to have children here, brought our two daughters home to this house. It's not what I would have chosen, but it's familiar and there are dear memories here. I'll miss that about living here.

I won't miss all the memories from his previous marriage, though. Yeah. That's what I need to think about. All of a sudden I'm excited to get out of here again.