Finally.

This last week has been nothing short of wacky. A real crazy week that involved four beds in four nights, two different bug scares and resulting cleaning frenzy, a fun Kasowski family reunion in Buffalo, my parents arriving in town, a “there’s no way the house will be done by Thursday” thought to “yes, it will be done!” and lastly, some sickness and infections due to stress. I may be going slightly bonkers.

BUT Lord willing, TOMORROW IS THE DAY! We should be closing on our home in the late afternoon and then filling a moving truck with our stuff, begging the few young men we know here to help unload and we shall be *finally* in our own space again, just shy of the year mark living with Greg’s parents. Holy buckets, that’s a long time.

My in-laws have been beyond gracious to us, letting us overtake their home and never giving them a break. We are so indebted to them for their sacrifice this last almost-year. Thank you, Mom and Dad K, for all you’ve been and given to us this year. We couldn’t have done this move without you. I can’t wait for you to have your home back and for you all to have a breather, you so deserve one. I am glad for all the memories and I anticipate many, many great stories in the years to come. Save my wise FIL, none of us saw it lasting this long. It is only by God’s grace that we have survived and that we still like each other! I’m excited to finally live in the same town as them but not the same house! It’ll be more how we envisioned it a year ago.

Wow. One year ago we were packing up SC and we had no idea what this next year would hold (we might not have moved had we known!). The move, the foot, the unknown of Annalee’s birth outcome, her extreme fussiness, our SC house taking a big hit then finally selling, to the building process continual delays… what a year. Praise the Lord we have our daughter here and her story is just that much more interesting because of all this! Oh Annalee, you are almost out of the storage room, honey!

I know the next weeks will still be insane as we unpack and get settled. Plus we will be in a construction zone for who knows how long and I’m sure that’ll drive me batty for a while, too. (The road next to us isn’t even built yet, for goodness sakes). But just having room to breathe will be such a gift. Cooking in my kitchen! Using my own stuff! Potty training! Having my MIL over for coffee! I’m so looking forward to our space and I do hope never to take it for granted.

More soon as this becomes official and we start moving and unpacking.

-Heather

PS – My public service announcement for the day: do not let a bird nest near your house, like under your deck. It’s a bad, terrible idea. Even if you think it’d be fun for your grandkid to see those little birdies hatch. Because there are these nasty hard-to-identify things called bird mites that will cause much stress and work and laundry going for two days straight. Just don’t.