Our move back to the US from Peru is feeling really real now. I’ve been selling off a lot of our things for the past month via a private facebook group that I created. It has worked really well. It’s been nice and controlled and I’ve just listed items as I’ve had the time and felt ready to part with them, and then people have come to pick up their purchases at my house.
The movers were supposed to come today to pack up a couple furniture pieces and a bunch of boxes of stuff. But they surprised us yesterday by showing up a day early! I think we could have told them that we weren’t ready and needed to stick with the date we had prearranged…. But we actually were basically ready and decided to go ahead and do it. So as the movers wrapped cardboard around our things most of the day, we cleaned, packed, did homeschool (our last day before an extra long Christmas break!), sold more stuff, and did a little online black Friday shopping! We finished out the day sitting on a mattress on the floor in Skye’s room singing Christmas carols along with youtube videos on my laptop (TV and couches were gone), and talking about the things we’re thankful for.
Today was probably our craziest day yet move-wise. We had people coming at different points all throughout the day to pick up purchases including several big appliances so we were scurrying to make sure those things were clean and ready to go. We also moved out of our apartment to an Airbnb where we will be until we leave on the 6th. So in between people stopping by to pick up stuff we were squeezing all of the things into our suitcases and preparing for the first move of our move (there will be at least 3 moves: Airbnb - grandparent’s house - our house).
Some teammates were kind to keep our children for us during the part of the afternoon when we were actually moving from our apartment to the Airbnb. Transporting all our bags and suitcases was a bit of an ordeal without a vehicle. We were able to hail a station wagon taxi and have him make several trips back and forth with us, though, and then we walked to the grocery store to stock up on food for the next week before picking up the children.
Finn and Skye have been super excited about moving into this Airbnb. The concept of a new house is so exciting to them, and they’ve been looking forward to it for weeks. When they finally arrived in the new place, I already had their toys laid out in their rooms, and they were thrilled to explore and discover every nook and cranny of the house. There was lots of bouncing up and down, crawling under furniture, and running from one room to the next.
After an extra long bedtime routine (still lots of excitement pulsing through these little bodies!) we’ve finally got the kids to sleep and settled in for the night in our Airbnb. I’ve been praying a lot for calm and peace and a smooth, restful night’s sleep in this new place. I’m always wary of new locations in Cusco spiritually speaking.
Derek is finally getting to watch the iron bowl on his laptop. He’s been careful to avoid hearing the outcome from friends and family (though I had no qualms with checking the final score myself—just to get a gauge on what he’s about to go through. Sigh.) As he does that I’m processing the craziness of the last couple of days through writing.
It has definitely an exhausting couple of days, but it’s so nice to have made it this far. It feels like we’ve gotten past some major hurtles getting our container shipped off and having moved ourselves and most of our stuff to the Airbnb. The next couple of days we’ll be going back and forth to the other apartment to clean, hand off more stuff to people, and close up shop there. Thankfully we’re only about a 10-minute walk away.
Wow! You HAVE been busy!! Moving is no fun for anyone, but it seems like you have an extra one in there! Praying for your family's safety, and for rest for weary bones. And for travel mercies. <3
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