when push comes to shove

oh crap!   when we started this thing (i can't even call it an adventure right now, i am so overwhelmed), we were worried we wouldn't be able to sell the house in time for the tetons, let alone sell it at all.   well, it's sold and we are running around like crazy people.

the buyers want in right away and we want to stall till the 29th.  they are pushing for sooner and we are shoving for later.   the winner to be determined at a later date.

i thought i was orgainized in the packing department, but this part time job is really getting in the way.  john has taken alot to the storage unit already, but i think the crap in the cupboards and the mess in the garage are like bunnies and reproducing faster than we can keep up.  i'm at the point where it all looks like a bunch of nothing and i'm getting ready to start throwing it all away.  unfortunately, the wanna be hoarder in me kicks in before i can really do it.   then i have great ambitions of a yard sale, yeah right, like that is going to happen.

then there is the frustrating mess of trying to find a new home for gibson.  i had someone who told me they were interested and really excited about taking him, so i did not pursue looking any further.  well, she called to say after praying about it, she can't take him.   i thought i had a backup plan with a rescue in washington, but that person seems to be trying to kindly get out of it also.  she says she will send his info out to other rescues.  i have been on the internet nightly looking for rescues, but alot of them look pretty hokey to me.  they all want donations, but don't seem to be too interested in taking a dog.   a couple of them actually told me my only choice was probly to "let him go".  what kind of rescues are these people?  what are they rescuing?  i understand they are swamped with requests like mine and are doing the best they can, but jeez, if you are so dedicated to saving animals, how can you so coldly tell someone to put a perfectly fine dog to sleep without even trying?

i'm trying to live by the old saying and just take it one day at a time.

that's all i can do.

i will focus only on what is needed to be done today and just add the rest to my to do list for later.

it will all get done and in time for us to be in the tetons by may. 

it has to.

otherwise, john & i will be on the side of the road

pushing and shoving our boxes down the highway

or possibly

pushing and shoving each other

with gibson following behind