A mixture of happiness, nervousness, excitement, and sadness was the mood of the day. I've gone from crying, to peaceful again, and back to crying, to exhausted.
Our home was packed in three days by the movers. And now our things are on their way to our new home.
The feeling of our empty house only invited me to thank God for all the good lessons learned while we lived there, and to pray to God for his blessing in our new adventure. The “to do” list to accomplish this goal (moving from the US to Argentina) was endless, just the last stretched took us up to five months to get everything done. During these five moths, our days started around 6 AM and finished around 11 PM. And if grays are caused by stress then I understand how's that I got so many lately. If not, well, then it's a coincidence... Still, the hardest part of all was saying bye to our deeply loved friends and family :(
Tomorrow is day “0”, we'll be traveling all the way south to Argentina. Hopefully, we'll stay there for a while.
Muchos sentimientos encontrados estuvieron presentes el día de hoy. Pasé de estar feliz, a estar nerviosa, después muy entusiasmada y otra vez triste. He pasado del llanto a la tranquilidad de ida y vuelta y ahora estoy exhausta.
Nuestra casa fué empacada en tres dias por el equipo de mudanza. Ahora nuestras cosas están en camino a nuestro nuevo hogar.
La sensación de la casa vacía fué como una invitación a la oración en la que le dí las gracias Dios por todas las cosas que aprendimos durante los ultimos años y también para pedir sus bendiciones en nuestra nueva aventura.
La lista de las cosas que tuvimos que hacer para lograr esta mudanza (de EEUU hacia Argentina) fué interminable. El último tramo nos tomo cinco meses en acabarlo y esos meses fueron de jornadas diarias de 6 AM a 11 PM. Y si las canas salen por estrés, entonces entiendo porque me salieron tantas en los últimos dias y sino entonces debe haber sido pura coincidencia... Aun así, la parte mas difícil de todo fué despedirnos de los amigos y la familia tan querida.
Mañana es el dia “0” y viajaremos a la Argentina esperando establecernos por un buen rato.
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excited to hear about how things go in argentina! please keep us posted with lots of photos!!
Posted by: Liz H | November 16, 2011 at 09:58 PM
God bless!
Posted by: Crochet dude | November 16, 2011 at 10:23 PM
Wishing you safe travels and an easy, but exciting time settling in Argentina. Hope the blog and the wonders of the web will help you remain closely connected with your friends and family.
Posted by: Kathy F | November 17, 2011 at 07:09 AM
Las quilteras argentinas, encantadas! ;) Espero que tengas buen viaje y cuenta conmigo.
Posted by: Paola | November 17, 2011 at 09:06 AM
Espero logres relajarte pronto, bienvenida a Argentina!!
Posted by: marcela | November 17, 2011 at 09:29 AM
Best wishes, Paloma. Wouldn't it be nice if we could always take our dear friends and loved ones with us? I've never moved countries, but I have moved from the Midwest to the Southern Coast to New England and back to the Midwest (three locations there) and left behind dear people at each and every place.
Posted by: Doris | November 17, 2011 at 01:27 PM
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments!! This is a very special day for us, and your words brighten my day.
Mil gracias por sus dulces comentarios!! este es un dia muy especial para nosotros y sus palabras lo hacen aun mas especial.
Posted by: Paloma | November 17, 2011 at 02:28 PM
Dios va con ustedes junto con nuestros corazones. Mucho exito!
Gracias a las quilteras argentinas por sus lindas palabras para ti.
TQM
Mami
Posted by: mami | November 17, 2011 at 04:12 PM
Safe journey!! Can't wait to see what you create on the other side.
Posted by: dee | November 17, 2011 at 09:35 PM