Stress and Roller Coaster of Emotions
My husband and I are buying a new home and the stress involved in the whole process has been overwhelming at times. We closed the deal on our new house last Friday and are preparing for our move. The moving process is causing me to have a whole roller coaster of emotions. Yesterday, for the second time, we hauled a car load of small items to the new house. For the second time, I felt sadness as I hauled the boxes and other items to the car. We have lived in our current home for forty years. It's going to be hard to let go of it. It's going to be difficult when it's time to lock the door for the last time and say good-bye for the last time.
Hauling our treasures in to the new house felt happy and exciting. The anticipation of making lots of new memories is mainly exciting but also a wee bit scary. I look forward to the clean and light atmosphere of the house itself as well as the peaceful country setting of the neighborhood. I fear it will take forever for us to get everything put in it's new place. I also fear we will forever have problems finding things. Change is a challenge for everyone but at my age, when memory sometimes isn't at it's best, change is even more challenging.
Organization is one of my strong points but adapting to change is one of my weak points. Maybe between the two I'll stike a happy medium and thoroughly enjoy our new home and the upcoming process of moving into it. Wish me luck!
Hauling our treasures in to the new house felt happy and exciting. The anticipation of making lots of new memories is mainly exciting but also a wee bit scary. I look forward to the clean and light atmosphere of the house itself as well as the peaceful country setting of the neighborhood. I fear it will take forever for us to get everything put in it's new place. I also fear we will forever have problems finding things. Change is a challenge for everyone but at my age, when memory sometimes isn't at it's best, change is even more challenging.
Organization is one of my strong points but adapting to change is one of my weak points. Maybe between the two I'll stike a happy medium and thoroughly enjoy our new home and the upcoming process of moving into it. Wish me luck!
Posted by ozzieblackcat at 11/4/2010 4:09 AM 
Categories: stress, change, home, moving
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Categories: stress, change, home, moving
Tags: ozzieblackcat depression blog his and hers
Allowing others to share your success
and even mixed emotions has brought joy
and a feeling of being uplifted. I can
imagine the smell of the new woods
(carpet not so much) and the peaceful
country setting that reminds me of how
Willard sounded years ago when I could
hear cows mooing in the mornings.
When we added our sun room, we
couldn't wait to enjoy it at during
different types of weather. I had
my husband stick stars on the ceiling
that I can still see after I turn out
the lights, but I was forced to remember
that the real stars over the patio were
brighter. "New" is better in so many ways--espcially when I remember how the
dampness in the night air could totally
deflate my hair for the next day.
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