Our apartment is in shambles right now. We have walkways carved out on the floors, we're squeezing between boxes and furniture just to move through rooms. We've never had this type of time to prepare for a move before, so we've never packed before hand, just thrown everything into a truck/car/etc and went on our way.

Ever since our offer and loan application went through on the house, we've been packing - collecting boxes, wrapping things in bubble wrap, disassembling furniture, collecting new items for our house, preparing a garage sale pile, etc - and I'm starting to feel panic because the time I thought we had is disappearing. We sign our loan documents today, get our keys in the next couple days, and then we MOVE. We have to be 100% moved out of our apartment in 9 days, and it's hard to imagine how we can possibly get so much moved in that short amount of time.

Jon and I have both been incredibly busy at work. Grades are due today at noon, so I've been running around like crazy trying to solve grading problems for professors. Jon has several big projects going on at work right now, plus he's contracted out at the UW, so he's essentially working two jobs for the same amount of pay. I know he loves what he's doing, but I hate seeing him come home from work utterly exhausted and burnt out. We have so much to do to get ready for moving, and it's just hard to balance that with a demanding work schedule (and up until a week ago, a school schedule as well.) Hopefully this weekend will be both productive and relaxing... we'll see how that goes.

My brother left for Boston on Monday. Sarah is moving to Chicago on Friday. Jon and I have been so blessed to have our siblings living close by for the last few years - and it's weird knowing that we'll only be seeing them on major holidays from here on out.

A lot of things are changing right now. It's hard to wrap my mind around everything - Noah's birth, Jenny's pregnancy, our family members moving away, purchasing a house, moving out of the city we just spent the last 5+ years of our life in... I'm excited for the next chapter, but it's always sad saying goodbye to the things you grew to love and appreciate. I'm happy to live in a house, to have a neighborhood, to live close to church, to live close to family - it will just take a while to get used to. It's just one more responsibility that we are taking on, and yes, I'm excited for it - just a little sad too.