I would say try and think of it as a grand adventure. While it makes you sad that your leaving old friends behind, your finally going to get to build that house.
At least this is not like a 150-160 years ago when someone moved and only had letters to keep in touch with those back in "the states" that took forever to get a reply to, if ever. Now your friends and you can keep in contact in just seconds.
I really does suck that you're not going to be able to get much sewing done. Maybe a good time to learn hand peicing if you don't do that already.