Moving is for the Birds.

I am not a mover.

My first recollection of moving? College.

My parents built the house I grew up in when I was three years old, so I wasn't really involved in the whole pack-it-up-and-move situation. Moving forty-five minutes away to begin my college career was my first moving experience, but moving to college for the first time is different than moving-moving.

When I moved to college, most of my things were still in their bright and pretty packages. I bought or received things I needed (or just wanted), put them in the formal living room just as they were, and when it was time to move, everything was ready to go. My clothes went on a hanging bar in the back of my mom's Yukon. I had luggage for toiletries and other things. It was no big deal (except for the whole "I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM MOVING TO COLLEGE" part).

The second and third years were harder, but not too bad. After all, home was only forty-five minutes away. I could run home and pick something up anytime I needed to. These moves didn't require real packing, just creative situating within rubbermaid boxes, suitcases, and the backseat of my car. When no foam wrap is required, it's not a real move.

This time? We're eightish hours away from (old) home Arkansas, and this isn't a college dorm room. It's our house (apartment). We need our stuff. And, boy, let me tell you. We have discovered that we have a lot of stuff. So far, we've thrown away about a bajillion pieces of foam wrap and around two million cardboard boxes, but we've got our stuff.

All of our precious stuff is in the apartment, most of it is in the general area in which it will stay, and a little of it is right where it needs to be.

Our goal is to finish putting everything together and get completely settled by the time my school starts. Monday, August 23rd. As the day we need to really be able to live here approaches, I am a little nervous, but still confident, that we can get it done.

I think it's safe to say we won't be moving for a while. Moving doesn't suit Hub's personality much either. So, I'll say it:

WE DEFINITELY WON'T BE MOVING FOR A WHILE. (make that a LONG while).