This morning, I woke up at 8:00am feeling awesome! The night before, I had been in some of the worst pain I’d ever been in, and my good nights sleep (and Gods grace) helped me feel about 90% better this morning! I got up within fifteen minutes of waking up, and Brady and I were working hard by 8:30. There was more to pack, haul upstairs, throw out, make decisions about, empty, etc., and we gave it all we had.
My dad showed up shortly after 10:00, and I left the house around 11:00. Before I left, I emptied our freezer out into coolers, and defrosted the freezer itself. We have never defrosted that beast of a thing, and after 6.5 years of use, all of the ice I chiseled out of it was less than a 5 gallon pail. Turns out we have a great freezer! I’m glad we get to keep it, though I’m also glad that I will not be one of the people moving it up our stairs tomorrow. Sorry, guys.
Once the freezer was done, I gathered the kids up and got them into the van and off to my parents. We spent the day with my mom, playing, eating, and attempting to nap. As things tend to go on moving days, the work day was WAY longer than we had bargained for, and the guys were home around 7:30 rather than mid to late afternoon. Crazy stuff! I had kept the kids up because I thought they’d want to say goodnight to their daddy and grandpa, and I still think that was a good idea, but Dekker was having a pretty solid cry when they arrived, and he wailed until he was tucked in, when he and Laela both promptly fell asleep. It was a very full day. I didn’t work as much as the men, obviously, but it was a VERY big day all around. Successful though!
Just about everything we’ll need at our rental is there. A few other little things, like our clothing and a few toiletries, will come when we actually move in, but the vast majority is on site. Thank you, boys!! I’m so thankful I didn’t have to be elbow deep in it today. While I have LOVED being hands-on in our moving process, and actually doing some of the physical work, today would have potentially hurt me a lot, so it was nice to have a day of just child minding, and visiting with my mama.
But the poor boys especially are wiped out. So we’re all off to bed. Lets hope the kids are just as wiped and stay sleeping for a LONG time. They definitely need a good solid rest too!