it has begun - the packing...oh and the living and adapting to change

i have an immediate association with the word "horrible"- it's "packing". and i am d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-e-d to kill it once and for all. we're pulling out of town for good july 23rd, so i started the dreaded packing process... oh, a mere two nights ago. call me motivated, productive, organized, on-top-of things, a go getter... whatever. i'm just glad to get started now, though it pains me terribly to see my little home being put into boxes slowly, but surely.

oh sometimes i feel that i'm so over this transitional period and am ready to be settled and unpacked completely right about now, but i'm continually learning many new things, not just about myself, but about b, especially.. and it is making this process a bit more pleasant. when you live with someone who is your "opposite" (granted we do have many similarities) you start learning how to either do things better or differently or just not at all to establish a home that's compatible for both people. for example, both b and i are productive people. our timelines are just completely opposite. neither one is bad. either way we still accomplish the tasks at hand, one just sooner than the other. both of our opposite tendencies tend to stress the other out, why? because "different" is a hard thing to get used to. when you live alone, you have a tendency to do things the same way, always. then all of a sudden, another being gets thrown in the mix, and it all gets tangled up and you start having to learn how to adapt to change! i love it... seriously, being married to my best friend is awesome. i wouldn't trade it for the single life again, that's for sure.

the life lessons i'm learning amidst the packing process are so valuable to our daily routine in marriage...i may just find that i enjoy packing more, now, than ever before, turning that word association from "horrible" to "educational". praise. the. Lord. 

{all photos via design to inspire}