I can't believe I'm saying this, but we leave in 14 days!!
Mood check: Excited, anxious, ANXIOUS, excited.
Are we ready? No. Will we BE ready? Probably. I hope. Haha. We have selected our movers and finalized the paperwork. We are springing for both packing and unpacking. Unpacking is a nightmare and a few hundred dollars is worth saving ourselves weeks of stress and fighting. We are also shipping one of our cars. We've made a list of things we have to bring in the car with us:
1) Air mattress and bedding - our bed and everything won't be there for maybe a week
2) Towels & Washcloths
3) Usual travel toiletries & meds - but like 2 weeks worth
4) 3 cats with carriers & cat calming stuff
5) 1 hedgehog with travel box
6) All of our computers and tablets (I don't really trust those to the movers). Unfortunately we have a lot of computers and tablets
7) Power strips
8) Self-purifying water bottles
9) Shower curtain
10) Cat litter & Box
You might be wondering how big our car is.... it's not that big. I would not really call it a 3-cat-and-a-hedgehog sedan...more of a 2 person, 1 cat sedan. Maybe 2 cats. And that's my husband's car; if we were in my little 2 seater it would just be us and half a suitcase.
Anyway! The house is ours, the packers and movers are lined up. Now we have to arrange the utilities at our new place, give notice on the utilities at our current place, empty our storage unit, finish donating the stuff we don't want to move, finish my tattoo (2 more sessions!!), pack, and we'll be ready to go!
14 days, and here is what I'm thinking about. We're doing the right thing, right? This is kind of a huge deal. I'm so excited about the house; I'm worried it will feel small or have quirks we'll have trouble adjusting to. I'm worried we'll be the only people without bikes. I'm worried about the 122 days of rain - 122 days of rain! I've only ever lived in California and Texas and I'm not sure that much rain is natural or healthy. I've been looking at the weather in Portland every day and it has rained literally every day for a month. And there is no end in sight. It rains for a week in Texas and we all act like the floods are coming. Are we ready for that much rain?! I've bought waterproof hiking shoes and rain boots so yeah, we better be ready. And parkas. And a raincoat. My friend in Portland reminded me that only tourists use umbrellas but mine is pretty and red and I have super nice hair and I really think umbrellas might need to make a comeback in Portland just for me.
I'm not REALLY worried about any of these things, but I'm kind of worried about all of them. I'm used to blue sky days and baking heat. I want the green and the earthiness and I know it will be an adjustment; it won't be as fancy as Dallas, and people will stare at my luxurious eyelash extensions, but maybe we'll make friends and have people over and do all sorts of awesome things. We'll get bikes and not be afraid to ride them. We'll go hiking in the forest and eat artisinal chickens and free-range cheese. I am so so excited. Two weeks away. Two weeks is too soon, and too far away.
WE ARE REALLY DOING THIS!!!
