Bye Bye childhood home

I alluded to this in an earlier post updating my list of stuff...but yup. My parents have sold my childhood home and have left CA. It was a bit of a whirlwind, in fact, I think I'm still reeling from the suddenness and all the activity it generated. It was really pretty crazy.

It went down like this:
I had breakfast with my family on a Saturday in late Feb (I think it was 2/23) where my parents mentioned that they were going to start looking for an agent to sell the house with the plan that they would probably list the house in about a month or so after they cleaned and moved out or something. Then on Monday (yes, just 2 days later), they called to tell me the house was sold and the new owners needed it by March 15! I was pretty shocked, and I couldn't believe that I would have to go through the moving process all over again! Yes, I was definitely not looking forward to more cleaning, packing & unpacking. arg. And since my parents weren't going to be taking much with them, everything had to go! So in a matter of 2 weeks, all the stuff that's accumulated in our house for the last ~20 years had to be dealt with.

Crazy, right?!

Anyhow, the last two-ish weeks have been a little stressful as I tried to squeeze in the latest development with all my previous commitments, but I've somehow survived it. The big move (of furniture, piano, refrigerator) happened last Monday (3/10) and then some more cleaning, and I also had to meet the new owners so that if any mail was sent to us there (though there shouldn't be much since we forwarded our mail), I could go pick it up. Then, I dropped my parents off at the airport early Wed morning (they're going to travel the world for a little bit before deciding where to settle down). And now I have a bunch of new piles of boxes to sort through at my place. hehe

A lot of people have asked if I'm sad that my childhood home is gone, but really I've barely had time to consider that. I mean, it's still pretty unreal to me, and I'm not sure if/when my brain will catch up to reality. It was definitely a little sad when I walked out the door for the last time, but that's about it for now. In the meantime, there's more unpacking to do, and I've gotta catch up on school work and get going on that job hunt... I hope I can enjoy some peace and quiet now... I could certainly use a relaxing vacation!