Exhausted!

Well today was Day 1 of the Big Move. We actually haven't even closed on the house yet - the seller didn't get the license to sell in time for the bank to start the paperwork on Thursday, so our closing was postponed from Friday to Monday. I know that the people at the bank do this day in and day out, but I wonder if they realize that someone is waiting on the other end with baited breath? Couldn't they just have worked a little later on Thursday?? Oh well, I guess in this instance the bank holds the power and if we want the mortgage we just have to deal with it. Fortunately, the seller did let us start bringing stuff over this weekend (although the realtor had to keep the keys and let us in and lock up after us - even he thought it was weird). I've heard that a lot of sellers don't allow this, so I guess we were pretty lucky.

It was pretty nice to be able to bring over some of the packed boxes. Our kitchen and Toby's book room were basically all packed, but we were tripping over the boxes so it was great to get them out of the way. We made 3 trips with both of our trucks - they held a ton of boxes. Unpacking was pretty slow since most of the stuff in our pantry hasn't even been used in the past four years and was horribly dusty, so everything needs to go through the dishwasher over there. I hate this part of moving - trying to figure out where everything is going to go. Who am I kidding - I hate every part of moving! I just keep telling myself it will be worth it in the end.

All in all it was a pretty productive day, just very tiring (and I'm sure it was way worse for Toby and his dad since they're the ones who actually moved most of the boxes!) Unfortunately I think we have many more long, tiring days in our near future!!

PS - Want to know the really worst part of moving? Coming back and having to stay at the old house when all you want to do is stay at the new house!

PPS - After listening to my mom and I for a while, Marley decided she wanted a blog - how cute is that? Of course she thought she would need 2 - one to work on at Grandma's and one to work on at home. We convinced her to start with just one.