Sunday, February 13, 2011

No planning for me...

It's true... I am one of those people... the ones who have lists and schedules for everything... the ones who feel like their day went well if, and only if, they accomplished something that day... the ones who see themselves as "organized" while others see them as having "OCD"...

So it's been driving me insane to not be able to plan the next few months of our lives. We simply don't have the answers to the questions that would allow us to plan. And we have a few major events coming our way- graduation, baby #3, and moving.
  • Where will we be moving to for residency?
  • Are we going to drive there? If we go to Kansas City, KS (3hrs), I think we can all handle the drive. Billy will drive the moving truck that will pull his car, and I will drive the minivan with the 3 kids. But if we go to Gainesville, FL (20 hrs), I don't think we can stop every couple of hours to feed baby girl and keep the boys happy for so many hours.
  • Are we going to fly out there? If Billy drive the moving truck pulling his car, we will need someone to drive the minivan, and I will need 2 adults to help me on the flight (since we'll have 3 kids under the age of 2). If he comes with me, we will still need another adult on the flight, and we'll have to have our things shipped out (which will be pricey).
  • Are we going to rent (which we probably would if we go to Florida) or buy (which we probably would if we go to Texas)? How and when are we going to fly out there to find a place to live?
  • When will baby girl come? Before, after, (or during) graduation?
  • Should we try to get help from family as soon as she is born, when we are ready to move, or when we have already moved?
  • If she comes before graduation, will we be able to attend the ceremony? And if she comes after, will our family miss the birth?
  • I know my parents, my brother and my sister-in-law want to help, but when would their help benefit us the most?

I have so many more questions in my mind that I can't even manage to write them all down. There's just a big mess in my brain right now, and I'm not even sure that we'll be able to figure it all out, even after we find out where we'll be going for residency. Even though some of these questions will be answered in just a month, we won't get answers to a lot of them until baby girl is born, whenever that will be. (sigh)

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