One Step Closer...

As I type this message, our belongings are traveling somewhere across the United States toward Vermont! After 6 months notice of our move and a LOT of fighting with the insurance company to give us our damn stuff back, we're finally getting our wish! HALLELUJAH! I haven't the slightest idea what we're going to do with it all until we get to move into our house, but we'll figure it out! lol

Thing is, we've got a LOT of crap. A LOT. We had a 5,000 sq foot house prior to our farm home that was destroyed (only 2800 sq feet give or take), so a lot of stuff stored from that. Plus we had an office that we closed down, so a lot of stuff from that too. It wasn't that big of a deal living there at the time. A little cluttered, but not awful & a lot of the stuff was stored in the basement that we rarely looked at. But cramming it all into trucks has proved to be a bit overwhelming. We have THREE trucks coming with our stuff!

Oh. My. Gawd. I think I may be sick.

It's a little comforting to know that they were extra careful with how they packed our boxes (assuming from the few possessions we were initially given back so that we could function). The boxes were only packed 1/3 to 1/2 full and stuffed with paper, so I'm certain that we can pare down the amount by condensing some boxes right there. But rest assured, we are going to sell and/or donate probably 1/2 that crap. (Plus I have no idea if they are tossing or giving back the stuff that was irreparably destroyed. I think it's coming too, so there goes those things). We most definitely weren't hoarders. But we did collect a lot of things over the years & weren't great about getting rid of what we no longer needed. If we've learned anything at all from this whole ordeal, it is that we don't need near the "stuff" we thought we needed just two years ago. We've learned to live without & function just fine.

So tomorrow we will meet the movers at the storage unit & sigh a tiny sigh of relief. One step closer. One more step toward having this whole nightmare over with. I don't think I'll feel like it's really done until we're able to move into the house, be able to actually have all of our furniture & use our belongings again, let our kids have their own rooms again & have our whole life back. We're getting there, and we're about a billion times better than we were. But I just don't feel whole yet.

One step closer.

But hey, as of tomorrow, we will have a couch again! WooHoo! ;)