'tis the season

Woe is me.

We are weary. Every night we collapse into bed after another long day of preparation and promise each other it won't always be this way. I decided to compose a Master To Do List, and it's up to 5 yellow legal pages long. In the beginning when something would fall through I'd be momentarily exasperated, but it's happened so many times now, I've learned to just add it to the List. I missed commemorating the one-month-to-go landmark, but since even that date is still (sadly) subject to change, I'll leave it be.

We've had many positive developments too. We sold our van and bought a new car, that deserves it's own post. We're halfway done getting the house licensed for renting; and we found a tenant for our home and nearly signed a contract. We're almost done with all the medical visits and immunizations - the rabies shots were brutal. Overall we're on our way, we just can't slow our pace. There are still endless forms to fill out, phonecalls to make, contracts to sign, things to buy, things to sell, things to pack, loose ends to tie up, and farewells to bid. And somehow we have to squeeze in Christmas. Just under 4 weeks to go.