Stress, Anxiety, and Moving Cross-Country...
So I've been a bad, bad girl and forgotten to write for...well, too long. So I am going to make it up to myself by posting an extra-long post today, and putting this on my 'to-do' list for tomorrow.
It's been pretty crazy, and it's only going to get crazier. My move is in 3 weeks. Lent has started and I have been a crazy person trying to pack, attend all the special functions at church, pack, arrange a cross-country move, pack, throw things out, finish up crafting projects that need to be finished, pack, and make arrangements for my darling incarcerated fiancee. Life is certainly never boring.
I sold my car this weekend, all the while thinking "praise God from whom all blessings flow" in that the damn thing is now off my hands, I've bought my plane ticket, I've gotten a phone number for my fiancee to call me, I have gone through my books twice and packed off those I don't want to the used book store, I have another pile of things to go to goodwill when I am done, and a stack of things to return to their owners. I've been quilting/embroidering/sewing like a crazy person trying to get craft projects to a place where I can easily pick them up in my new environs, and I have been agonizing over whether or not to ship my sewing machine out in the first wave of boxes, or just take the hand stuff and put it into the second wave. Decisions, decisions.
I've managed to complete 2 courses- a faith class at church and a victory garden class that I will finish tomorrow night, and I have one block of embroidery finished in my Jacobean cross-stitch quilt. I'm half-way through a gorgeous piece of blackwork embroidery, and I've found yarn and embroidery shops near my new home. One of them carries a line I am familiar with here in Idaho, and I was in Fibre Spun today reminding myself that I can get that gorgeous Rustic chunky wool in Oak Lawn, so there is no need to buy it here. Even if it is on sale...
I've put together two crafting projects in my craft-of-the-month club, and I've got my block-of-the-month quilt completely cut out. I've got another quilt (lap quilt made from fat quarters) nearly finished piecing together, and I've been going through my stash throwing things out and getting ready to pack the rest. There are so many decisions to be made with all this, it's really very anxiety-laden. How do I get my china there without anything being broken? Tea, candles and incense are easy, but my oil-warmer is not since it's porcelain. Books are easy, but they weigh a ton and I need to figure out which I want to take and which I do not. And of course, my DVDs and DVD player will be going in the first shipment of boxes. It will be nice to get that hooked up. I have missed my DVD player.
And of course, there is True Blood to watch, as I just recently got a gift card to iTunes and downloaded season 1. I now have it on Blu-Ray AND iTunes. Life is very good. The biggest problem with season 1 is that Alexander Skarsgard is not in enough episodes. Fortunately seasons 2 and 3 make up for that!
Yoga mat and bricks can go in my suitcases, I think. I want some of the china and my jewelry box in my carry-on luggage, and of course my laptop will be carry-on as well. My scrapbook and mementos can stay here a while longer. It's taking up a ton of mental energy trying to figure out what to pack for the plane, what to ship, and what to leave here to get later. GAH!!!!
So in the mean time, I've been needleworking and untangling some very angry mercerized cotton that is finally in a nice ball all ready to be made into socks. Which reminds me, I need to pack and ship my ball winder and swift. In fact, they won't take up much room, so I'll be able to pack them and take them with me on the plane. Just in case I get a yarn jones before my boxes come...but on second thought, I'm going to have wayyyyy too much to do to have a yarn jones, so I should be able to ship them. I hope.
I'll have a real bed when I get to Oak Lawn, I'm going to buy a full-size mattress set and frame when I get there- should be around $200. I am looking forward to using my own sheets, quilts, and bed spread again. I have missed them terribly. Most of my kitchen stuff will stay here, and I'll have it shipped out later as I have the money. It will be nice to have it all around me again, and it will be nice to be in a home that is mine, and not someone else's. James and I can get married this summer, and if all goes well in court, be living together there soon.
It's going to be great to be in a place that has opportunities for me that are not here. I'm looking forward to the theater, museums, crafting, and friends I'll make there. I need so badly to be out of this place and in a place that is truly mine.
Maybe I should not be surprised that I have a headache. After all this, I guess I should!
It's been pretty crazy, and it's only going to get crazier. My move is in 3 weeks. Lent has started and I have been a crazy person trying to pack, attend all the special functions at church, pack, arrange a cross-country move, pack, throw things out, finish up crafting projects that need to be finished, pack, and make arrangements for my darling incarcerated fiancee. Life is certainly never boring.
I sold my car this weekend, all the while thinking "praise God from whom all blessings flow" in that the damn thing is now off my hands, I've bought my plane ticket, I've gotten a phone number for my fiancee to call me, I have gone through my books twice and packed off those I don't want to the used book store, I have another pile of things to go to goodwill when I am done, and a stack of things to return to their owners. I've been quilting/embroidering/sewing like a crazy person trying to get craft projects to a place where I can easily pick them up in my new environs, and I have been agonizing over whether or not to ship my sewing machine out in the first wave of boxes, or just take the hand stuff and put it into the second wave. Decisions, decisions.
I've managed to complete 2 courses- a faith class at church and a victory garden class that I will finish tomorrow night, and I have one block of embroidery finished in my Jacobean cross-stitch quilt. I'm half-way through a gorgeous piece of blackwork embroidery, and I've found yarn and embroidery shops near my new home. One of them carries a line I am familiar with here in Idaho, and I was in Fibre Spun today reminding myself that I can get that gorgeous Rustic chunky wool in Oak Lawn, so there is no need to buy it here. Even if it is on sale...
I've put together two crafting projects in my craft-of-the-month club, and I've got my block-of-the-month quilt completely cut out. I've got another quilt (lap quilt made from fat quarters) nearly finished piecing together, and I've been going through my stash throwing things out and getting ready to pack the rest. There are so many decisions to be made with all this, it's really very anxiety-laden. How do I get my china there without anything being broken? Tea, candles and incense are easy, but my oil-warmer is not since it's porcelain. Books are easy, but they weigh a ton and I need to figure out which I want to take and which I do not. And of course, my DVDs and DVD player will be going in the first shipment of boxes. It will be nice to get that hooked up. I have missed my DVD player.
And of course, there is True Blood to watch, as I just recently got a gift card to iTunes and downloaded season 1. I now have it on Blu-Ray AND iTunes. Life is very good. The biggest problem with season 1 is that Alexander Skarsgard is not in enough episodes. Fortunately seasons 2 and 3 make up for that!
Yoga mat and bricks can go in my suitcases, I think. I want some of the china and my jewelry box in my carry-on luggage, and of course my laptop will be carry-on as well. My scrapbook and mementos can stay here a while longer. It's taking up a ton of mental energy trying to figure out what to pack for the plane, what to ship, and what to leave here to get later. GAH!!!!
So in the mean time, I've been needleworking and untangling some very angry mercerized cotton that is finally in a nice ball all ready to be made into socks. Which reminds me, I need to pack and ship my ball winder and swift. In fact, they won't take up much room, so I'll be able to pack them and take them with me on the plane. Just in case I get a yarn jones before my boxes come...but on second thought, I'm going to have wayyyyy too much to do to have a yarn jones, so I should be able to ship them. I hope.
I'll have a real bed when I get to Oak Lawn, I'm going to buy a full-size mattress set and frame when I get there- should be around $200. I am looking forward to using my own sheets, quilts, and bed spread again. I have missed them terribly. Most of my kitchen stuff will stay here, and I'll have it shipped out later as I have the money. It will be nice to have it all around me again, and it will be nice to be in a home that is mine, and not someone else's. James and I can get married this summer, and if all goes well in court, be living together there soon.
It's going to be great to be in a place that has opportunities for me that are not here. I'm looking forward to the theater, museums, crafting, and friends I'll make there. I need so badly to be out of this place and in a place that is truly mine.
Maybe I should not be surprised that I have a headache. After all this, I guess I should!