Moooooooving

I've never thought of a "packer" being an actual profession. Well, packing has been my latest profession since we decided to move. Floyd and I just start and we're both in our own worlds! Once upon a time, our house had a personality. My brothers hung out at our place over the weekend and couldn't believe the transformation. Our house is now so bare, it has absolutely no personality if you ask me. I now have a different ambiance, if you will, to ensure that I use up what I have instead of buying new stuff at the store. The Sunday Crew was at my house over the weekend and they were asking why I had so many candles lit. My response: "I'm trying to use 'em all before we leave."

OUR WALLS ARE SO BARE!!!

Our most major garage sale is scheduled for this Saturday. I've been working on a list of major items in our home that we're ready to sell. People have been so eager to buy our stuff, they're already asking for my bed! Uh, HELLO! I still have to sleep somewhere. Sheesh!!!

I swear this whole move has been both exhausting physically, emotionally and mentally!

Physically - elbow grease. Enough grease.

Emotionally - well, even if it's so liberating to get rid of things that we don't use anymore, I still choke up every now and then packing up our personal stuff to be sent to another location. You know how it is, you come across some pictures and then stop to look through it...memories rekindled. But it's been emotionally rewarding to find out that all the boxes we've been mailing to Las Vegas has been received on that end. Whrew!

Mentally - just thinking of what needs to go, what stays, what needs to be stored, where it should be stored, what's important, what's not important....and the mental exercises go on and on!!!

We're packing up....and heading out!

So much has been going on so I've been distracted and unable to focus on writing anything on my blog. For the most part, Floyd and I decided to relocate to Las Vegas, Nevada in February 2009. We both decided that we want more things in life and right now, being in the CNMI won't help us accomplish many of our goals. I've decided to go back to school and Floyd decided to continue his career in law enforcement.

We've been packing things up little by little, and sending them off to my sister-in-laws place in Las Vegas. The post office is like a second home to me now! We're having a garage sale this weekend so we've been preparing for that as well. Since we have about 2 months left on-island, we're going to try to do have more garage sales every weekend (if possible) so we can clear things out of the house. It makes me sad to see us do all of this, but at the same time, I know it's all for the better. It's been hard to let things go, but I figured, this move is a new chapter in our lives and we've got to get a fresh start on things.

Any tips on moving are always welcomed :)