ouch

Wow, it's been a long day. First, I started out by putting Anna-Kate down for a nap. In all honesty, that's when my day truly begins, as far "deep house duties" go. Then I headed out to the storage shed to see if I could make an "organized" dent in all the chaos. I ended up trapping myself in the back because I started pulling things from the back and putting them by the door (behind me) so that I could get it organized from back to front. I was tripping over stuff, climbing over mountains of baby paraphernalia and having it out with boxes, boxes and more boxes (they were totally ganging up on me). It was kind of frustrating. Not to mention the BUGS. I hate bugs. I murdered a roach on accident. Really, I'm kinda glad I did it because I would've feared for myself the whole time if not. What was even more frustrating than getting trapped, attacked by bugs & boxes and sweating my butt off was the fact that it still looked a mess when it was all said and done. Grrr. Atleast I know where everything is now, right?! Yeah. I did make a "garage sale" pile in front so I could start taking stuff from the house to the shed and have a place for it. Not only did I do all of that but I totally unloaded the bookshelf in our bedroom and put them in storage until we're ready to take them. It's so tempting to totally pack up our house before November even gets here but I know I have time and I'll do a little bit everyday so that we're not bombarded when the time comes to load up. We are really hoping for this to be a smooth, organized and light move.

On another note, I finally told my parents about the move. It didn't go over soooo well but it went over and that's all that matters. It's so hard to make them understand that this is for our best as far as time and money goes. We have atleast two classes each to complete, possibly three, by April or so. That's NOT a lot of time when you have a one year old and a part time job. They definitely do not like the idea of MAF and all that it entails. Moving their daughter across the US or even the world is not in the question (in their minds) but moving their daughter AND most precious granddaughter, now that's a different story to them. They find it to be a selfish thing to do because other countries can be "soooo dangerous". Now, I know there are things happening in other countries that are awful and scary but my take on it is that they should not, even for a split second, assume that we would take our family to a place that could be dangerous for us and our child. It's so hard when you are trying to tell these plans to people who do not have a "world view" and are not educated in the least about other countries...except for what they see on the news. It's sad and I hope one day my family will see the good in what we want to do and the reason WHY we want to do it. People are dying everyday without even hearing the precious name of Jesus. How unfair is that?! Very.

And then the thought comes to my mind, "has my family even had a true chance?" Ouch.