The Countdown

We only have about 3 weeks left of spring training and that means moving day is going to be here before we know it! I am getting REALLY excited, but my brain is starting to go into overdrive…over think is more like it. I’ve been looking up places to live in the possible locations we may end up. I’ve been going through my clothes, which had already been drastically reduced when we packed up our apartment, and pulled out even more items that I will not be taking :-( . And I’ve been trying to do some meal planning so that during the season I can make it as easy as possible on myself to ensure that we eat well and don’t have to resort to eating out. About a week before we leave I will get the boxes labeled “baseball” out of storage and go through them to 1) make sure I have what we need 2) make sure to leave behind things we don’t need 3) pack up the car…eeeek!! I have really, really NOT been looking forward to this part of the adventure. Thankfully there are a lot of really smart baseball wives and girlfriends out there who have been through this very same predicament and who have blogs/have left posts on the MiLB ladies facebook page on the how to’s of moving multiple times in a year. I have picked up so many helpful tips on things to bring and how to pack it all into one little ol’ car. Another thing that my brain has been working hard at, is NOT thinking about being so far away from my family. I have never lived more than 2 hours away from them, and in a few short weeks I will be around 18-20 hours away from them for the next 6 months! Thank goodness for telephones and skype so we can somewhat fill the void (and of course they can always come and visit us!!…Hint-Hint: Mom & Brian, Dad & Anna, John & Karen).  So yeah, even though traveling with Addison is what I want more than anything, I have no doubt that it’s going to be anything but easy…in the words of A League of their Own, “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. The hard…is what makes it great”.