Movers are here

Holy cow! We do not have a place to put all this stuff when it arrives in the States. I am looking at the boxes and boxes and boxes and fighting the urge to panic. Actually, I don't have to fight all that hard. I really don't enjoy panicking. I do think the Interfaith Hospitality Network may need to have a U-haul ready when we arrive for the furniture we will be ready to donate.

We have three guys here wrapping, packing, taping and stacking. They will pack all day today and load up tomorrow. They are all really nice, so that makes the whole thing go more smoothly. I scored points when I ordered pizza for them. Nothing broken on my shipment!

My friend Pam was so nice to have Maddie over to her house to spend the night with friends Nick and Kate. How great is it to have friends who offer help you don't even know you need? Maddie was so excited that she could hardly be sad about the house being packed up. She does have this really big pillow that she is bummed can't make it into a suitcase and will have to go on the shipment, but I remember that being an issue when we moved to Germany as well. Other than that, she was able to fit what she wanted for the immediate future into the luggage alloted. Cool!

The movers are going to leave the bedding on our bed so that we can spend the night here tonight and then tomorrow we all head to a hotel.