Still on Hold on Christmas

It's Christmas Eve, cold, early, and I'm sitting in an empty living room except for the television, a chair and little table.  Last weekend we moved all my household belongings into a 5x15 and a 10x10 storage unit up in Ukiah.  It was a crazy, hectic day, but I was blessed by my family and church family.  The Kent's (minus Heston) came to move everything out and into 2 rental trucks (U-Haul messed up my 26' rental truck, so I got a 10' and a 17' truck), drove with us up to Ukiah and unloaded everything as well.  I am so blessed to have them in my life.  And Steve Vawter came to help the move also.  He brought a trailer, which we also loaded up and Steve Kent drove it up.  We were all exhausted when the day was done.  Ron (brother) helped us move and followed all in his car to drive me and Rick back home (I spent the night at Rick and Jackie's).

I'm still waiting to find a home to move into.  This week has been very slow for rentals what with Christmas, and it's apparent I didn't get the last 2 houses I applied for.  So Monday after Christmas has come and gone, hopefully people will get on the stick and get back to me with answers on houses I have applied for (some 3 requests have been sent).  I've been staying at Rick and Jackie's house all week, get up in the morning, have a cup of coffee and head home to clean, pack up the last of the stuff, and sit most of the day until it's time to go back for dinner.  The chair here is very uncomfortable, I'm sleeping in a bed that is different from mine, so I wake up achey, sore, tired.    I want a home to move into, and get back to normal.  I don't like living out of boxes and not having some place to call home.  Not having a home is a very uneasy feeling.  I don't like it.  I feel like a homeless child.

Tonight is Christmas Eve, which is always spent at Rick and Jackie's.  They have been working all week on getting things ready, Rick has been replacing windows in the family room, sheetrock and electrical work, new fireplace tiles, so he's been busy trying to get stuff done.  Everyone comes by for dinner around 5:30-6, we eat, visit, laugh, hug each other, drink and get merry.  Then we all go up to the upper family room and have our white elephant gift exchange.  The kids get to open their presents first, then head down to the tv room to play, while we open up surprise gifts.  It's over before you know it, everyone goes home and you go to bed.  Tomorrow morning I'll wake up, leave Rick's around 7:30-8, head home here to shower and change, then drive up to Clear Lake to Paul and Cherie's for the day.  Scott, Nettie and Aria will be there, along with Scott's sister's family here from Utah.  Aria has been playing heartily with Kenny and Stockton, and having a ball every day.  Then tomorrow night I will either spend the night in Clear Lake, or go back to Ukiah with Nettie, depending on what they do.  I can't wait to see Miss Aria.  I miss her, as I haven't seen her since Monday.

They were going to come down for Christmas Eve tonight, but I told Nettie if they didn't want to come everyone would understand.  She and Aria drove down here 2 days this week (9 hours of driving), and if they came tonight they would drive 2 hours, visit for 3, drive back 2 hours.  Too much driving.  So they are staying in Clear Lake tonight rather than here.  So spending the day tomorrow with them, sitting on a hopefully comfy couch, and relaxing.  I'm exhausted from the past month, moving last weekend, working on cleanup this week and next.  I'm tired, I want a comfy chair, I want to just relax and be lazy for the day.  We'll see.

So happy holidays to you all, hope your day is full of love and family.  Keep warm and have a drink for me!

On Hold

It is now December, the month I am moving, and all my craft projects are put on hold until after I move.  I'm packing up all my craft supplies, household goods, etc. and moving them all on Dec. 17.  That is the only day really to do it.  The weekend of the 24th is Christmas, and the following is New Years, so the 17th is the only option.  Still waiting to hear about a house that I applied for (it's been 2 weeks), so probably all items will go into storage until I find a place.

I am really beginning to stress about it.  I think about it all the time now.  I have to stop, because it is not good for my health.  God has taken care of me for 62 years, He will continue to do so, I now it.  But that still doesn't stop me from worrying, well, "What if...?"  Then if I move all my stuff into storage, where will I stay until I find a place.  Many family members and friends have extra bedrooms, but it's Christmas and kids are coming home, people have things to do...I know, I know, it will work itself out.

So please pray that I find a place soon, so it will at least stop me from worrying about whether I have to redirect my mail twice, or whether I can start the Wanderlust class on January 6 (a mixed media year-long on-line class I am taking), or how many clothes I have to keep out of the storage unit...pray, pray, pray.

Thanks!