36, Day 33 (Written Thursday January 12) ~ Pack Your Bags

Lately the Britton family has been better packers than the football team in Green Bay. We packed up, loaded, unloaded and unpacked my office is less than four hours. Now moving that office to Valdosta took about 9 hours, but hey, we can’t control that. Today we continued our packing extravaganza, to the extent that our house is starting to look, as Reese said, “Weird.” Wall are becoming bare, decorations are scarce and shelves are empty. Now on the flip side, the garage is stacked to the ceiling with full boxes. Our fingers are crossed, or rather our hands are folded (in prayer) that we will be closing on our house a week from tomorrow. If so, we want to be prepared to move as much as we can as quick as we can. We’ll still be living here until the first of May, but we don’t want to wait until then.

My favorite part of all of this is the opportunity to throw stuff away or give it away. Another part that I’ve enjoyed is the reflecting upon things that have been given to us through the years by friends and family alike. So many times lately we’ve had a conversation that began with “Didn’t ...... give this to us?” And then we’re off, talking about good times. So many of you have been a blessing to us through the years and we are going to miss you so much. The only remedy I can think of is that you will have to promise us that you will come and see us/stay with us. We will be within a three hour drive of Orlando, Tampa, Destin/Panama City, Savannah, St. Simons/Tybee/Jekyl Isand, Jacksonville and Tallahassee. Not to mention that Valdosta has a theme park itself (Wild Adventures) and is home to some of the best fishing anywhere. What are you waiting for? Pack your bags!