About to start a new chapter

The last few months just flew by and now I am about to start a new chapter in my life. Will you join me?

In the next couple of weeks you will see a couple of changes to the blog, when I move on from "moving" (pardon the pun) to life changes. It should be an interesting ride for all concerned.

As I start on this journey, something fascinating is happening. First, some background information. I am 42, my daughter is 17 and we are moving from an island in the Atlantic to Florida, where she will be starting college. I am moving on to the next chapter in my life when I stop being overbearing, overprotective mom and turn into "roommate occasionally known as Ma".

My husband said to me a while back that many people would love to be in my shoes. I am currently unemployed and it is his theory that people would love to have the guts to decide one day they want to change their whole lives and just get on a plane and start new. Oddly enough, one of my dearest friends said the exact same thing this morning. She validated his statement.

If truth be told, I am not a big fan of planes and the thought of getting in one terrifies me more than this "new life" I am working on. I am not scared about the journey of my life...I am scared of the three hour plane ride. Once I am there, I am making stuff up as I go. And no, that part does not scare me at all.

If you want to know what happens next, stay tuned.

It is the 30 day deadline today

Wow! The time has flown by faster than I expected. It has gone by so fast that I have had no time to think of what I am missing or how am I really going to pull this off. Some highlights:
1) I did start packing my books so that my husband can mail them to me as soon as he gets back here. I have ten boxes ready to ship (except for my new address).
2) My daughter is registered and has an orientation on August 5. I have a parent orientation on the 11th. She has a test on the 24th and then start of trimester is the 26th.
3) I am taking my dog when I leave now. I don't have the heart to leave him behind. He is, after all, like my son.
4) I have been able to do some research on the internet of the County where I will be moving and the info I need to register the business, etc.
5) I have done apartment rental research and have some places picked for posible lease.
There are other things that I have accomplished, but the most important is to sell all my furniture so that I have some spare money. Here is my prayer to God: "Let me have some money, great health and a positive attitude to survive and thrive in these circumstances. I refuse to participate in the meltdown mentality. I only have eyes for prosperity, happiness and service. Amen".

The countdown continues

This blog has turned into my diary of a move. Today, I realized that when the clock strikes midnight, I will have exactly 6 weeks before I get on the plane. I have to get a move on.

What have I accomplished? A complete state of panic. I don't have enough time or energy to get this done in 41 days, I tell myself. And then my stomach starts getting ugly on me. I am desperate, but I will not drink a soda...that is bad for me. So I take another water bottle. And another. No alcohol, no Coke, just water. It is beginning to get on my nerves but that is the only thing I can do.

I have lost four pounds in the last two weeks, just by dropping the soda out of my life. I can't backtrack on that progress. My butt is beginning to look like a butt again. I can see something resembling a flat belly. Even my breasts stopped hurting. I am seing progress in one area.

Now all I have to do is channel that energy on other things. I have started to make the move in my business as well, little things that will create a big impact later. Now all I have to do is to get a move on the packing.

I am working on the laundry. I had a problem with the hanging rope, I had none. I could not hang clothes to dry. We solved that yesterday when the last one gave out on us. Hopefully the water company gets moving and we get water pressure and I can do more than a load every three hours (with normal water pressure I can do 3 in those same three hours). I should be done with the clothes on Monday.

I also plan a last Garage Sale next Saturday. I need to clean the furniture (and empty it) so that I can get pics on the Classified and on the flyers. I have great expectations for this next one: the last two made me about $600 and the furniture was not ready yet.

Let's keep a positive attitude and I will keep you informed.

How many clothes can three people own?

It is not a rhetorical question either. I use two hours of my day on the purging process. That means that for two hours every day, I go through the house picking clothes that I am taking to Florida, clothes that I am keeping while I am still in PR, clothes that I am throwing away and the rest goes to charity.

I just packed my bag. It is full, it might fit about three more pieces of clothing. I packed two big bags of clothes for charity. I'm not even halfway done. Every time I empty a closet, I find a box under a bed or another closet to empty. That is not including the six loads of laundry that we have done already, the six or seven we still have to wash and the four bags of clothes I already sent to charity at the beginning of the year. I get tired just looking at the closets.

Tomorrow is another day. I hope that purging will be done. I dream of the day when the only clothes in my closet are the ones I am keeping for now. I look forward to the day I start purging my books...ok, not really. I have enough books for two libraries. Since all I am taking is the books and the clothes, everything else is getting sold, I hope that is all the purging I will do. I have 43 days left and only 38 to do it. I guess I better get back to work.

Keep trying.