Moving day, or should I say moving week? We had the movers scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, then I would get the place ready for the new renters on Wednesday and Thursday, take the car to be shipped on Thursday, and fly out on Friday. Luckily my friend Jen was nice enough to have the crew, me, Gilbert, Lucy and Meowsey, stay with her while all of this was going on. SO the weekend before the move, I packed into two small suitcases what Gilbert and I would need for the next month. The remainder of our “stuff” would either be in transit or storage until we were ready to move into our place in Chambersburg. Somehow I managed to pull this all of, with a newborn in tow.
I left the movers alone for the most part as I let them know I was too highstrung to be around. I think they appreciated the space as they packed everything, even a few things they were not suppose to like dry goods. Then I had the handyman, the cleaner, and the plumber over on Wednesday to prep the place for the renters while I did some light painting and fixed a few items in the condo. By 2:00 pm I walked out the door of the condo, leaving it officially as a rental and me as a landlord.
On Thursday Mindy went with me to drop off the Subaru to be shipped to Chambersburg, and then dropped me off in NW Portland to say goodbye to some friends and do some last minute boutique shopping. That night I was in bed by 8:30 out of pure exhaustion and with the knowledge that I had to get up at 3:30 to get to the airport by 5:30.
It took both Jen and Mindy with their station wagons to get the caravan of cat, dog, bags, baby and me to the airport. True friends will wake up at 5:00 am to take you to the airport. THANKS!!!!! People in line at the airport were amazed to see me bringing in the kennels and all the bags and asked what I was doing. When I told them I was moving back East they were amazed. I told them to wait as I still had the grand finale coming. When I brought in Gilbert, they cheered. So funny! Everyone at the airport was so helpful, from helping me with bags to holding Gilbert. Plus Gilbert was a gem on the plane and pretty much slept through the entire 4:45 hour flight. Note to other mommies, they do now have changing tables in the bathrooms, somehow they managed to fit them in those tiny rooms.
Luckily we were on a direct flight. We arrived a little early and waited for Michael to arrive. A friend let him borrow his truck with a canopy in order to pick up the crew. We all managed to fit and then it was off to our new home in Chambersburg. Reunited and it feels so good!
I left the movers alone for the most part as I let them know I was too highstrung to be around. I think they appreciated the space as they packed everything, even a few things they were not suppose to like dry goods. Then I had the handyman, the cleaner, and the plumber over on Wednesday to prep the place for the renters while I did some light painting and fixed a few items in the condo. By 2:00 pm I walked out the door of the condo, leaving it officially as a rental and me as a landlord.
On Thursday Mindy went with me to drop off the Subaru to be shipped to Chambersburg, and then dropped me off in NW Portland to say goodbye to some friends and do some last minute boutique shopping. That night I was in bed by 8:30 out of pure exhaustion and with the knowledge that I had to get up at 3:30 to get to the airport by 5:30.
It took both Jen and Mindy with their station wagons to get the caravan of cat, dog, bags, baby and me to the airport. True friends will wake up at 5:00 am to take you to the airport. THANKS!!!!! People in line at the airport were amazed to see me bringing in the kennels and all the bags and asked what I was doing. When I told them I was moving back East they were amazed. I told them to wait as I still had the grand finale coming. When I brought in Gilbert, they cheered. So funny! Everyone at the airport was so helpful, from helping me with bags to holding Gilbert. Plus Gilbert was a gem on the plane and pretty much slept through the entire 4:45 hour flight. Note to other mommies, they do now have changing tables in the bathrooms, somehow they managed to fit them in those tiny rooms.
Luckily we were on a direct flight. We arrived a little early and waited for Michael to arrive. A friend let him borrow his truck with a canopy in order to pick up the crew. We all managed to fit and then it was off to our new home in Chambersburg. Reunited and it feels so good!
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