A little background:
Chris works a retail job so his schedule is unpredictable and a lot of the times I am home alone. The best time to pack would be at night when Torin is sleeping. Well, since Chris's schedule is crazy (he sometimes doesn't come home till almost 10 pm) and I figured I would be doing most of the packing anyways, I starting packing the house 3 weeks before we moved. Chris said I was crazy but, really, I am a genius! All the major packing was done days before the actual move and Chris didn't have to worry about a thing.
We were planning on moving Saturday, March 1. I had Chris tell the utility people to turn off the electricity on the 29th so we didn't have to pay through the whole weekend. And turn it off they did!! At 8:30 Friday morning, they turned off the electricity. Now, the weather was 70 degrees that day so I wasn't concerned about getting too hot or cold, but what were going to do when it got dark? There was still some last minute packing that had to be done. How was I going to vacuum the town home when we left? What does anyone do without electricity? AAAHHHHH!!!Was that dramatic enough?
Chris, being the eagle scout he is, went and got us a lantern. I was too busy freaking out to even think of such a thing. I am so glad that I have a real man as my husband!
At about 9:30 that night we decided to go ahead and go to sleep because, lets face it, what is there to do in the dark? I know what you're thinking and it's none of your business!!!
Because we went to bed so early, we woke up at 5:30am ready to go! Problem was, the sun is still not up! To pass the time, we went to IHOP for breakfast. When we were finished the sun was slowing creeping up in the sky and let me tell you, I was never as happy as I was at that moment for the sun to be coming up at 6:30.
Chris's parents showed up at 8:30 and we finished prepping everything to load. Chris and I went to pick up the truck at 9:00. Long story short, it took a while and we didn't get back to our place until 9:40. I think that this is a good place to mention that Chris wanted to have the truck packed by 11:00, go pick up our "new" bed at his sister's apartment in Austin (that was a little out of the way) and leave there by noon, make it into Dallas by 5:00 (which is possible if we left his sister's by 1:00) and unload the truck before it got dark.
We live in a 3 bed, 2 bath, 1200 square foot town home-we rented a 16 foot truck. Did I mention that he have a gi-normus sectional couch? Needless to say, it took quite a bit long to put all of our stuff in. This is the never ending pile.
We had the truck, Chris's parent's car, Chris's car and my car packed full. No wiggle room. None. Whatsoever. We actually left a few things-in the trash. We pulled out of the parking lot at 4:30 (notice-not 11:00). It takes 40 minutes to get to Brittany's apartment and to make it fun for me, Torin decided to cry the entire way! We loaded the bed into to the truck, had dinner and left Brittany's place by 8:00. Not really gonna make it to Public Storage by 5:00. We got into Dallas at 11:30pm and crashed (like went to bed, not like an accident). We were exhausted and sticky (due to sweat while loading the truck)! Problem-our clothes were still in our dressers at the back of the still packed truck! That's what happens when you plan to be done at a certain time.The next day we unpacked the truck and tried to make space in one of the bedrooms at Chris's parent's house to put all our stuff. What? Did I not mention that we are going to live with Chris's parents for a while? No? Oh. Well, we are. This is were we slept for a few days as we prepped a room. Yes, that is a queen bed in the middle of their living room.
Then, to top it off, Chris had to go back to San Marcos to finish out his final two weeks at his job. So, here I am, trying to get settled waiting for my man to come home.Chris got a job at Harley Davidson Financial Services and he starts that on the 17th.
Life is crazy but its good!
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