After ten years in the same town home we are going to be moving. The new owners of our property have been rehabbing all the town homes, one section at a time. Our section being the one that the rental and management offices are was to be the last to be rehabbed. Well that time has now come. We received a call this morning from the New Young manager telling us that it was time to relocate to one of the newly rehabbed units.
Now I'm not saying that this is a good this or a bad thing, just that after 10 years its not going to be an easy thing. When we moved here our middle child was just starting second grade and our baby was in kindergarten, now they are both in high school. There is a section of wall between the dinning room and the living room were there are marks for ever time we measured their height as they grow. And our garden is now maturing into a truly lovely sight. So moving is a bit bitter sweet.
It will be nice to not have to call maintenance over the frig going out our the furnace not working right. It will be nice to not have to look at the cracks in the walls in the stairway that appeared after the last little quake we had 4 years back. And goddess knows it will be great to not have to deal with the antique pluming that leaks and clogs and is always in a state of needing repair. It will also be nice to clear away all those things that the kids just couldn't get rid of even though they haven't used or been able to ware them in years. But that's also a bit sad.
No thing I do know is that I AM NOT going to be the only person doing the packing and unpacking this time. The last 3 moves the kids were to young to help and my Husband was to busy with his job. This time though I'm the one in need of help. Ten years of progressing arthritis and diabetes have made it a great deal harder for me to do the packing and lifting the way I did before. So I am depending on the Kids to do as much as they can to help. And on my Husband to get the help we need to move the large items when the time comes.
Lucky for us the manager is giving us a month to get what we can packed and another month to move from our unit now to the new one. So we have the rest of Jan to pack and all of Feb to move. I just pray that the weather continues to be as mild as it has been. Moving in the dead of winter is not my idea of fun in any way shape or form. So please send me what positive prayer/energy/thoughts you can that this move goes well and easy
Not looking forward to moving in winter either, Kitty. But at least it is a nicer place. And more room for your flower garden. And a chance to start all over with a new garden. :)
ReplyDeleteOf course, I'm also looking forward to having a showerhead that isn't hanging at my shoulder level. :)
Well, hopefully everything will go very well. I'm just glad it's such a short distance and they're willing to give us the time to do it. That way, we should only need a truck for one day to move the large furniture.