keep on truckin’

So, our PCS (Permanent Change of Station) is underway. We are pretty much done here and just waiting for transportation to come get our stuff, load up the stuff we’re taking with, and hit the road.

Pretty much.

We decided we’d try doing what is called a partial DITY. Funny … it’s pronounced ditty.  Do-IT-Yourself. What that means is that we chose to take SOME of our stuff with us; we estimate how much it’ll be in terms of weight, pack it up and haul it with us on the drive down. The rest of our stuff gets packed and moved by professional movers and we won’t get that stuff until we get a house there. So a partial DITY is actually a GOOD thing since we get to keep essential stuff and the army knows we have it so in case something happens to us or the stuff .. well, you get the picture.

For the most part, we’ve been packing these last few days. We’ve packed almost all the essentials – only things left are the stuff we’re still using – and a good deal of the “nice-to-haves”.  We still haven’t decided whether I am driving or not yet. Frankly, I’m not sure I can manage that just yet. So if it’s all the same to all concerned, I’d rather just SHARE driving duties this move – thankssomuch.

We chose to sedate the kittehs – whether we both go in the truck and do something with the car, or we drive separately, that is the best option all round.  Both of us in the truck with active and scared kittehs is a bad idea – so is me alone in the car with active kittehs running around in back seat – in a cage or not. The route is pretty much worked out. So all that is really left is to pack the truck and car, get in and drive. Well, sort of. Hubby still has a few more things to get cleared, and then we can be off.

At this stage, I’ve left the “not looking forward to this” phase behind. Now I am at “let’s hurry it up already. I wanna see the other side of this.” phase. It might actually turn out to be fun. So I am trying to be positive.

Although, getting into the whole packing deal was a bit much last night – I had to turn in with a migraine. The first I have had in …. MONTHS. Maybe more than a year. I’d forgotten how they make me feel crippled and sickly. I guess I was a lot more stressed than I realized. It made me realize what the experts say over and over. You sometimes don’t FEEL as stressed as you actually are, sometimes you don’t feel stressed at all. There are signs, increased irritability, fatigue, flu-like symptoms, malaise … but sometimes there are none.  And the thing is, that nothing I have done this week has come CLOSE to some of the ish I’ve dealt with on other moves.

We’ve gotten enough done that I can pretty much do almost nothing this afternoon – hence the time to blog. Hubby went into work and will be gone most of the afternoon. Then we have a dinner date tonight. Tomorrow is a big day, so I guess rest isn’t as far-fetched as it may sound. In fact, this may be the last chance I get to relax for at least another week. So I guess I best get on with it.

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