Everyday I'm packing
I packed the china from my antique china cabinet today. Seeing how bare and empty my house is looking makes me a little sad and makes this move very, very real. Jack did a course for work today and was home by supper time and did some yard work. While he clipped and raked, I put corn on the cob, roasted potato wedges and chicken on the barbecue. It was so nice to sit outside in the shade and cook supper without heating up the kitchen, be near Jack, and watch the girls kick a soccer ball around the yard. We don't get very many 'normal' moments like this these days so I cherish every one.
For a year now our family life has been affected by my seemingly endless journey to finish my midwifery education and get a job. First, intense studying for the entrance OSCE's, then hours and hours of work all last summer to do the class modules for the IMPP program, followed by 3 months in Toronto. A three month clerkship in Saskatoon after the term in Toronto,and now a week on/week off schedule of work where I'm living elsewhere for half the month. In the past year I've lived in 3 homes that were not my own and I'm really, really looking forward to settling into our new house together and making a home there. Yes, my heart aches to leave this little home that is so full of memories but it's time for our family to move forward and with each box I pack, I get more and more excited. Ten more days until we walk through the door to our new home!