See Ya Later

hagrid

Tomorrow is the big moving day. Everything is packed (mostly), and I just have a bit more cleaning to do. The worst of it is finished (I'm looking at you, baseboards) and pretty much every surface is bare. It's almost time to load up and peace out. Weird.

A friend asked Kyle and I last night what we like the most/disliked the most about Louisville. So, here's a list. Actually, two lists.

Things I'll Miss in Louisville My friends. (duh) Wild Eggs. Really mourning that one. Trader Joe's/Whole Foods The good concerts. My big bathtub/heated bathroom tiles. The bourbon. (duh)

Things I Won't Miss in Louisville The roads. So many bumps, guys. The drivers. Sorry, but NONE of you know how to use a turn signal. The traffic. It usually takes us an hour to get home from work. Yikes! So, yeah, basically the road system is my only qualm with you, Louisville.

My time here has been a lot of things, but boring is not one of those things.

I trained for my marathon here. I saw Justin Timberlake and The Avett Brothers here. I spent my first year of marriage here. I started this blog here. And I met some of the most amazing people here. I believe I've made some lifelong friends in Louisville. Like with anywhere else in the world, I've seen some ugliness, but overwhelmingly I've seen so much openness and friendship and love from people here. And I'm so grateful. It's definitely making this whole thing very bittersweet. But as a new friend said to me yesterday, "It's not goodbye, just see ya later."

Our friend from home will arrive here this evening with his trailer to help us with the move, and that's when it's gonna get real. In the morning, we'll load everything up and hand over our keys. But instead of going to a new, unfamiliar place, we'll be going to the place we know the best. And staying there. We won't have to decide who gets the most visiting time before we leave again. We won't have to sacrifice one get-together for the other. We won't have to squeeze seeing everysinglefamilymember into one single day for the holidays, because we won't have to travel far to get there. So many things will be easier. Better. We'll be more permanent. More rooted.

I'm so excited/nervous/anxious/ready for this. It's time. It's happening. Let's do this.