OMgosh.

if i ever said that i liked packing, just virtually slap me silly right now. and do it hard cause i need some sense knocked into me real good.

i remember five months ago feeling this exact same way as we stayed until 10:30pm cleaning our sold house on that monday night. my body physically wants to shut down...i simply can't lift one more thing or bring my brain to make one more decision. wanting to give up is a good way of putting it. but alas! we've done it and the truck is packed full. we ordered a sixteen footer and quickly realized that it's bigger than what we're taking to texas, which only means even more downsizing. eek! i know what i'll be doing this next week...

we're heading out tomorrow morning for my hometown. we'll stay there until saturday, spending the week with my family and friends saying, "see you later". come saturday, the essentials will be aboard and we'll set out for our six day journey. i look forward to detouring through the grand canyon and just seeing some of this great country that we live in. pictures and blogging will be expected along the journey. i'm just sayin'.

i just needed to take a minute to record how surreal this moment is. this specific night - our last night here. i've lived here for nine years and it's become a place i happily call home. it's beautiful, unique, and many lovely people that i call friends and family make their place here. i met my best friend who became my husband here. we fell in love here. we made our first home here. we had our babies here. we felt safe. we made friends. we made awesome memories. we've been impacted in a big way and will take each experience with us on the journey. a journey that holds an immense amount of growth. an irreplaceable amount of joy. and a journey that will simply change our lives.

know that we love each of you in a special way that have touched our lives and caused us to have the courage to take this step of faith. you've been there as our cheerleaders...with love, encouragement, and support. you are our family.

thank you.

and like i said before, it's just a "see you later".