Downsizing, Internationally

It’s been a whirlwind these past weeks, as we go through the process of “downsizing” (read: sell everything), and prepare for our international move. A very stressful whirlwind! Did I mention that our plan was to fly with only 6 suitcases? Well, we’ll also ship a few boxes, but there’s no “big shipment” following us.

Thankfully, the actual selling has been relatively drama-free, but so far it’s already involved sales to more than 50 people, and that’s a lot more social contact than we’ve had in the past 18 months! It also feels pretty weird helping someone load up your sofa into their van, knowing that you’re not replacing it, either. We’re also down to nearly nothing left in the kitchen, so we’re getting more creative with our serving and eating dishes!

Our eldest, Tyler, has been very understanding… perhaps even excited, but I think it might be because he thinks it means he can buy entirely new toys. He’s not exactly wrong, but there will definitely be fewer of them! Quality over quantity, right? He also knows that America has Monster Jam, so there’s that.

We’ve also had a few panic-moments with the scheduling of our truck and RV, which have not helped our stress levels! We had to drop the “full-body paint” option off of our RV, because with it, the RV was only going to be available in mid-February… but without? End of November. That’s an insane delay for paint, and it’s also expensive ($12k or so), so this way we save the money, and we can instead use it to get a custom paint job down the line if we decide we need a little pep to our step.

The truck’s production scheduling also went through some hiccups; first being moved back by more than a month, and then a few days later, being brought forward by a week. So now it’s not going to be there to greet us, but hopefully only be a week or two behind. And still ahead of the trailer, which is pretty important. Fingers crossed that there’s no more slippage!