So, Monday, the movers came, and I will tell you, we were scrambling ALL day long. Though Scott and I are pretty prepared, it seemed we had so much more to get done once they came. Moving overseas is a lot more complicated than moving from Connecticut to Michigan. What do we store?? What do we ship in the air shipment versus the sea shipment? Can we really live without that extra can of hairspray for a month (ok, that was me, not Scott)??!! UGH!! Decisions, Decisions....I will say, the movers, all five of them, are some of the most polite fellas you could ever meet...even asking if they could use the restroom (I actually thought they should have to hold it all day long, but Scott and I disagreed and he won !). Overall, Scott and I are realizing that we have a LOT more stuff than we thought...6 years in once place has made us pack rats I guess!
Our first night in the hotel (first of 10 days sleeping in random places!) went as expected- not great. For some reason, the first day of any travel experience/overnight for our girls does not go well. Maya didn't fall asleep until late, but got to order out and eat on the bed (like a hotel picnic, according to her!) with us. Early rising took place at about 5am, so we are all a bit beat.
Day two....has been a little less hectic. We had to figure out what we were packing in our luggage vs. sending in air and sea, but aside from that, we watched 6 guys (they brought an extra - they apparently think we have a lot more stuff than we did too!) work REALLY hard....I went to lunch, read the Sunday paper, answered some questions, and really, am so exhausted from seeing them work!! Can't wait to go to bed tonite :) Our little piece of good news though- the amount we chose to go in our Air shipment was actually a couple hundred pounds under weight, so we got to add more stuff to it!YIPPEEE.....
We spent our last night in Portage (at least for a bit) at the hotel, with our friends the Van Winkle's, Filary's and Sobell's...pool/pizza party and $2 drafts..what more could we ask for?? The night went really great- everyone had fun, and we really appreciated another night getting to hang with them (you know it is good when both kids bawled for over 20 minutes upon returning to the hotel room about how they were going to miss their home and their friends....sad... :( )
It looks like tomorrow will be a pretty full day for the movers as well...., so we don't expect to leave Portage until at least mid-late afternoon....ughhhh!!!
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