The Transition Phase of Moving

In my feelings this week. As I type this, we have 36 hours left in our current house. It’s been a whirlwind. So far, the pods moving system has worked really well. I’ll give my full review after they make it to Texas but so far it’s been great! 9 adults (including us) worked on Sunday to load them up. In just four hours we had the house packed up! Thank you family! We originally reserved 7 pods but we only ended up needing 5. This saves us almost $4000! Now as we navigate this new transition phase things are kind of difficult.

We won’t have as much help when we unload the pods at our new house so after this weekend – seeing how much work it was, we hired movers to help us in Texas. Then our energy can be reserved to really get the house unpacked when we are there for just 4 days in October. I’m so looking forward to that! 

Thinking About My Kids

I do feel very fortunate that everything with this cross country move seems to be going to plan. For anyone considering a big move like this, I highly recommend doing it prior to having kids when possible. I think that’s why I’ve been so emotional about it this week. Our 1 year old has no idea what’s happening – he’s just enjoying running around the empty house but our almost 4 year old is struggling a little bit and that’s been hard for me. 

Things I’ve heard this week, “Mommy, I don’t want our couch to go to Texas. I want it to stay here.” He’s used to his morning routine of drinking milk and hanging out in the living room. “Mommy, I want to sleep in my bed, I don’t like this air mattress.” His bed ended up in the pods this weekend so he’s been on his toddler air mattress the last few nights. “Mommy, can’t we just stay here?” I know he’s not going to remember this time period much at all – but it’s hard for me to see him uncomfortable and out of his normal routine. As I’ve said before, my favorite thing about being a mom is providing a safe space for my kids and I feel like right now he doesn’t have that. 

Don’t get me wrong, he’s so resilient and really has been amazing through this transition phase. I think I’m just the one having a harder time with it. If I could plan this whole thing again, especially thinking about my kids – I would not have this transition phase last so long. I know I’m going to continue to struggle for the next 2 months while we are out of the house they are used to and in my grandparents’ house. In a perfect world, we would have moved directly to the new house skipping this transition phase all together.

But, life doesn’t always work out that way – life is a mother** after all! 

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