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EllieKMAS (original poster member #68900) posted at 3:21 PM on Monday, April 10th, 2023
I've been away for a bit cus life has been crazy busy with getting my house ready to get sold.
But I now have my move date and IT'S A MONTH FROM TODAY. Whaaaat????
I still have a ton to do, but four years of dreaming and planning and working my ass off and it's finally really happening for really reals. This is the first time I have ever set a long term goal like this and actually gotten it accomplished and I am feeling very sassy with myself 
I'm just so grateful for where I am in my life right now - looking back to where I was 4 years ago to where I am now feels like looking at two completely different lives, and I am just so damn proud of myself. Life is pretty sweet!
"No, it's you mothafucka, here's a list of reasons why." – Iliza Schlesinger
"The love that you lost isn't worth what it cost and in time you'll be glad that it's gone." – Linkin Park
Superesse ( member #60731) posted at 4:19 PM on Monday, April 10th, 2023
Oh EllieKMAS, CHEERS & CONGRATS!!! I can only imagine the positive effect this has on your spirit. May it keep you buoyed through all the hard work of moving...
BearlyBreathing ( member #55075) posted at 4:47 PM on Monday, April 10th, 2023
Yay! Congratulations! Love this and can’t wait to get an update when you settle in to your new home!
Me: BS 57 (49 on d-day)Him: *who cares ;-) *. D-Day 8/15/2016 LTA. Kinda liking my new life :-)
**horrible typist, lots of edits to correct. :-/ **
Sally24 ( new member #70794) posted at 4:50 PM on Monday, April 10th, 2023
EllieKMAS, I am just so happy for you. Congratulations!
Never let your fear decide your fate
BluerThanBlue ( member #74855) posted at 12:44 AM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Congratulations!!!’ It’s amazing when a plan comes to fruition!
BW, 40s
Divorced WH in 2015; now happily remarried
I edit my comments a lot for spelling, grammar, typos, etc.
HalfTime2017 ( member #64366) posted at 1:06 AM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Congrats Ellie. I remember your story and have been on here for as long as you have.
Shehawk ( member #68741) posted at 1:07 AM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
ElliKMAS
So excited for you! Way to go!!!
"It's a slow fade...when you give yourself away" so don't do it!
WhatsRight ( member #35417) posted at 1:21 PM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Very impressive!
I’m so glad you are so proud…you deserve to be!!!
"Noone can make you feel inferior without your concent." Eleanor Roosevelt
I will not be vanquished. Rose Kennedy
zebra25 ( member #29431) posted at 4:54 PM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
"I am feeling very sassy with myself"
Love this!! I've missed your posts!! Glad your absence was for a good reason. Congratulations!!!
"Don't let anyone who hasn't been in your shoes tell you how to tie your laces."
D-day April 2010
EllieKMAS (original poster member #68900) posted at 5:49 PM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Thank you @everyone!
All I can say is that moving is PAIN in the ASS. I feel like I've been packing forEVER and every time I turn around there's another pile of stuff Mind you, this is after I have done junk hauling many times (seriously with all my hauls I have filled 1.75 dump trucks worth).
Sigh - so glad the end is in sight now!
"No, it's you mothafucka, here's a list of reasons why." – Iliza Schlesinger
"The love that you lost isn't worth what it cost and in time you'll be glad that it's gone." – Linkin Park
MIgander ( member #71285) posted at 5:59 PM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Good luck on your move and I hope you find nothing but happiness in your new home!
WW/BW Dday July 2019. BH/WH- multiple EA's. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Lostwings ( member #79902) posted at 6:18 PM on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
how are you Ellie? Hope things goes smoothly for you . Congrats !!!!
I thought it was love at the end of the rainbow , but a banshee came and almost destroyed my pot of gold . In R.
EllieKMAS (original poster member #68900) posted at 1:18 AM on Thursday, May 4th, 2023
I'm.... good. Still packing. STIIIILLLLL. FUCKING. PACKING. I don't have a ton left, but am over it. Tonight's packstravaganza is my bathroom, my shoes, the small bookshelf in my room and associated knickknacks and paddywhacks thereon.
Had my last day in the office today so that was cool. Since covid I've only done one day a week in the office, but I dreaded it every week so very glad to be done with that part. I'm also glad I've been so busy with work and packing and logistical crap cus I haven't really had time to get too into my feels about leaving my home state.
I am just ready to close this book and start my new chapter. In one week. One week!
Sorry, rambling. Trying to psyche myself up to go pack some more
"No, it's you mothafucka, here's a list of reasons why." – Iliza Schlesinger
"The love that you lost isn't worth what it cost and in time you'll be glad that it's gone." – Linkin Park
leafields ( Guide #63517) posted at 1:35 AM on Thursday, May 4th, 2023
One week? So excited for you!
Good luck packing.
BW M 34years, Dday 1: March 2018, Dday 2: August 2019, D final 2/25/21
Trapped74 ( member #49696) posted at 12:04 AM on Saturday, May 6th, 2023
STIIIILLLLL. FUCKING. PACKING.
Congratulations! Moving sucks, but once you get there - hooo nellie! So happy for you and this new beginning!
Many DDays. Me (BW) 49 Him (WH) 52 Happily detached and compartmentalized.
EllieKMAS (original poster member #68900) posted at 2:07 PM on Monday, May 8th, 2023
Ok so spent all weekend packing. I'm down to just my clothes, my bedding, and lamps/shades. I'm fuckin tired y'all.
But the movers are coming tomorrow and then Wed morning bright and early I'm driving away. It's here for reals.
Now that I'm not super stressy packing, the feels are setting in. I was picking out mother's day cards for my mom and sis yesterday and just crying... I know it's gonna be okay but it's gonna be weird. We've not really ever lived apart from each other. I know I need to do this for myself but why do new starts always have to be so damn bittersweet?
"No, it's you mothafucka, here's a list of reasons why." – Iliza Schlesinger
"The love that you lost isn't worth what it cost and in time you'll be glad that it's gone." – Linkin Park
BearlyBreathing ( member #55075) posted at 2:51 PM on Monday, May 8th, 2023
You are taking a big step! But it will be a mighty adventure! And nothing says you can’t move back some day or make a different change— nothing is permanent. I cry when I sell a car and buy a new one- totally normal, right?
Have fun and feel those feels! (Even the bittersweet ones.)
Me: BS 57 (49 on d-day)Him: *who cares ;-) *. D-Day 8/15/2016 LTA. Kinda liking my new life :-)
**horrible typist, lots of edits to correct. :-/ **
Superesse ( member #60731) posted at 9:08 PM on Monday, May 8th, 2023
EllieKMass! No wonder you are feeling bittersweet, the timing is hitting you, scheduled to leave days before Mother's Day!
Idea? Why not book a week at a Residence Inn or an AirBnB, and take that time to be with your Mom and say goodbye to the old town, if you can hang out there. But I'm guessing some details require you to be at the new place....
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