MOVED IN FINALLY! (Plans vs. Kids)

In case you were harboring thoughts that it might be different, let me pop that bubble for you right now.

You've got KIDS now! Your shit will never be perfect again!

And when I say shit, I don't just mean your physical belongings.

I'm talking about your short, medium, and long term plans for anything.

So, we are finally completing a cross-town move into our new house, and it only took all of more than three whole weeks.

And while there were some extenuating personal circumstances that went into making this one of the most frustrating moves ever, it can't be denied that one of those factors were those little ones we love so much and worked so hard to find this perfect house for.

It was a real endeavor to try to find someone to watch the little darlings while we moved an endless parade of hastily-packed boxes using what little space was left in our cramped cars after the three car seats occupied the entire back row.

And when we couldn't get help, what seemed to work best was letting the sweet dears play in the moving truck as we shoveled more things into boxes. This ceased to be fun when we found ourselves still moving things after the electricity in the house had already been turned off, and the kids you had to bring along are either trying to "help" or are afraid of the dark.

To add to the frustration, our old landlord, while doing the walkthrough after we got all our belongings out, took a u-haul truck's worth of trash and recycling of the premises, and then cleaned the crap out of the place, still had some harsh critiques about the condition of the place in an attempt to keep the security deposit. She, it seems, did not appreciate the Van Gogh-esque crayon doodles on her walls left by our darling son, as well as, the efforts at oragami he tried using several slats of the blinds.

Anyway, with our new garage packed to the gills with those hastily-packed boxes, we will probably end up slowly replacing all those things we will only find when the last of the boxes is finally opened, in thirteen or so years.

In the meantime, the wee ones love the new house (and so do we) and despite the massive frustration that we experienced as a part of this move, we'd probably do it all again.

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