During the first 31 years of my life, I’ve lived in 28 different homes, apartments, dorms, or barracks.
Nowhere I lived as a kid or as a young adult was ever “home” to me; I just never lived anywhere long enough to feel attached.
Until my wife and I moved into our current home. Which was just over 10 years ago. For a lot of reasons, this house is more “home” to me than anywhere else I’ve ever lived.
But today is our last day in our home.
Tomorrow, my wife and I move into our second home; our first spanking-new, never-lived-in-by-anyone home. We’re moving just a little further west into the Texas Hill Country (near Spicewood, TX).
And, though I’m excited about the new start — I’m also a little sad knowing that today is the last day in this place that has meant so much to me; a place that is filled with so many precious memories.
We’re busy packing and cleaning right now — I’m just taking a quick break for a bite to eat and to check in on my little corner of Al Gore’s inter-webs.
I go pick up the moving truck at 4:00 this afternoon, and we’ll start loading it right away. We have to be out of here by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to go to the first closing on this house. We should be done closing on our new home by noon. At which point we’ll start unloading the truck into the new house.
My sister-in-law and my 11-year old nephew are here to help my wife and I…so we’ve got a long night ahead of us: completley move everything into the moving truck (except for the mattresses and blankets we’ll use tonight), and then clean the house for the new (lucky) owners.
So, uh, that’s what I’ll be doing for the next couple of days.
Hopefully we’ll be mostly settled in by New Year’s Eve…which happens to be our wedding anniversary.
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I know the feeling Robbie. As a kid we moved around alot. After I got married and we bought our current house it was the first time I had lived anywhere for longer then 2 years. I hope your move goes smoothly and that you and your wife (and the dogs) are able to enjoy your New Year’s Eve and more importantly your Anniversary.
I liked your house. It appeared spacious. Plenty of yard. Private. Why did you decide to move?
I didn’t really want to move. My lovely wife, however, did.
And one of my great joys in life is making my wife happy. And this new home is exactly what she wanted.
A bit further out in God’s country (Texas hill country). Much better views. Much more private. More house, less money, and we turned an absolutely too-hard-to-pass-up profit on this home.
Sell while the selling’s good.
I wish you and your bride the absolute best.
I certainly hope the closing is glitch free, which isn’t always the case.
I can imagine the emotions of leaving your current home, and all that y’all have experienced in the past ten years.
May the new digs be an even greater source of memories, and where you will both grow old together.
BTW, I hate moving.
Congratulations on your new-new home! I’ve never had a new-new one!
As a homeowner, I know the pride you feel as you move in – rightly so.
Imagine now, if you were being awarded a “Habitat for Humanities” home. How would you feel?
Again, congrats and enjoy the fruits of your labor, as was intended by our Founding Fathers.
-Also in TX
It IS bittersweet but you two will make amazing new memories in your new home!
Happy Anniversary, Happy New Year…and Happy everything else.
B
Kind of an odd post by you Robbie. My old man was a mover, we followed oil money back and forth between Texas and Oklahoma and wherever else (short order cook), I also lived in over 20 houses before I was 18 and only went to one school two consecutive years. And even weirder, me an the ole woman got married on Dec 31. It was a good day. anyhow. I can appreciate your melancholy.
Congrats on the new home.
My life has been much the same with moving at least every two years or so.
Congratulations on the new home !
Happy Anniversary !
Hope the closing(s) go smoothly.
Hope you took pictures of all the rooms of the house you’re moving out of. I always wished my parents had done that when I was 13 and we moved. I would love to have lots of interior pictures of that house.
Congrats on the house. That area is quite nice…hope you like it.
Congratulations Robbie! What a wonderful way to start the New Year.
I do envy your move to the west, maybe someday I can talk my husband into abandoning Austin for someplace saner.
Robbie I really enjoyed reading your post! I can empathise with you in that I have moved to many homes in many different places. I remember 21 years ago when my daughter was born and being a child myself I felt ashamed and isolated from the world… I thank God that my mother helped me… At this stage in my life I had a baby, no education and no future. My home wasn’t posh, in fact it was a struggle… When my daughter was 8 years old I decided to finish my education which was difficult because I had to begin with basic English and maths. The journey into education took me 9 years but I fulfilled my passion of becoming a teacher. I have had the opportunity to travel, work and live in: Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Fort Worth and mostly recently China. Although I have experienced great adventures I am happy to be back home in the UK. I hope you’ll both be very happy in your new home, and may I send New Year wishes from Manchester, England