What's Going on Right Now

Things are WILD at my house right now...

I have a 4 week old baby.  We are sleeping but are happily exhausted.  We are getting used to this new concept of being on call 24/7 as new parents.  We have a nine pounder at our house now!  

I'm visiting all of my doctor's one last time 

so my days are filled with appointments & errands.

I'm packing up my classroom with the help of friends.

I'm living in a jungle of boxes at home 

since our big, cross-country move is 6 days away.

My OCD self is not a fan of living in chaos so I'm beyond excited to get moved and settled into our new place.

My cats think we've remodeled and turned the place into a kitty jungle gym.  Poor Oliver accidentally got shut in a cabinet yesterday... we heard a banging sound and found him trying to open the cabinet door under the kitchen sink... whoops!  Being a nosey cat has its downfalls.

I'm making lists and my head is swirling with all the things we have left to do.

My hubby is working his tail off to try and wrap up things at school so he'll be ready to leave and work on his dissertation from Arkansas.

I'm spending every waking moment like this...

or packing like crazy while the little darling naps.

 No complaints from me, really, because I am loving these cuddly times with Olive.

We are remembering to eat most of the time and our meals are oh so random since we are avoiding buying groceries and trying to clean out the pantry.

Luckily, my mother in law flew into town on Monday and has come to save the dayyyyyy!  She's been a packing fool for days now and is enforcing my no heavy lifting ban since I just had a baby.  I have a tendency to overdo things so it's probably good that she's here to do that for me.  My dad gets in town on Sunday night, moving truck gets picked up Monday morning, classroom gets loaded shortly after, movers arrive at our place mid-morning, load the truck, finish packing, cleaning, etc.  Celebrate the cat's birthdays on July 1st.  Leave town on Tuesday, July 2nd.  Eeeeeeekkk!  A lot of things need to happen in the next 6 days.

So consider yourself warned that my blogging will be sporadic at best.  I'll check in when I can but it's just not realistic for me to keep up my usual two a day routine during this CRAZY time :)  I know you'll understand and I promise to be back in action soon.  Follow me on Instagram @ Polkadottyplace to see what I'm up to during our big move.