For part one of "Our Journey" please see here http://balancedespitethechaos.weebly.com/blog/my-journey
I had always been a very strong A Type personality. I THRIVED on details and I do mean thrived. The more details I had...the better I liked it. There were never too many, or so I thought. I had certainly never encountered too many...but I was about to meet my match.
My husband's work was an hour to the east of us.
The place where the family death occurred (hereinafter called "the mess") was three hours to the west of us. Four hours of driving from my dh's work place to "the mess". Packing up our own house while downsizing at the same time, tying up loose ends at our old home while making arrangements at our new home, looking for work in the area of our new home, homeschooling three kids, working in my home-based business, my husband carrying out his duties at his stressful job and doing all of this within the time constraints set out in our real estate contract...there was certainly no shortage of things to do!
So much to do and so little time to do it. I was appalled and shocked at the state of "the mess". As an organized person, I could not believe the state of disarray this had been left in....and it was our job, seemingly, to sort it out.
Lovely.
Piles and piles of papers to sort through. I seriously didn't realize anyone could be that disorganized...but apparently, they can. I hardly knew what to do first --- pack our stuff into boxes? Decide which stuff to take and which to leave? Sort through the boxes of paperwork, mail, bills, flyers, receipts, documents? Pack up "the mess" ? Two full homes, three hours apart and both needed to be emptied within a few short weeks.
Thriving on details is what I did best though, so I dug in and made my usual detailed plans. A weekend at "the mess" to sort it out, pack it up and finish it up should be good. Maximum amount of work in a minimal amount of time....being organized was the key.
So far....so good....all is according to plan......
.
I had always been a very strong A Type personality. I THRIVED on details and I do mean thrived. The more details I had...the better I liked it. There were never too many, or so I thought. I had certainly never encountered too many...but I was about to meet my match.
My husband's work was an hour to the east of us.
The place where the family death occurred (hereinafter called "the mess") was three hours to the west of us. Four hours of driving from my dh's work place to "the mess". Packing up our own house while downsizing at the same time, tying up loose ends at our old home while making arrangements at our new home, looking for work in the area of our new home, homeschooling three kids, working in my home-based business, my husband carrying out his duties at his stressful job and doing all of this within the time constraints set out in our real estate contract...there was certainly no shortage of things to do!
So much to do and so little time to do it. I was appalled and shocked at the state of "the mess". As an organized person, I could not believe the state of disarray this had been left in....and it was our job, seemingly, to sort it out.
Lovely.
Piles and piles of papers to sort through. I seriously didn't realize anyone could be that disorganized...but apparently, they can. I hardly knew what to do first --- pack our stuff into boxes? Decide which stuff to take and which to leave? Sort through the boxes of paperwork, mail, bills, flyers, receipts, documents? Pack up "the mess" ? Two full homes, three hours apart and both needed to be emptied within a few short weeks.
Thriving on details is what I did best though, so I dug in and made my usual detailed plans. A weekend at "the mess" to sort it out, pack it up and finish it up should be good. Maximum amount of work in a minimal amount of time....being organized was the key.
- I carefully planned and prepared ahead of time all meals we would need
- Suitcases for five people were packed
- Necessary appointments with various personnel we needed, were scheduled.
- The van was packed and the five of us were on the road by 6:30 a.m.
So far....so good....all is according to plan......
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