Day One
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Last night was our first night in our new home.
What a night!!
We wound up parking the RV in the parking lot of Jeff's office building because it was so close and well shaded with trees. Sleep was amazingly heavy...between the hourly FREIGHT TRAINS that is. Yes, we were so very tired that we just wanted to get somewhere...anywhere...and forgot that on the other side of the lovely trees was a freight line. Sleeping like the babies that they are, the kiddos were oblivious, but I had some mighty interesting dreams as the sound of the train approached and began rocking the RV. Never boring ;-p
We pulled away from the empty house, loaded down with stuff at 11:20 P.M. There was stuff everywhere and no time to sort it and store it before we left. It was all we could do to place our hands on everything we've ever bought and make a value judgment about it...Why did we buy this? Do we need it? What is the inherent value of this thing???
Sentimental items like baby books, pictures, and childhood keepsakes where boxed up and handed out to family and friends. Practical items, like blankets, folding chairs and tools were sorted, cleaned and loaded up. Everything else went on the donation truck.
Some things were easy to let go and even went with a tinge of guilt for having even acquired them in the first place. Other things were a little more difficult to let go of, but once my mind released it's grip the relief and freedom came quickly. Amazingly, the two most difficult things to let go were our Tempur-Pedic mattress and the wooden train set. I spent daaays clinging to those two things believing that I couldn't live without one and would cry to see the other go.
Alas, neither scenario turned out to be true. I am sleeping fine on the new bed with it's knock-off tempur topper and the train set isn't missed.
We spent our first day unpacking and trying to find the best way to store the things which we've chosen to keep. Clothing for a family of four with only one closet is a real challenge ;-p but we will be making it work with new shelving in the closet. We had to let go of the kombucha brewing crock and our towels seem to have bred so we'll be re-homing those too.
Otherwise, it is amazingly and satisfyingly comfortable and liberating!
What a night!!
We wound up parking the RV in the parking lot of Jeff's office building because it was so close and well shaded with trees. Sleep was amazingly heavy...between the hourly FREIGHT TRAINS that is. Yes, we were so very tired that we just wanted to get somewhere...anywhere...and forgot that on the other side of the lovely trees was a freight line. Sleeping like the babies that they are, the kiddos were oblivious, but I had some mighty interesting dreams as the sound of the train approached and began rocking the RV. Never boring ;-p
We pulled away from the empty house, loaded down with stuff at 11:20 P.M. There was stuff everywhere and no time to sort it and store it before we left. It was all we could do to place our hands on everything we've ever bought and make a value judgment about it...Why did we buy this? Do we need it? What is the inherent value of this thing???
Sentimental items like baby books, pictures, and childhood keepsakes where boxed up and handed out to family and friends. Practical items, like blankets, folding chairs and tools were sorted, cleaned and loaded up. Everything else went on the donation truck.
Some things were easy to let go and even went with a tinge of guilt for having even acquired them in the first place. Other things were a little more difficult to let go of, but once my mind released it's grip the relief and freedom came quickly. Amazingly, the two most difficult things to let go were our Tempur-Pedic mattress and the wooden train set. I spent daaays clinging to those two things believing that I couldn't live without one and would cry to see the other go.
Alas, neither scenario turned out to be true. I am sleeping fine on the new bed with it's knock-off tempur topper and the train set isn't missed.
We spent our first day unpacking and trying to find the best way to store the things which we've chosen to keep. Clothing for a family of four with only one closet is a real challenge ;-p but we will be making it work with new shelving in the closet. We had to let go of the kombucha brewing crock and our towels seem to have bred so we'll be re-homing those too.
Otherwise, it is amazingly and satisfyingly comfortable and liberating!
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Congratulations! You guys made it!
Congratulations!!!
And know that your bed is being well-loved already. My first night asleep on it, I feel like I healed months of pregnancy-induced aches and pains. And now, a few days in, I feel like I might be able to handle being pregnant until the end of August! We are endlessly thankful...
Much love and thoughts for safe and wild journeys...
The mattress. Wow can I relate! When I moved into my bus I had fantasies about how I could possible make my water bed fit in. I loved it. I thought about making a special "bed" for it on top of the bus! Crazy. But I lived without it. To my surprise.
(I'm sure you'll be getting lots of odd comments from me as I catch up. Sorry if they're coming from left field, or about things you've already explained later.)
Just wanted to giggle about the tempurpedic. I have one, too, and it's one of the few things I'm also having a hard time parting with. (The other is gramma's sewing table, but I'm giving it to my sister, who is teaching her 12 year old how to sew.)
Maybe if times ever get tough we can be spokespeople for tempurpedic, haha!
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