Sunday, June 15, 2014

We made it!

We made it. It has been 6 days of crazy chaos where we pretty much never stopped. I can't even describe the last 3 days to you! Except that....I will, of course:) After I get a good night's rest.


So, Budget decided to send us the biggest truck they had because they felt like it! No extra charge:) We had plenty of room! We got rid of so much stuff in this past month but we still had plenty to put in the truck. Darn it! Guess we need to do some more purging!

 

Ben and I got up at 6 am this morning (the kids were already in Ohio) and finished the last bits of cleaning (we spent 8 hours cleaning yesterday after packing up the truck!) and packed up all the last minute things. It still took us 2 hours so we didn't get on the road until just after 8 am. Ben, a former CDL class B license holder drove this monster of a truck like a pro! Seriously, wow! (side note: Happy Father's Day, Ben! I got you this really huge truck to drive and an expensive one way ticket to Ohio!! It will be a memorable one for you!:)

I have had a hard time processing all of this and have been so focused on getting everything done that I haven't let my guard down enough to feel the emotion of this change. I started to feel it after we said goodbye to our best friends in Chicago on Friday night. We drove home and it started to hit me what we are doing and who we are leaving behind. But today, closing the door to our home for the last time was hard. I had a book on tape to listen to in the car as I followed our Monster Truck but I just needed to drive in silence for a bit and do some praying and just feeling.

I don't think it will fully hit me until we have a place of our own. For now it just feels like we are visiting like we always do. (except for the fact that all of our earthly possessions just got loaded into a storage unit!)

 
I was very bad (I know!) and snapped a couple blind shots of the skyline as we drove by...
 
 
Goodbye for now, Chicago. I promise to write you a better tribute when I unpack my brain....

3 comments:

Grandma W said...

Welcome Home! A new chapter has begun. Trusting God as he fills in the pages.

Charity said...

On the bright side, you will for once be in Ohio as the same time as me!!!!! But I can't imagine how hard leaving Chicago is, so I won't make light of it.... But maybe the thought of seeing me for the first time in FOREVER a mere weeks from now will give you something to look forward to as you process all of this change. Love you!

mommyoflove3 said...

Charity, I am thrilled to pieces to be spending time with you and your sweet little boy SOON!!

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