Tuesday, October 20, 2009

We Made It!!!

Thank you to all that helped get us on our way :) We loaded the truck Friday morning (and thanks to someone who worked for UPS in college everything made it safely in the truck with room to spare)
We have arrived safe and sound not without its hangups of course.
Jeremy took off in the uhaul hauling his car with Cameron and Terrilyn around 8am hoping to make it here by 5pm so he could unload with daylight. I was left cleaning up those last bit of things and loading the van with what was left in the house. My neighbor had Alexander and Seamus while I finished up. I had just put the last of the stuff in the car including my purse and keys and threw Chewy in and shut the door so he wouldn't get out while I shut up the house and as I walked away from the van I heard "click" meaning that the car had just locked itself. It was around 9:45am and it was supposed to get to 100 degrees. A different neighbor was out trimming his bushes and is a bit of a car wiz so I asked him if he could help but after about 10 min. it was clear he wasn't going to be able to do anything. I called the insurance company to send out a locksmith...they told me to expect someone in 45 min(seriously there is a dog locked in the car), I called the locksmith to let them know that there was a dog locked in there, they assured me that they were aware and someone was to be there ASAP. An HOUR later he turned up and in less then 5 min unlocked the car(and mentions "they didn't tell me there was a dog locked in there(I verified this 3 times hellooo people). So I pick up the kiddos and didn't get on my way till 11:30 and I still have 3 huge trash bags that I was planning on dropping off at Goodwill on my way out of town and needed to get to the post office. Needless to say Jeremy is now way ahead of me with no chance of catching up like the plan was.
Well Jeremy made it all the way to the Hoover Dam checkpoint and they tell him that he can't go over the damn with the truck hauling the car and he needs to backtrack almost an hour to take the cut off to Laughlin.
So it turns out that in the end I beat Jeremy by about 5 min and we arrived just after 7pm. 4 of Jeremy's new coworkers came over and had us unloaded in about an hour and a half.
Now I am living in what seems to be a never ending sea of boxes that needs homes somewhere. Cameron started school today and was really excited (it was also crazy hair day). My washer and dryer will be delivered this morning and I have MOUNTAINS of laundry to do. Jeremy starts work bright and early at 7am tomorrow...life is slowly starting to get back to normal pace.
Maybe.

5 comments:

Heather C. said...

Glad to hear you arrived safe and sound. Sorry to hear about the craziness...someday you'll look back and laugh...or at least smile :)

I'd love to see pictures of your new home, area, etc. When you find the time. Yes, we know all about living in the sea of boxes. It takes a while to dig yourself out of it. Are you renting a home or what?

Jennica said...

I got your message the other day.... Sorry I didn't call you back. I was in Utah for fall break. Spending every waking moment with Ben! :) I will call you later today to get the details about your life. I can't wait to hear about your new job and house and area etc. Glad you made it safe, SAD that you moved far away!

Kara and Theo said...

So glad you guys finally made it! Can't wait to see pics of the new digs!

Anne-Elizabeth said...

Hope you guys enjoy Henderson. Good luck unpacking..what a task! Glad we will be able to see you guys more now!

Unknown said...

Whew, you made it. At least half way. :) The othe half is the digging out. Good luck with that one. :) I would love to see some pics, too.