Less Than a Week!!!

You know when something  hits you like a brick wall?  Yesterday, I was doing my normal Tuesday cleaning and I was like, “Omygosh, this is it, this is my last Tuesday cleaning!”  See, my life is  changing and it will never be the same.  Wow, that hits you.  Oh, and it is changes that we wanted. Well, some we WANTED and Some Changes are LIFE changes! Meaning, they are inevitable!! Now, these  Changes are for the good but still CHANGE is scary.  Exciting and scary.

In less than a week we will be leaving our home and setting up our second home.  I know for a lot of people that is no big deal.  Many people have second homes.  Obviously, we don’t, this is new to us.  In addition, it is happening with the ‘emptying’ of our home.  Our youngest is heading off to college and our oldest is heading off to law school. Now, our oldest went away for college and I am use to him being gone, although this move to law school seems a little more permanent.  He chose  a law school in Chicago in hopes of settling down there and practicing law.  I am not sure why in the world anyone would want to live in Chicago but he fell in love with that God Awful city and so I will happily support him as his mother.  Chicago, is one city I cannot stand.  I love NYC, Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco but Chicago I never found to be anything special.  I always thought it was a wannabe city.  It tries to be like the others and yet it just misses the mark but that is my impression, like I said, he loves it!!  Maybe with him living there it will grow me!

Anyways, in less than a week we will be packing up half of the house and taking it to Sedona.  We rented a home for a year.  This will give us plenty of time to purchase a home!! In addition, we will be getting our youngest ready for College, she will be attending NAU!  It just all hit me as I was cleaning the house and thinking, “my house will never be like this again”  It is those mixed  feelings that creep up and get you at the ODDEST TIMES.  I am so very excited and yet, a little sad too.  We are entering into a different stage of life.  In addition, I don’t handle chaos well.  I like things to be neat and orderly and obviously when you move things are nothing of the sort (LOL).

In less than a week we will be entering a new phase for us and trying something new.  We will be living in two places.  We will be living separately for periods of time.  We have never done any of this and it is exciting and yet a little scary too.  Will it work?  Can we do this?  How will it work?  How will my husband work from Sedona at times?  What weekends will I go home and what weekends will he be in Sedona?  Can my son come  for Thanksgiving (he swears no)  as a mother I am keeping my fingers crossed for a miracle.  I do know we will all be HOME for Christmas.  We will be home a lot in the summer but this is all so NEW.  Then, you throw our dogs in the mix, oh boy and it really gets complicated.  We don’t like to Board them and I wish my min pin was friendly and could fly!!

My parents are beyond upset.  They have tried to be supportive but it is hard enough for them to let go of my kids, they are incredibly close to my children and then I am heading off to Sedona.  My father and mother do not believe a wife should be away from her husband at all. PERIOD.  They have no problem with us eventually retiring in Sedona together but seeing that we are still in our early 40′s retirement isn’t on the table yet.  My father thinks I should just hang out here for 20 years and wait.  Um, no!!  What my Dad doesn’t get is my husband totally supports having the second home.  He wants to have a warm place to go to and he is excited about the prospect of working from Sedona during his down times.  Yes, we know there are challenges of having two places.  Yes, we are unsure of all the logistics but we want to try!

My sister started with all her questions too along with other family members.  Now, I must admit my sister has been more supportive than most and she is funny because she says, “Lucy, I can’t wait to come visit and I am going to get mom drunk and throw her on the plane.”  Oh, FYI:  My mom has never been drunk and in our lifetime we have probably seen her have, maybe a handful of drinks, you know a glass of wine here and glass of wine there.

Miss Piggy, has been the most upbeat of all!! That is sooo Miss Piggy.  She is a very upbeat person and she would never rain on my parade.  Miss Piggy is also a very logical person.  Therefore, I am sure she is thinking, “What in the world are they doing?”  But, her upbeat personality and positive energy outweighs her logical side and she hasn’t voiced her concerns to me.  Miss Piggy has been nothing but excited for me!!  I enjoy talking with her about my adventure.  I don’t get off the phone and have a headache after a chit chat with her!!

So, in less than a week, half my house will be heading across the country.  We will be driving for 2 and 1/2 days in my tiny car with the three of us and one dog to start this next chapter in our lives!!  I am beyond excited.  And, yet I find myself crying.  My son leaves for Chicago tomorrow and although I will sleep better at night, I can’t tell you how hard it is to let your kids fly away from the nest.  My baby girl leaves in about 2 weeks and I know I will sob.  Once again, my head knows they must go, they must leave the nest but my heart will still miss them!!

Okay, here is something you can get a giggle out of, I cried at a ‘back to school’ commercial the other day!  Then, I started laughing.  You know how long I waited to not have to buy all that bullshit stuff AND then I start crying about it!!!

So, how many of you are getting all ready for back to school and dreading it??? Or do you love the Back to School shopping?  How many of you are empty nesters?  You empty nesters, are you use to it and now love it??

Tagged as: Back to shcool, college students, empty nesters, moving, retiring, Sedona