Moving is hard in general but when you're moving across the country it goes from crazy to downright madness.

I've been trying to book a truck to ship my car across and deliver it to my new residence and that hasn't been easy. The deal is that I found a place on the internet, got a quote and then gave them my credit card for a deposit. Now, a "driver" will contact me about when they will be picking up my car and the rest of the money. Somehow, giving a total stranger my car and a bundle of cash doesn't settle well with me - especially because I am just supposed to sit and wait for that person to call me in a week (or two) to let me know when I can get my car back.

On top of that, I bought a plane ticket today and as I clicked BUY I got a notice that my price had been changed in the past few seconds to $20 more. I still bought, but that sucks.

Then, there's the parents - at least my parents.

They want to do anything and everything to help, which is great, but I feel really bad even asking. Turns out I don't HAVE to ask and even when I ask them NOT to do something they plan on doing it anyway. So, now my dad is taking off of work in the middle of the day on a Wednesday to drive two hours and pick me up from the airport, my mom is giving me her car and/or driving me around whenver and whereever I want for a week or so and they're both constantly offering me money. Geeze - maybe I should move more often (just kidding). Seriously, I feel stressed out about the whole thing but having my parents being so forcefully giving makes me even more stressed out. I want to just appreciatively accept everything they're offering but I feel guilty and  - to be honest - kind of insulted that they don't think I can do it myself. (I know... I know... there are more than a few of you out there thinking that I can just shove it for complaining about such great parents.)

It's just all part of the moving madness. I still have a few weeks for more drama to pile on. I just hope my blood pressure can take it all.

- Judianne