Mixed Bag

With this post, we raise our right hands and swear to tell the truth. 

It's not that we've lied in the past, mind you. It's just that today we're approaching the blog with a spirit of full disclosure, in hopes that it might provide some helpful perspective to another future fulltimer who comes down this road after us. 

Today was one of those days that reminds us what a big transition this is and how stressed we are.

The details of the day don't really matter, except that I (Natasha) found myself blubbering in tears twice today over stressful, but really stupid little things. Neither of us is getting much sleep these days, which is the recipe for a real mixed bag of emotions for the both of us, especially when we have a ton of things to do.

Yes, we have all sorts of things to do. There is still packing and purging, but it's tough to tell how much is left because we're living in a fully staged house. We have to keep reminding ourselves that we don't have to worry about all this stuff. It's really messing with us.

But, besides the packing and purging, we have to get the moose ready to hit the road. We had to drop it off in Petaluma today to get a window replaced. While on that 5-hour errand, we discovered we need a new bike rack and were disappointed to find the floormats we ordered from Winnebago to be, well, a disappointment. 

Besides getting the moose ready, we have to contact everyone from the post office to the daily newspaper to let them know our new address (which we just got today!), or discontinue service before we leave, or this, that or the other thing. There's so much that so many places need to know. And, we just hope it all works. 

We're tired. Really tired. Living a life of serious disruption for the last several weeks, we're not doing all of this with the energy of two excited people ready to start a new chapter in life...anymore.  No, today we feel like a couple of people in some serious need of a shot of Geritol. 

But, we know that between the tears and the grumpiness, we really are two excited people ready to start a new chapter in life. And, we know that we are truly blessed that we have such an opportunity. Sure, we're tired. But, we're healthy. And, any other day, we're pretty darn youthful. And, when we need to pull ourselves out of the dark side, we just remind ourselves how truly fortunate we are: We sold our house in four days! 

One way or another, this house will be empty come closing day. Every this, that and the other thing will be taken care of. Bullwinkle and Rocky will be ready. And, so will we. 

Meanwhile, we are in the midst of a big transition. We are stressed. It's good stress, indeed. But, still, it's stressful. 

Our advice to ourselves, and other good folks who follow us on this road, is to take care of ourselves and keep moving toward that light at the end of this tunnel. We'll emerge into the light of a sunny new day...very soon!