Keeping Up!

I just wanted to jump on here really quick and put a few thoughts down. I think it helps me to mentally "unload" alot of my thoughts and worries. If you know me at all, you know that I worry about EVERYTHING. Leave it to me to do the opposite of what God tells us to do. He says worry about NOTHING, but what do I do? You got it, the opposite! It's something I am working on. I think it's a control thing really. I don't like to NOT have control of things, even it's something that is impossible to have control over in the first place.
I have decided in the midst of planning to try and do one thing each day towards our move. I started it this week and so far I have things coming down off of the walls, my food pantry cleaned out and wiped down, and some toys pulled out to go into my garage sale. I am having a HUGE garage sale on May 2nd and am hoping to make some extra money towards our move. I have had ONE garage sale in my entire adult life and hope that I do better than I did the last time. I am not good at messing with those haggling expert garage salers, that's for sure! My two good friends, Heather and Susan, are joining me with the garage sale, so I hope we make some good money.
I am four weeks from closing my business. It will be a bittersweet moment for me. I am so ready to be done with childcare in my home. I love every part of having my business, except it's in my house. It is so hard for me to separate my job from my home life and I hate it. It makes me not enjoy my job at all and that makes me sad. I love working with kids and couldn't imagine doing anything else in my life. I will be very sad to see my last two daycare kids go on May 1st, so sad. They have become a part of my family and almost seem like my own children. I have had one of them since he was 6 months old! I have watched him get his first tooth, start crawling, say his first words, and even start to walk! He is attached to me almost as much as his mother (almost) and cries when I walk out of the room, or is left with a stranger. I worry about him going to his next daycare provider so much. So even though my hear it breaking, it also rejoices knowing we are moving onto a new stage in our military career.
I guess I have rambled enough about nothing really. My head feels alot clearer just getting these things out there. It is so hard to keep my head clear these days with the ten million things going on in it. From getting ready to move overseas, planning my kids' birthday parties before we leave,to my sister's bridal shower I am throwing, to helping with wedding plans, and even planning stuff while in Ohio with family, I am VERY, VERY overwhelmed right now. It will be a nice break this summer in Spain to just relax and enjoy my own children at the pool everyday...not to brag or anything...LOL!
I know I keep promising pictures and I hope to get some up sometime this weekend. We are heading back to Six Flags to check out the animal section. (My favorite!) I promise to get some up soon.
Spring Break is right around the corner and I can't wait! I will only have ONE daycare child and we have lots of things planned for the week to keep us busy. Six Flags, Chuck E Cheese, and maybe even the ocean are just a few of the things we have planned so far! I can't wait!