The Move

Well all, this has been a stressful week, and it's over. Thank Heaven. I had every intention of taking pictures to better share with you our adventure, but the overpowering thought of "get this over with" took over all my thoughts, so no pictures.
Monday- wake up in the morning, stressing that all our crap wouldn't fit in our 17 foot truck. We were looking at our stuff trying to see what we could leave behind. we went and got the truck at 9, but when the guy pulled it out it hit 17 feet and kept coming and coming and coming. It was the 24 foot truck. They didnt have any 17 footers so since we had already reserved it we got the 24 foot truck for the same price as the 17. All my stress just flew out the window. It was awesome. WE had some guys from the ward come help load the truck, and it was all loaded in less than 40 mins. AWESOME!!!
Mark had his last final from 3-5 and when he was done we went bowling. I won :) 132. Then we went for ice cream at Farrs and saw a few people from our ward, that was fun too.
Tuesday- The truck was mostly loaded, we had a few extra things like our comfy sleeping bags we slept on. (that was not a good sleep) then some more friends in my ward came to help me finish cleaning. We were done in record time. HORAY! Then Lydia needed a nap. no crib. So we called my sister in law Kendra, cause that is where we were staying that night, but there was no answer, but we didnt really want to go out there yet cause we weren't done in town. So we called my cousin Heather, she lives...er lived close. So we took Lydia over for a nap did our running and came and bumed lunch off of her. Thanks Heather. Then we hung out till our last ward party. Pizza at the Park. We took our instruments and played a little for everyone. It was so fun, but so sad to say good bye to all my friends. We both had a LOT of freinds to say good bye to. We miss you guys already!
Then we went straight to Dave and Kendras. Lydia was so tired, and so were we. We got our stuff in and then I realized I couldnt go to bed, I hadnt bought groceries yet. DANG. So I drug Keith with me, we didnt get back till 11. SOOOO TIRED. We went to bed as fast as we could, since we were getting up at 4:30. But NONE of us could sleep. We were up for at least an hour soem of us 2 trying to fall asleep but we couldnt. BARG! Lydia was sleeping but she kept waking up.
Wednesday-FINALY! Get that stupid night over with and just go. There isnt much to tell about wednesday, other than we drove from 5 am to 11 pm. But we made it to our hotel in Lincoln. Lydia did SO good. She slept at least 1/2 the time and was drowsy for the other 1/2. I SWEAR I didnt even drug her.
But then we had the issue of the truck. We noticed how much the gas tank held. And figured out the milage...what's that smell? It's getting stronger...kinda smells like stress...with a hint of debt. Yep that's it. Don't ask me how much we spent total. I didnt add it up...I don't want to. And we slept GREAT that night.
Thursday-We werent quite as punctual about leaving as we planned, but we were only 10 mins late. It was just nice to rest. We were on the road a little after 8 CST. Only 6 hours to go. AND, and and and. We never did print off a map. AND we even made it through Kansas City with out any directions. We missed the belt and had to go through town but we never got lost, didnt have to turn around. We did it. We filled up just south And Lydia did NOT want to be in the car. she went in with out a fuss, but she was so annoyed that we were still driving. talking loudly and waving her hands like she was saying I really REALLY don't want to be in here!
We made it to mom's house right at 3. I TOLD YOU SO. EVERYONE doubted that I could adn woudl actually do it. BUT WE DID IT. But we did. And what a blessing. We got the stuff to stay at my parents house unloaded and our room set up. And Lydia got to run around out side naked in the mud. she got so dirty and it was so FUN!
Friday- We had a slow start in the morning but we went into the Rones and unloaded the Uhaul, and got rid of that stupid thing. Then we had lunch and went to Bass Pro. The fish scared Lydia, she didnt like them. Lydia needed a nap so we came back. Then we went to Nancyanns play. That was fun. and when we came home we had Lilly's birthday party. She had a dirt and worms cake so I thought that was a good time to sing the song I wrote. About teh Back Yard Bog. Mom and Dad were busting up. IT was very fun.
So the move is over and we are getting settled, and no more road trips for me for a while.
I'll take some pictures soon to show all my Idaho friends what MO looks like. it's GREEN!!!