Saying see you later and not goodbye

Just over a week and we will be leaving to our new home in New York. Even with this short time frame, this still all feels very surreal to me. I sit in my house, that definitely doesn't look like we are moving, and still can't believe we are leaving. I'm thankful for the packers and movers doing all the grunt work of our latest move but I think it makes it harder to visualize its going to happen. 

Moving away is sort of bittersweet. Of course I am excited to start a new adventure in a huge city. See all that the NYC area has to offer. However, it's so hard to say goodbye to friends that I have grown so close to. These last 4 years I have met some incredible people. Made friendships and connections with them and that's not easy to walk away from. It even harder to say goodbye to my children's friends. I've watched some of her friends grow up along side of her. C can make me feel terribly guilty saying how much she will miss her friends. Such is life as a military child. I hope these experiences will make them rounded as they grow.

So I have vowed to not say goodbye. Instead it's a see you soon...see you later, alligator. In awhile, crocodile.