Shifting is a word that Kiwis often use instead of moving when changing accomodations. We're shifting next week. It is the calm before the storm here. We've not really started packing, but are gathering things like boxes and wrappings. I expect this weekend the bug will bite me and I'll start boxing things up!
On the upside, this move happening at Christmas is a great opportunity since we'll have a few days off work anyway and don't have to take a lot of extra time for the project. We'll be in the new place for Christmas, and hopefully can get unpacked and settled pretty quickly. I promised Stacey that I would set up her little xmas tree over there as well, and I think we may have to leave it up into January to make up for the interruption.
On the downside, I'm tired. I think perhaps it's just that I really don't feel like moving. Don't get me wrong, the place we're going is beautiful and I'm excited to be getting out to the coast. It's just that after almost 2 years of solid, constant effort to make the leap to NZ...well, I'm just running out of steam. I'm sure that I'll muster the necessary energy to get through this move, and it will be good to start this next chapter of the Grand Experiment.
And hopefully by the end of 2008, the next shift will be our last for a long while.
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3 comments:
I know it is not the same but when we moved from Michigan to Georgia it was so easy. When the time came a year or so later to move from Athens to Atlanta (so that I could start working at Exhibits South) it was a much harder move.
Good luck with everything!
Meri Kirihimete!
(I looked that up)
We're just "shifting" too into our very own house after living with in-laws since we arrived in Oct. of last year. It's felt like eons for me since I lived in my "own space" and I'm really eager to just stay put for a while assuming our neighbours aren't crackheads or something... Good luck!
Hiya - hows it going? Have you moved now?? As you know we are on the move too and I think I am harbouring a few of those feelings too which puts a little downside on it that you dont want.
I hope its all gone well, where you shifting to? Good luck guys!
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