Although life is clicking merrily along here and things are falling into place, it still all feels vaguely unreal. We have had three furniture deliveries in the past 24 hours, and each time all I could think was, “Wow, now we’re going to have someone disassemble this when we leave!” Our apartment, while pleasant and well situated, is not our final destination in Israel. Final destination city is yet to be determined (it could be here), but we’d like a house therein to at least have a small garden and more space for guests.
Now that the furniture is all here, I have fewer excuses for not unpacking, other than I am really tired. I’m not sleeping all that well; though the nights are pleasant for sitting on our breezy porch, it’s warm in our bedroom. (Why this can’t be solved by the air conditioner, I’m not sure. Still warm, with or without the a/c.)
I guess I feel like all the pieces are here now except my head, which is tied up with driving tests and rearranging piles of clothes and things to fit in our newly expansive storage space (though not in the kitchen, natch!)…I just don’t feel entirely settled. But I can’t put my finger on why.
Just today I was wandering around the supermarket with a mostly empty cart. (Of course, in a city of 70,000 people, of whom I know approximately 12, I run into Gila, who I had just spoken to on the phone from SuperPharm; she was continuing her two-day Tutorial in Lice Prevention.) I can’t seem to fill my fridge, which is so odd. Maybe it’s because I’ve been shopping in fits and starts, or maybe it’s because we haven’t entertained.
I want to snap out of it. I just…can’t. Not yet.
I still feel unsettled in our new house – even though it been 13 months and we only moved 6 miles! I hope that makes you feel better!
Pass your driving test. Buy some groceries. Set up your new cell phone. It’ll get better.
Have patience with yourself. It will settle. But you know that, and it doesn’t help, so I’m sorry.
Hey, I think it would be stranger if you did feel all settled already! Internal process time is different from physically getting things in order, for me anyway, even when the change is something I wanted and chose. Uh, not that that helps much. So I’ll second Shana.
Kate, I only moved one state away and I feel sort of the same way. I can’t even begin to imagine what your adjustment must be like.
I’ve also been shopping in fits and starts–Target, Bed Bath etc., and groceries, and get home and think of something else I should’ve gotten. Ugh. Still surrounded by boxes.
And right now I just want a nap.
Hope you feel more settled soon!