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Sounds like are going to feel like me: Sad to be leaving a home you loved but ultimately glad not to have to caretake it in the future.

Liz, I'm saving your post above to guide the continuing moving/unpacking events I'm about to experience over the next three months.

Our new home closes in 10 days. It's a cash sale, so we are moving funds around for ease of wiring the closing amount to the title company. It's "interesting" that banks and investment brokers want to hold onto your money for longer than it seems should be legal for them to do so. What a shock, eh? For example, DF's investment company's policy permits him to put $250K/day into his investment account, but their standard policy is to permit clients to move only $100K/day out of one's account. Happily, DF obviated that silliness with a phone call to a real human being at the company, but I imagine some folks would just go, "Oh, okay." [eye roll emoji]

The weather here is beautiful--sunny with early morning lows in the 50s and 40s for the foreseeable future. I hope we have a gorgeous fall this year for my last autumn in the home I've lived in for longer (21 years) than anywhere else in my life.

Memories! Transitions! Change! Loss! Hope! Love! Peace! I'm finding strength in the Buddhist approach to this process. Nothing lasts forever. You can't keep everything. All that's worth saving is love and kindness. Amen.

Yeah, what they said ^^^ about you versus The Shark. You're biting pretty hard lately.

The Spelling Bee is the very first thing I do every morning (after weighing and making coffee). Then I do Wordle, Connections, and Sudoku (hard). I'm hopelessly addicted to those kinds of puzzles.

Weight 119.4 (unchanged even though I ate 2 pieces of pizza last night - I felt overly full).

We made it here to DH's home. I think Justice is pleased because it is familiar here and the other house was feeling entirely too empty. Lots to unpack today but I followed my moving rules yesterday: 1) get the bed made so you can go to bed at night; 2) find the toiletries so you can brush your teeth; 3) have the coffee makers ready with the coffee fixings for the morning. Those are the critical basics on day one, all the rest is gravy.

The furniture looks good in the sunroom. Less crowded as there was an extra loveseat not being used which we replaced with a small chair. And the extra large end tables and coffee table have been replaced with smaller tables. DH's DD seems to like to pack in the largest furniture that will fit, but I prefer having it smaller yet comfortable so the room is more navigable and feels more open. I was a little concerned about how my bedroom set would fit as there was no bed frame previously but it looks really good and lightens up the room substantially as the furniture is very pale, almost cream yellow cottage furniture and replaced dark brown laminate furniture that was probably from the 1970's.

Thank goodness for movers! A lot of moving and a lot of junk going out in the truck yesterday. I had bought a substantial metal wardrobe for the basement to keep my extra clothing and shoes in (this house has tiny 1970 era closets). The movers barely got it down the stairs - DH and I would never in a million years managed it. Nice cabinet though! I have it set up already so I can unload my clothing from the wardrobe boxes. Lots of unpacking to do today. I will follow my subsequent day rules: 1) get the kitchen functional (which in this case means emptying the boxes so we aren't tripping over them); 2) make sure clothing needed over the next few days is accessible; 3) move on to all other boxes to make all rooms functional, 4) rearrange furniture as needed. One slight difficulty is that this family seems to be packrats with stuff and not just in closets and the basement. There is bedding for 2 more households heaped upstairs even though all the beds are made. There are puzzles and games in huge piles even though the grandchildren have outgrown most of them. The kitchen has lots of battered pots, dishes, and coffee cups which need to be replaced (some of my stuff will take its place but I need DH to choose what to remove). Back to living in clutter to some extent. At least I have control of 2 rooms and of the entire Florida house.

Time to take a beach walk with Justice before unpacking. Have a whirlwind Wednesday!