Getting ready for the big move

Since the Barr family is going to have a busy year and its just hit me in the face today, I thought I could keep my sanity by documenting what we are up to and how our lives will be going over the next year.

We wont be moving till mid-July but today was a hard day. Today was the last day of school with the kids and although I was glad to see some of them go, I realized that Monday will be my last day of work for a whole year. It will be the first time in a long time that I wont be working, I wont have my own money, and its the first time ever that I'll be a stay at home mom. While some of this is appealing and exciting, there are some parts of it that are scary and sad. I know that we are only leaving here, our home in SC, for a year but its really hard to think about leaving my friends and the job I love. I know that the choice we are making is the right thing to do to support each other and for us both to get the Master's degrees we have been talking about for years but its hard to make such a drastic change.

We are moving to Glenville, WV (Google it, its worth it) for the academic year to complete our degrees. I will be going to school full-time and staying at home with JP while Jason works at Glenville State and goes to WVU to complete his degree. Its going to be a busy year for sure and I have not even packed one thing in this house yet. The thought of packing and moving everything we own, which adding a baby to the mix has become a lot, seems like an impossible task right now. Now that work is over for me, I will have the time to get it done and I hope that I manage to get it finished little by little instead of waiting till the last minute.

In the meantime, we will be planning JP's first birthday party, I'll be saying goodbye to great friends and co-workers, and we will be making the trek to a place that has one McDonald's and a Pizza Hut that doesnt deliver. Its 45 minutes to the nearest Walmart, 45 minutes to the movies, and 90 minutes to a real mall. I hope this Jersey girl manages to survive.