countdown to nervous breakdown...

I just needed to reach out for some empathy. I feel like every day is a new roller coaster ride. "Fires" crop up and you put those out just to have it replaced by another one. Also, each time you put out a fire your stress level doesn't return completely to normal but settles a bit higher so you have this base level of stress that gets higher and higher with each day.

I can't wait until Sept has arrived. I should be back to my calm self then right? I arrive in early August, but have to fly to Sweden, sing at a wedding, return, setup house and then start work/put kids in daycare (another rant altogether). That takes me through Aug 20th (my 1st day at work in London).

I just want to go to bed and wake up on August 20th with everything in place!

Take a deep breath and just know it will all be okay. I can relate! My fiance is driving me mad with the move date like a moving target and the house I'm living in here in the states is up for sale... so I can relate to the stress I find alone time and lots of sleep help lol, which basically means when my moving target becomes an actual date I'm really going to scream because I'll have everything to do! You're almost there, just a couple more weeks to go and then it will all seem worth it... hang in there!

I know what you mean.  I'm doing it too.  Keep sorting and packing and trying to get done by deadline..... and keep taking deep breaths :\\\'( 

Sleep would be nice.. I'm lucky to get 4-5hours, then I'm awake.

Just think how nice it will be when it's all over and we're on our planes on way over the pond.

Honey, I TOTALLY empathize. The other day when I finally got my student visa approved and my loan finalized, my car AC broke and was $370 to fix! One thing after another, it seems! It's sad to say, but I have been saying "is it 2008 yet?" since the beginning of 2007!

 

I know what you mean.  I'm doing it too.  Keep sorting and packing and trying to get done by deadline..... and keep taking deep breaths :\\\'( 

Sleep would be nice.. I'm lucky to get 4-5hours, then I'm awake.

Just think how nice it will be when it's all over and we're on our planes on way over the pond.

for me it will be when we've successfully cleared the animal reception center and have the keys to our house... then i can relax for a short while then daycare stuff to handle.

Take it one moment at a time. Loads of us here have been through the same frenzy, and I won't lie and tell you you can relax when you get here. There's a whole NEW batch of stuff to do when you arrive.

But at some point, things do calm down and you realize you pulled it off. 

Hang in there. Try to do nice things for yourself. It will be done soon. 

yep, I remember my own moving frenzy- last summer was such a crazy time in so many ways.  But I finally got here, and got most everything done that I needed to, and it worked out all right.  You can do it!

I'll add to the weight of empathy heading your way. I had two months between getting the job and arriving to start it! You will get through everything, and eventually it will start to seem like nothing but a bad dream.

Definitely do nice things for yourself, anything that will help keep you going. For me, it was chocolate. 

I can relate. 

Search out the moments of peace, and let go for just a minute. That's all you have time for right now anyway, but it really helps. The world will not stop spinning if you shut down and reboot once a day.

I never thought I would enjoy my hr+ commute, but right now it is my oasis of peace each day.

Those cosmic tumblers will keep falling into place, just wait and see....

I am sooooo with you!  I am at the stage where EVERYTHING is a waiting game. My husband and I have made so many strides forward and starting to feel good only to be left on hold with just about every aspect of the move....waiting to hear that our application is approved on our new flat, waiting to hear back from the movers that the dates are ok, waiting for my spousal visa to come through, etc etc. meanwhile struggling to get everything done to a T with regards to DEFRAs PET scheme and everyone I talk to has a different answer or words things slightly differently.

Finally we nailed down a date to fly out and purchased our airline tickets only to find out that my husband's off-shore work might not get him back to the states in time to make our flight soooo we may be "rethinking" our dates again and moving everything around!
It was to be Sept. 30 and now may be a week or two later.

I do hope that once we get there and our things arrive it will be a fun and exciting adventure. I've always wanted to live overseas, anywhere really. So I keep telling myself that this is a small price to pay to be able to do something that I've always wanted to.

Hang in there! You are so close!

Listen to Courtney!  Really, it's just a list and you need to check one thing off at a time and go down your list.  Don't look at the whole list, just one thing at a time. 

We've all been there and have lived to tell the tale and you will too!

Right now I totally understand and I am sorry about what you are going through.

Right at this very minute:
1. I pack for what seems like hours, yet my house isn't even half packed.
2. My kid are fighting like dogs because no one wants to do their jobs to pack their stuff.
3. I am working overtime at my job here in the US so we will have a little bit of extra money while trying to do all this packing crap.
4. Apealing with the school (in England) that my older two are supposed to be going to because there isn't enough space, they are supposed to start on Sept 5th.
5. Bouncing checks here because British airlines charged our account twice.
6. Everyone in this house (to include me) cries at least once a day out of frustration and anxiety.
7. I am so very tired, we leave the US on the 2nd of Sept.

I think what I am trying to say is that I hope things get better for you and me both...as I am sure they will eventually. I am hoping to look back on this (move to England) and see it as a good thing.

I've got six months, if all goes well. Which, on the one hand, is a nice slow pace. But on the other hand is like tearing a band-aid off s-l-o-w-l-y. Every night, I comb through a bit more of 30 years accumulated junk, by which process I've made the house look like absolute crap. No realtor in yet. Selling a low-end house in the midst of a martgage crisis.

We haven't exchanged contracts on either the sale or the purchase in Britain. I've told my other half there's only two places I want to live in Britain: this house or Broadmoor. So if we lose this house, I'm going on a freaking rampage. (Fair warning).

Good thing I drink!

Well, i've moved and most big stuff is sorted... well I need to apply for my EEA card dealie, but all the day to day stuff is mostly done.

The big issue is my freaking container. Supposed delays with the shipping companies mean my container won't arrive in the UK until Sept 15th and they picked it up July 28th. So much for my 4-6 week quote.