I'm feeling the Love!

I love my ward! I love them! They are so fantastic! While I was taking down all the beds on Tuesday, people kept calling me. They wanted to know how they could help, and what did we need for the move and would they like them to drop off boxes? I felt so loved. I was surprised by all the people who knew we were moving and who cared enough to call and check on us, and it was nice. I hate needing help. I hate feeling helpless and dumb. I really feel helpless and dumb right now because I'm not sure what-all I need help with! I am quite sure I need help, but help with what? I have packed almost everything, and the stuff that is left, I have zero desire to deal with. I need to clean out all the stupid odds and ends, like the scissors and the buttons on the bookshelf, and the tape measure and the pens and the random items that somehow didn't make it into a box. How does one help with that?

Actually, I think I'm too embarrassed to have someone help with that. There is so much clutter sitting in all the nooks and crannies right now, I don't want anyone to know it is there, much less to have them pack it for me! Yikes! They might know how bad I am at housework and refuse to be my friend! Fortunately, I have a great ward with wonderful friends.

Yesterday my visiting teacher, who is also my friend, who I adore anyway, pardon my run on sentence; she came over and packed my kitchen. I held Rylee and looked useless and attempted to pack the food when I could, but she pretty much did it all. And did it amazingly well, and in half the time it would have taken me. Plus, visiting with her as we (which really means SHE) worked was a lot of fun. I really like her a lot. She is so neat and enough like me that we get along very well. And when she left, my kitchen was packed! Had I done it myself, it would have taken all day.... possibly longer. She was here 3 hours, including the time she took to run out for more packing paper, and it was wonderful. It was wonderful to look at my kitchen and to not dread the work it would take to clean it out. It was wonderful to have it all done!

Today I was able to drop off the 3 youngest girls at a friends house for about 3 hours. During that time, another friend came over to keep an eye on the other children and a third friend came over to help me out. I got the keys to the new house this morning and my friends helped me to pack up the odds and ends that could go now and that maybe shouldn't go on the truck. I had expected to transport one load over, but with help, we got 2 big loads taken over and unpacked! It was so great! I didn't have to worry about the kids, and I was able to get a lot accomplished. And, it was fun to visit while work was being done! I love the women in this ward! They are so fabulous! The best part is that they helped cut through some of the stuff I was dreading, and they didn't even act horrified! Yep, they helped pack some of the junk and the clothes and random stuff in the kids' room and did it with a smile. I suppose I will find out on Sunday if they have decided I am no longer lovable because of the state of my house!

On a serious note, I'm sure it wasn't a barrel of laughs for them to come and work on my house. I'm sure there were more fun things they could have been doing. But for me, it was an enormous help. I don't know that I can express how helpful it was for me and what a relief it was for me. It made my life so much easier and I am eternally grateful for their help. They may say it was no big deal, but to me, it was a really big deal. I hope that when I am no longer tethered down by children, that I can help others the way that I have been helped.

And I didn't even mention that other people brought by boxes- some even magically appeared on the porch! This evening, someone came by with his truck and he and Dan hauled a load of stuff over to the new house before dinner. It was amazing! I feel so blessed to be here and to have a ward that cares about us. With all the turn-over and so many people moving in and out, I didn't really expect a lot of help; especially since it is 24th of July weekend and we have a big ward service project on Saturday.

Tomorrow is actually the big day. We have a truck rented and some Young Men hired to assist. We shall see what gets done, and what I panic over! In theory, we will have internet tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath. I fear I may be internet-less for a bit, but hope springs eternal!