More Stress

Today was supposed to be a happy occasion. Oh well. I must admit that I'm tired of the stress filtering through my poor little family. There's so much to do, and it always seems like there's so much time to do it...then time plays that funny trick of running as fast as possible, right past you, as you're not looking, and all of a sudden, it's gone! I will liken it to when we are at a restaurant... I will look over to help Andrew find some food, then when I look up, it's just in time to see a little blond streaking all the way across the room! Boy, is she fast! Or another little boy, who takes off to find his own silverware, catching all of us completely unawares, as he happily jogs back to the table holding a steak knife high in the air as a king would with his mighty scepter! Luckily, no one was in his way, and he didn't trip. Thankfully, Andrew was strapped in. *sigh*

We put in for our Visas today. The move is becoming more and more real as each day passes. Over the next few days, we'll finish all the household organizing. I just need to make sure I set all the regular baggage and air freight aside so the movers don't decide to pack it up...NO! I need that!!... Hopefully the next few days will be enough for us to do all of that! I can't believe that by this time next week, we'll be in a COMPLETELY EMPTY apartment! YES!!!!! I won't feel like I'm drowning in all of this stuff! I must admit that it feels like I'm being suffocated, and that feeling is so persistent. I have to continually remind myself...just a few more days! Just a few more days!!! I know I'll miss some of the stuff that will be packed away (mostly just the wheat grinder, though. I'll miss my fresh bread, rolls and cinnamon rolls...) but I need some time away from stuff to make me grateful for it once again. It's good for a person to do that. Stuff is good and useful, but not the most important thing in the world. I honestly wouldn't even care if we lost everything in the move. Sure it would be super inconvenient, and a HUGE waste of money and stress and time...but as long as my family made it intact, it would all be fine and worth it!!!!