Today was a great day. Exhausting but great. Today, we FINALLY got our household goods from Switzerland. After 5 weeks in transit and 3 weeks in the U.S. Customs system, we finally got all the "stuff" we have been waiting for. Imagine, for a moment, you have lived without the contents of your ENTIRE house for over 10 weeks! You don't think you will miss it all that much but that stuff really starts to matter at around week 7. Stuff like having more than 7 pair of underwear, more than 3 sets of exercise clothes and then there are the toys. If I had a nickle for every time one of my children asked me "When will I see my Barbies, Build-A-Bear, (insert item here) again?"
As many of you know, we have been living with my amazing parents since May 29th. They have been patient, loving and kind to us and we owe them BIG TIME. I wouldn't blame them if they didn't want to see us for a few months after we finally vacate their home! Honestly, it's a miracle we can all still stand the sight of each other let alone actually still like each other but somehow we do.
To see this big truck pull in front of our rental house in Knoxville, TN was a sight for sore eyes. That ugly brown box contains the stuff that allows us to start the next chapter of our life here in the U.S. It's amazing how HUGE the house is and the connected 2-car garage is an added bonus. Add to that the laundry room and I almost can't stand it! I get excited just THINKING about that laundry room! (Laundry will get it's own post in the near future as it was a source of never ending torture for me in Switzerland.) So, thanks to all of you along the way who have been interested in our experience, listened to our woes, listened to my parents woes about having their house overtaken or otherwise helped to make our transition back to the States smoother. We are almost done and look forward to the day where the ins and outs of this situation are a distant memory!
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