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3 things, end of the proverbial rope edition
1. my husbo is out of town for the next ten days, It is up to me to do a lot of packing and preparing for our upcoming move...and I don't even know where to begin! I keep doing really dumb things, like packing a partial box of stuff, then moving piles of stuff to other places, then mopping the floor, then taking a break to stare off into space....this is hard. what happens if I don't make any progress?
2. I am having a hard time warming to the idea of not having a job... I had to quit the p/t gig (of my dreeeeams, mind you. My old firm offered me part time after my first maternity leave, and it ended up being the answer to my prayers to the dark lord.) in order to facilitate this, and I won't be picking up anything after the move, because...well...I don't forsee anything I want to do for work there.
3. my friends are coming over tomorrow night for drinking and hanging out, and I have spent more time making the house look more presentable than I have spent doing anything truly productive. and this place still looks like a bomb went off! I'll get lots done on Sunday, right?
(this came off more as a confessional post...just roll with it.)
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Re: 3 things, end of the proverbial rope edition
LOL at the answer to your prayers to the dark lord!
packing SUCKKS
I am considering going extreme minimalist and taking only the children's toys and clothes...trashing anything else...
1. Your #1 describes my life right now. DH started a job in NY this week and I'm all by myself w/2 kids trying to get ready to move. And I'm totally doing the moving piles around and getting more disorganized in my quest to get more organized.
2. Where are you moving and why? (sorry I'm out of the loop)
3. You once described how to make the best baked potatoes... mind sharing again? I needed like 2-3 potatoes and DH came home with a huge bag from Costco!
A-bay...wah!! isn't it SO HARD??!
we're moving to Kansas (lol) I insisted on going back east...but this isn't quite as far as I was hoping! He's beyond excited...so..I'm going to see how good I am at adapting! I hope I am a midwesterner at heart. I am sick of the city, so we'll just be taking things to an extreme...he keeps saying that maybe we'd like to live on a small farm..I keep choking back tears.
potato recipe:
clean and poke holes in potato.
fill a bowl with hot water and salt (hot salt water, even!) and put the potato in it for like...30 minutes.
remove from bowl, place in 400 degree pre heated oven for 60 minutes ( minimum...If they are large, or there are more than one, do like 75 minutes.) Don't wrap in foil or anything, just put them on the rack.
enjoy!
with sour cream and butter...oh yum.
Yes! I keep telling myself this is nothing compared to single moms and women with deployed husbands... and then go back to feeling sorry for myself! I started DD in preschool this week, which has saved my life. She's become a defiant little thing since her brother arrived 9 weeks ago!
At least Kansas is the right direction, right? A few more moves and you'll be on the east coast! I'm equally unthrilled about my move. I know there are worse things, but I like my life here, dammit!
Thanks for the directions... I remembered it involved salt and sounded good! Now I just need a gallon of sour cream to go with my 50 lb sack of potatoes.
A-bay - we must get together!!! Been thinking of you...
Smooches to BOF - wouldn't want you to feel left out of the love
And moving just sucks. completely sucks.
Oh, and A-bay -didn't you get the memo that you're not allowed to leave?!
I know I may have missed it, but where in KS are you moving? You can PM (or ignore) me, if you'd like.
I hate moving. I will not move again.
Heh, *someone* didn't get the memo, that's for sure! I think your H should get a job out there, you guys can move to the same town as us, and we don't have to worry about "mom dating."
BOF - nudge your H a little further east and join us. Tell him he can have a little farm in NJ!