Guest guest Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Hi everyone, sorry to be so silent of late. been sick and hubby's been gone and we got attacked for 3 months by a swarm of termites- they actually flew out of the walls for THREE months. it's so disgusting. Anyway the good news is we're moving, putting the house up for sale at a good time to be selling in Florida. We're renting an apartment and having the house tented the day after we move. I just wanted to check with you seasoned veterans to see if there is anything I am missing about making this move as nontraumatic for as possible. She is 16 now and she has lived in this house since she was 1. We are planning to fix her bedroom up exactly as it is now. Unfortunately we have not been able to gain access to the apartment and have only one day to show it to her. We've talked about it alot and driven by. She usually does very well with trips to motels and such; as long as the VCR and the videos and audiotapes and music and stimmy books are with her she does well anywhere it seems. We're trying to decide whether to stay here with her in another room (WITH TV etc.) while they take out all her bedroom furniture, then bring her over to the apartment, or to bring her over first and set her up with a little table for her electronics in an unobtrusive corner and let her be there when they bring the stuff in. I guess we could bring her back here later to show her that this house is empty now. Someone suggested having a helper take her out for a few hours then bring her back to the new place but that seems even more traumatic to me. I would think it might help her to process things if she sees what's happening. Any tips on moving would be most helpful. I know many of you have been there done that many times. It would have been great if I had been able to get into the apartment and take some pictures to show her. Oh well, thanks for the input ahead of time. Hope all is well with all of you. BTW hurricane has started again early...anyone want to come visit??? Sherry, mom to 16 DS/aut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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