Music boxes

Music boxes
Music boxes have within melodies they carry in them, once they're open music feels the air;
Every person you have known has a song of their own, once they open up you'll hear whats there;
Every person longs to find who they are deep inside, every person yearns to know their place..."

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Panick

Unstopable dreamer

We are closing on our house in 3 weeks. Time just creeps on us like that, and before we know it, Boom!
I still have tons of boxes to pack, donate a lot of stuff, and prepare for an estate sale we'll have before the closing on the house. We decided to sell everything and start from scratch there. The main reason being, we can't take any electronics with us, since they have a new system there and everything that needs to be plugged, won't work there.
So, we are mailing our books, winter clothes and photo albums, and that will be all we'll have when we get there. I'm excited; it will be fun to go and look for a new bed, new cute covers for the kids, utensils, all the basic stuff. It will be fun to eat on the floor again. We really are excited about being there! It's the GETTING there that is setting all this panick in me. There's so much to be done in this house, I feel like a chicken with her head cut off, running and running without knowing where to go and what to do first. I'm still boxing clothes and books; I need to go to UPS and have them package and mail a couple of picture frames I want to take. Then the estate sale... labeling all the stuff will be a lot of work! We have gotten lots of people that want to help, but I need to get organized so I'll know what they can do and what I need to do myself. After that, the cleaning the house will actually be ok, since we have a wonderful circle of friends.
I also worry about the kids when we get to Portugal; they will be fine, they know the language and love my family, but it's the school that worries me. My daughter can speak fluently, but can she go to third grade and be at the same level as the other kids? She'll have to read a lot, and her spelling won't be good. She is a smart cookie, she was a star student, averaging 98% in second grade. But it will be tough in the beginning. I need to go and find her a good school.

I'm excited, scared, happy, concerned, all at the same time. This was such a quick decision, one that shocked a lot of people, including us. I could never even begin to imagine to leave the US; we have the best school system, our schools here are on the top 1% nationwide. We have a wonderful branch at church, family and friends, a beautiful home and the best doctors that help my daughter with her Tourette's. I can't explain why we're doing it. I can only say that we heard a voice and are following it. This explanation is not enough for most people, but that's all we have. Who was it that said once, "when God speaks and a man obeys, that man will always be right". That's what we are doing, and we have peace and are happy.

I will miss living here, of course I will! When I look at the walls that I painted, the stenceling on the kids' rooms, the curtains I made for each room in the house, the furniture I recovered, the garden I planted, the frames that I carefully hung on the walls... And I think about the day we got a new dryer, then the couches... the day we went shopping for bunkbeds for my daughter... and the day we got the furniture for our big boy's bedroom... I can still remember when I got little silly things like a nice rubber spatula from pampered cheff. Everything has a memory. Yes, it will be hard, and it will be heart wrenching to say goodbye to the people at church, friends and family. I'm dreading that day, but it's getting close...

But we are so looking forward to start over, so excited to be close to my family, and in the Country where I was born and raised, which I dearly love!... We are happy! And we are doing what is right.

And to all of you that once said, "we would love to go to Portugal someday", there you have it!
Now you'll have a place to stay! :)

11 comments:

Pamela said...

SOOOO exciting!! COngrats

Millionaira said...

((((hugs)))) i'm so excited for you...and yes it is a bit much in a short period of time...but that rocks you have a little army of ppl to help you!!! i wish i was closer so i could chip in too!!! it will all work because you're supposed to do it...and as the saying goes "I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it" i love that quote!

Rachau said...

Bela what a great thing you are all going to do.I am so ahppy for you.You made me cry.Just remeber you have many freind world wide who love you and you sweet family.

Darci said...

I am with you babe. I have had only 3 weeks notice to move to Utah. I am just in shock. We had less than a week to put our house on the market and then try to sell it in 2 weeks. But Heavenly Father really needs us to move and provided a way for us to rent our house out and they want to rent to own. Ah the blessings of the Lord.

Andrea said...

Bela how exciting and sad all at the same time! I hope everything goes well so that you have a nice smooth move.

Rachau said...

Bela what loop!You can be in my one lol.I am going to email you.I have a new email addy.I hope you are doing ok.Thinking of you!

Lei said...

What an exciting move. Good luck with everything!!!

Rachau said...

Bela how are you doing?Have you gotten every thing packed up yet?
Not long to go now and you will be on the big move!

Alicia said...

WOW! How exciting! Best of luck and I can't wait to hear all about it!

S said...

Wow! Sounds exciting! Good luck getting everything done!

Kermit~the~Frog said...

It all sounds so exciting, Bela! I can't wait to read all about it.