April 16, 2007
keep the change
Yesterday (god was it only YESTERDAY?) I said that shopping for furniture makes me crabby. That seems weird even to me, because I love to shop. And who doesn’t like shopping for FURNITURE? NEW furniture, even, that no one has ever wiped their hands or their nose on! I should be in heaven, and instead I am crabby.
All yesterday afternoon, Wade kept dragging out the Ethan Allan catalog ($18.95 retail, but once you’re in the store they GIVE it to you for FREE, which makes me wonder who on earth actually BUYS it) and asking me to look at dining room tables and sideboards and club chairs and sofas. I wanted to smack him in the head with the gigantic 900 page catalog. Then he picked up a Pottery Barn catalog and started flipping through that, and I thought I might cry.
Because NO MORE FURNITURE! Furniture is stressful! Aaaaagh!
And then, last night, as I was lying awake at three am (yes! really!) I had a revelation.
I don’t like change.
I’ve been trying to remember the last time I felt this stressed out, and honestly I think it probably was when we moved here, seven years ago. And before that it was probably when we moved to Tacoma from Columbus, in 1997. I like the idea of moving, I like that we’re going to be in a bigger house in a nicer neighborhood, I like that we will get nicer, new furniture that is not designed for children to jump on (that’s what playroom furniture is for) but I hate that so many things are changing.
How stupid is that?
I look at all this beautiful furniture, in the store and in the catalog, and I look at the furniture we have here, and I can’t imagine where everything will go or what it will look like or where I will SIT for god’s sake and I get all worried.
The realtor just put a CONTRACT PENDING sign in my yard, which oddly makes me feel a little less stressed and a little more peaceful. As long as Wade stays far from me with those catalogs.
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April 16th, 2007 at 1:08 pm, Wendy Says:
I totally understand. I hate change, too.
I stick all those stubborn catalogs in a basket next to the toilet, because that is where they belong. My husband can spend as much time in there as he wants thinking about all the nice furniture.
April 16th, 2007 at 2:13 pm, An Iowa Mom Says:
Change is a hard thing … but it is usually a GOOD thing too!
Hang in there!
April 16th, 2007 at 2:47 pm, Erin Says:
I’m with you. Change is overrated. It’s a good thing in the long run, but the transition stuff blows. Good luck!
I’m pretty sure that new furniture is one of the better changes you could have to go through. Other than nice, big, new (or new to you) house.
April 16th, 2007 at 3:37 pm, The Daring One Says:
I cannot imagine Dan looking through a furniture catalog with me. Wade gets some sort of special medal or something.
If you’ve got to change, at least you can change in style.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:12 pm, MJ Says:
I’m often reminded how much I dislike change when one of my children has a hard time with change, and I think, “Yeah. Basically I’m a child about this change thing.”
But I just might be persuaded to accept change if there was new furniture and a playroom thrown into the deal!
Bonne chance.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:42 pm, M&Co. Says:
Oh my god! I’m the queen of hating change. The absolute QUEEN. Change is bad bad bad. Yeah. It’s a grown up attitude.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:46 pm, rachel Says:
I hate change with a mad passion.
I also hate moving.
I’d love some new furniture, though. Ah well.
Good luck making it through to the other side - I’m sure I won’t be the only one looking forward to seeing pics of the new furniture in the new house!
April 17th, 2007 at 7:55 am, amanda Says:
The Ethan Allen catalogue freaks me out too. Not to mention the “designers” at the store… don’t get hooked up with one of them. They are professionally trained to talk fools like me into buying a $400 lamp like it’s only $20. Craziness. Anyway, I feel your pain. We’ve been decorating this house for two years. So stressful picking out new furniture. And now I want to move. Again.
April 17th, 2007 at 3:55 pm, cce Says:
Wise people have said that moving is the most stressful thing next to losing a spouse so it seems perfectly normal that your consumed and anxious. I thought I was going to feel so nostalgic for our former house once we moved and, in truth, I just felt relief and good riddance. Hopefully this will happen for you as well.