Life on an Island

After more than a week of 1-2 trips a day moving smaller items, last Sunday we moved the big furniture with the help of two friends. With the van from UHaul and our own old minivan, we did 2 trips to complete the move. -- that was very strange! because in Michigan we only needed one round with a truck. Hubby went back to clean the old apartment yesterday and we all felt that it was really small compared to the new place. It was a very strange feeling to be back there. There was a lot of convenience living in downtown. It's also very fun for hubby and kids to see the carriages pass by the street below. But the truck that parked at the loading zone downstairs in the street idling and releasing exhaust really made us appreciate the fact that we moved away. Both kids really appreciate having their own room and hope they don't have to move again (well, it's a rental home).  The 3rd-grader thought she really wanted to have someone in her room, but realized that she likes to sleep on her own schedule without her brother singing or chatting.

On the moving day hubby and I worked from 7am to after 9pm, SO exhausting! We bickered more than a couple months combined in this past week. Moving is very tiring, and we only did an international one last July, but it doesn't seem like we're doing a more relaxed job with a local move.