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Step three of our 3-part plan is simple, and incredibly complicated. It is all in how you look at it.

The simple version is to get all of our possessions unloaded from the truck. Done!

The complication comes when you factor in where all the stuff went, and what needs to be done to put it all in order. Yikes! We’ve got our work cut out for us.

It was absolutely thrilling to see that long trailer being backed up the length of driveway. Each step of this transition has been big, but this one was HUGE!

The drama that remains unresolved is that we have yet to officially close. It is only by the gracious generosity of our sellers that we were able to unload our possessions from the moving truck and take possession before we actually closed. We learned yesterday afternoon that the closings would continue to be delayed until next Monday or Tuesday, but that everything was in order and able to proceed. It is a pall that clouds an otherwise superb experience.

We were informed that our buyers were now in a situation similar to ours, in that they had become stuck between properties and were homeless. Cyndie and I didn’t hesitate to pass along the generosity that has been shown to us, authorizing our buyers to take possession of our old house in EP immediately. We are thrilled to be able to do so, and know exactly what they are going through.

Now we are trying to learn which switch controls what light fixture, and struggling to remember where we have set things down, because nothing has a permanent location yet. It has been a very long time since I needed to get used to a new living environment. I’m noticing a tendency to try to put things in a location that in some way mirrors the arrangement of things in the living environment we just left. Old habits, you know.

I consider step three now complete. I’m going to frame it as getting everything off the truck. The move is completed. The moving in still requires some time to accomplish.