Feeling overwhelmed.

Moving is always somewhat stressful, and even though this isn’t an official PCS move for me, I’m still moving back to Italy after living with my parents for 6 months.  And I seem to have accumulated a TON of stuff.  This was planned though.  I knew I was going to buy baby boy’s wardrobe through size 2T if we found out he was a boy, which he obviously is.  And I also stocked up on clothes for Abbie for the next year and a half since it’s much more fun to shop in person than it is online.  So the majority of these boxes are clothes.  But I also bought quite a bit of fabric to use over the next 2 years since buying fabric in Italy is very expensive and the selection is extremely slim, so again, I’d end up buying it online anyway.  And since I didn’t bring any maternity clothes with me, I’ve bought quite a few of those also, so I’m sending back my non-maternity clothes in boxes.
I’ve shipped 2 (huge) boxes home, one of them was the double stroller, the other full of baby clothes.  I have 12 more boxes (pictured above) that I need to get to the post office asap so they will be there by the time we get to Italy.  And the stressful part is that I have quite a few boxes left to pack and get ready to send.  I’m numbering them all and writing down what I have in each of them so I’ll know what I’m missing if any of them don’t show up in Italy.
The stressful part is that I am SUPER busy from now until the weekend before we leave.  Between OB appointments, dentist appointments, vet appointments, hair appointments, dinners with friends, taking pictures for people, finishing a quilt, etc, I have something going on every. single. day.  Which is good!  It’s great really, because the time will fly by, but it’s stressful because it’s a lot to do in a short amount of time.  We fly out in 18 days.  So I’m trying to visit with family and friends as much as possible before I leave, and also get everything ready to go.
I’m also stressed about everything I have to do after we get to Italy, but I’ll save that for another post.  =)  On the brighter side, it’s looking like fall here and I absolutely love it!  The cooler weather, the changing leaves, the wearing warm clothes.  I can’t get enough of it and it definitely helps my mood!