OmegaMom

Yesterday was OmegaBro, SIL, niece (with a newly fractured ankle) and nephew.

And…

Step-SIL and her hubby.  We got the call shortly after I posted my last post.

So we had six adults and three children and a dawg and our two cats and a guest cat.

Did I get any packing or cleaning done?  No.

Was I uptight?  Yes.

Today was end of fiscal year at work.  That was fun, too.

And a lunch for a good buddy whose last day was today.

And a conference call with the relocation company representative that lasted an hour.  By the end of the call, my mind was a total blank, and all I could say was, “Okay…okay…okay…”  I’m hoping she didn’t ask us to hand over any pound of flesh or eldest child or anything like that; I suspect I’d just have nodded with x’s in my eyes and said, “Okay…”

Oh, yeah, and OmegaDad had to get home early to remove the dawg because someone wanted to see the house (already!  Yay!).

Y’all gave me lots of good suggestions about staging, and that’s on the list for this weekend, in and around FIL and Step-MIL’s visit.  All those helpful comments!  Rather than my normal omnibus response in the comments section, I will respond here…

Julie–I should remove all books??  That makes me gasp and makes my heart break.  A house doesn’t look like a home without books!

D.–The storage place rental is on my agenda tomorrow.  I’d like to thank you for the suggestion, but it was already seeming like a Good Idea to us!  ;) 

AtomicMama–Dayum…the timing was just a few weeks off!  It would have been cool to see you!  Have I mentioned that I never considered the acronym for Small Mountain University Town until you started calling it S.M.U.T.?

SBird–You do realize that two years ago, while I was returning from a visit to OmegaDad in Taos, we had four inches of rain in one day which flooded the road into Hippy Dippy Enclave in the Woods??  We have something called Pumphouse Wash, which turns into Big Creek, which is what goes tumbling down Really Cool Canyon to Swanky Southwest Tourist Town?  There were RVs that got swept away in that flood.

Mamasan (and everyone else)–I could have sworn I told everyone just how quickly we were going, but looking back over my posts there’s not a word.  Har.  Yes, we were given about 5 weeks to get all this in gear and done with.

Noreen–Hah!  I love the empty good whiskey bottle idea!  I have been contemplating all the lovely wildflowers as a source of nice floral foci in the living room.

Elaine–Hi!  I hope you get a buyer, too.  Indonesia, eh?  Wow.  That’s even more impressive than Alaska!  As for the USCIS, I think you should call your senator in.  Having the passport app denied because of a lack of a U.S. birth certificate is ludicrous.  You may actually need that passport to go to Indonesia!

Sara–We have the appliances up on top of the kitchen cupboards.  What we have on the counters is bunches of spice jars and jars of pastas and rice.  Hm.  The new bath towel sets is something I was considering; thanks for the advice!

Theresa–10 days?!  Wow!  That’s impressive!  The problem with having friends over is that (a) everyone’s out of town and (b) I’d rather have them watching the dotter so she wasn’t underfoot!  The amphetamines might be a good idea. 

Thanks again, everyone!