Kate's perspective of moving day

Friday June 27, 2008 was THE LONGEST day of hurry-up-and-wait that I have EVER experienced. From about 7am until the movers finally left at nearly 8pm, our (former) home was a madhouse! So my job was to keep Grace occupied.

Mostly, we hung out in the side yard, playing on the grass. My friend Jen came over in the early afternoon, and we took a walk downtown to a gift shop for a housewarming gift for the new owners. After Jen left, I took Grace out to the RV, which was parked around the corner to make room for the moving van, for a nap. I managed to doze off & on for about an hour... then I just hung out while she finished her nap.

At one point I got pretty excited, because I saw the truck driver get into the rig, start the engine, and move... but he was only backing up to get the next door of the truck closer to the door of our house.

Lunch was re-heated pizza. I borrowed a neighbor's microwave, because ours was unplugged. Dinner was Arby's sandwiches. By around 8pm, when the moving van left, we had all had it... we were just ready to get on the road, but we had to finish loading the RV, and do at least some basic cleaning. At about 9pm, the new owners showed up to take pictures of the house empty. They had called Rob ahead of time to make sure it was okay. They are SO nice, they kept asking if there was anything they could do to help, but there really wasn't. By this time we were just trying to get the electrical connection working between the RV and the car so that we could go. Thanks to the wonderful generosity of a church friend and a couple of neighbors, we were finally able to head out.

We pulled into our 1st campsite at around 3am Mountain Time. We were never so happy to climb into bed... and our RV queen bed is surprisingly comfortable! We were grateful for the end of a VERY long day.