July 22, 2008

Best Friend for a Reason

I was feeling emotional and grumpy yesterday. I’m overwhelmed with packing, grumpy about having to move out of my house before I wanted to (and into my parent’s house, who seem to be grouching to everyone in my family about us moving in), and the sadness about leaving this house after almost five years was setting in as well.

Going to see our new house progress last night barely cheered me up. They had put stone in the footprint and had the forms there to pour the basement walls (probably happening right now). It didn’t matter. The negative feelings were overwhelming.

I came home and was just settling in for a long night of grading thesis statements with no capitalization when my best friend called me. She started with an apology for calling so late and then quickly launched into her reason for calling.

My best friend, the most amazing kitchen packer I know, informed me that she is driving out tomorrow and staying until Friday to help me finish packing. I instantly burst into tears. She has always been there for me through the years, but this went beyond the status quo of being there for your friend.

It wouldn’t be a big deal if she was driving 30 minutes. The big deal is that she’s driving 4.5 hours to come and help me, with her 4-year old son in the back seat. Not only that, but she insisted on bringing her own bed linens, towels, toiletries and even dinner for all of us.

I have been overwhelmed with a completely different feeling since receiving her phone call and I can NOT thank her enough. I figured that all of you who have offered virtual support through this moving process could go and thank her for me too.

So go visit her site, tell her how amazing and wonderful she is, and think happy thoughts about an easy drive for her tomorrow.

Packing just got a whole lot more fun.