Stress and Disarray

So apparently I don't do well in chaos. My house is still turned upside down. The owner has now decided to replace all of the carpet and possibly the tile in the kitchen. Now don't get me wrong--it all desperately needs replacing. And since the flood last week, I realize this is the time. And I realize that you don't want to just replace the carpet that was wet because all the rooms connect and you'd have brand new carpet running into yucky, old carpet. I get that.

However...how much more can I take? Here we are...a week and a half since "the flood" and they are just now coming out and taking measurements and getting bids. So, I'm guessing next week? How much of the furniture will I have to move? How much of my junk that is currently lining the walls of my bedroom will I have to move?

We're already getting boxes from school. Anything that was on bookshelves and got moved--I'm packing it up. We're planning to move this summer--and it's looking like the house is telling us that it's time. But this is a really bad time for this. This is why we do this in the summer.

I've got an ESL certification test in two weeks, lesson plans to do, a technology pedagogy paper to finish, field trips--not to mention all the taxiing and last-minute "oh, do we have any reflective tape?" things to do. I can feel myself getting more and more tense--to the point where I now have what is probably a cold, sore throat on mostly my right side, a cold sore on my upper lip (never had one before in my LIFE!), and a canker sore on my tongue. ARGH!!!

Seriously, I wish there were little gremlins who would come in and just pack everything up. I always stress when we move because I HATE packing. I just hate it and I put it off too long. Well, maybe this is Heavenly Father's way of keeping me from putting it off this time. I just thought of that. Ok...I'll try to remember to bring those boxes home tomorrow. Can't hurt.