Moving updates

Well, time seems to be flying in the moving process. It looks like the store in Maine is ready to take me anytime (I didn't count on them having 3 department manager openings and wanting me to TAKE ONE!), so we are trying to decide how soon we can move! In one way it's all very exciting to think about being there sooner than we thought, but, in another way, I am feeling massively guilty about all the things I said I would do before I left. I wanted to go to Birmingham one more time to visit Perry, Janet, and the girls. I wanted to spend a weekend with Dad and Lisa at Middle Earth. I wanted to be able to train my replacement so I don't leave Ryan high and dry during the 100 days of hell. I still want to take an Airboat Alligator ride...some of these things I hope I can find time to do between packing, going to Maine to find a house, changing addresses and bank accounts, getting ready to transport the cats for 3 days, packing MORE stuff, renting the moving truck, and all that other little stuff I can't even think about right now. But, I know I'm not going to be able to do it all.

This really made me think about all the things I never did that I wanted to do: like have dinner once a month with Faith and David (they only live 45 minutes away!) or get to know Lacey's daughter better or spend more time with my sister-in-law Laura because she really IS such a cool person. And now I'm here, getting ready to move, and haven't done any of those things! Am I going to be so horribly antisocial in Maine too or is because I've never really been comfortable here and because no one here ever reciprocated the effort to hang out? Will it make a difference knowing that my friends in Maine have been there my entire life? And will it be weird for Robert if I DO have that level of comfort? So many things to think about.

The bright side is:
1) that I am so excited (and only slightly nervous) about moving that it is hard for me to sleep at night (the lack of sleep isn't good, but the excitement is).
2) Robert and I have almost saved the amount of money we were hoping to save before we moved (even though I haven't paid of quite as many bills as I was hoping to).
3) Looks like renting in Maine will be relatively easy in today's market.
4) PJ IS most likely going to fly down and drive back up with us!

So, in the next week I should have a moving date...and it may be as early as the end of March instead of the end of April. We will see!