Tomorrow will be packing day. It is so serial to know we will be flying by this weekend going to our home in Bluffton, South Carolina. We have been in California since the year 2000. We have felt small earthquakes but not the BIG ONE! We have enjoyed great weather and beautiful scenery. Where else can you go to the mountains and ski, come back home and go to the beach. Not having snow to shovel or to deal with drivers who do not know how to drive in snow, has been a plus.
We are leaving the traffic congestion, speeding everywhere, and all the celebrities. We are also leaving the high taxes, high prices for everything, and the lack of courtesy.
One thing that California did have, which was neat, is that drivers stopped for pedestrians in crosswalks! You never had to wait for a long time to cross the street. They would stop even if there wasn't technically a crosswalk but a place to cross. Amazing, considering it isn't this way in other parts of the country.
My day, today, will be very busy. I need to go through everything once more to make sure that things that need to stay, will, and things that need to go, will do just that. We also have to pack suitcases so we will have clothes for the rest of the week and next until our house things get to us.
I don't have help during the day but will have Sam (Dad) in the evening. I will then be in charge, on Tuesday, to assist the packers to know what is taken and what needs to be left behind. On Wednesday, I get a break as I will be attending a luncheon for me from my support group. Sam (Dad) will have the duty of getting my car picked up to ship and the moving company loading their van.
We are really hoping this will be our last move. It will depend on how I handle the heat and whether it is causing me problems. If my health is affected, we will move to some place cooler, if there is such a place.
We haven't had any offers to buy our house. We have had many lookers but no one wants to take that next step. The buyers are really searching for the best and lowest deal they can make. I really can't fault them, as we would be doing the same thing. We just wouldn't get a seller's hope up that an offer will be made and then nothing progresses. This is so hard on the emotions by having high hopes and then having it snatched away. On top of this stress then we have a move across country. It is hard at times, to keep everything together - emotions and organization. Questions fly and decisions have to be made.
Boy, I will be glad when this is over!!
