The Movers

The Movers arrive tomorrow morning at 7am. So of course, being the queen of denial that I am... I am pausing in the very last stages of my packing frenzy to update the blog. I've got a strong cup of coffee on board and that "there just aren't enough hours in the day" panic to see me through. After a week long marathon of household fix it projects, my parents headed back home to Belmont with all four kids and Jazz. The house has an erie quiet, an almost silent echo, made all the more loud by the 148+ cardboard boxes. Who knew we had all this stuff? I'm down to the last four boxes, all marked "Odd and Ends." Which basically means all the stuff that should have been put into box 10, or 22, or 57. But as said box was already sealed shut when said item was discovered in an "unlikely place" got tossed instead into a now generic misc. box. I can foresee the unpacking nightmare now. Like the DVD remote which was inexplicably on the floor wedged between two large sealed cardboard boxes, or the coffee pot filters that were hiding out in the back of the drawer. I'm tossing all kinds of things in the rush to finish up. Little bits of games that have rolled under various pieces of furniture. I am sure these will be crucial in the months to come as the games themselves are unpacked and the kids describe that one missing item that I have a vague memory of chunking in the overflowing garbage can. Sigh. But for now the goal is simple. Have everything ready for the movers to load onto a big truck with as much organization as I can muster by daybreak tomorrow morning. Plus, have all the things crucial for the next month hidden from the movers so that they remain in our care rather than packed on the truck.
After that, Kev and I will enjoy our last two days in Durham for a good while. It has been a wonderful place to live. A place full of memories stretching back 20 years for me and even longer for Kev. A place with a quirky progressive quality and yet still comfortably Southern. A place full of many people whom we dearly love and treasure. With shaky confidence we send our boxes on to a new place, with the hope that Exeter will be just as wonderful for us and for our kids...