Initial Excitement turns to panic quickly. We have known for one week that it is almost 100% certain we will be moving again for a short term assignment in the U.K. Even the kids are excited about being able to go back to Europe and travel to places most of their friends have only seen in books. I love the opportunity for adventure and seeing and learning new things. But now reality has set in.
The To Do list is long. This time there are so many more things that need to be done in order to move a family with school aged children overseas. Currently, my focus is on housing. Of course we need to find housing there, but first we need to rent out our housing over here. I am struggling with how to attack this challenge. What I would really like to do is to be able to go through everything and decide if it should go with us, go into storage or be disposed of. In order to do that, the house will inevitably be turned a bit upside down. Everything needs to be pulled out, sorted into piles and then put in its proper place. If I were better organized, this would be an easy task, but I am an overextended mother of three who tends to let piles of paper grow and baskets overflow with things without homes.
The problem with this plan of attack is that I will also need to be showing the house to potential renters. Consequently, I need to stage the house for the photos and then for the house tours. I live in this house with three children, a husband and a dog. Staging seems a bit overwhelming right now, but something that needs to be done within the next week to be sure to have the home rented. If I stage the house I need to place all of the piles of paper and baskets of this and that into storage totes and hide them in the crawl space where I may not find the time to get through them. This is the route that I will take at this time, but I am fearful of the results. However, at the moment, I think sorting everything into totes will help me to pack away my Panic...until I start thinking about getting the kids into a school.
