Will it fit? -- Part II

Yep....remember when I said there wasn't much left in Baton Rouge?? Yea, well it seems in addition to my affliction with packratitis I may also have a problem with spatial awareness!!

ANYWHOOOOOOO-->we crammed everything we could into the Mommyvan, threw the rest away, and locked the door to the clean ("I'm-NOT-cleaning-this-apartment") apartment! My SO has been shipped out actually to a drill ship for probably 3 weeks so THAT should make settling in and unpacking a REAL adventure for me!

OH BOY!

We have arrived!!

We DID finally make it to Houston Sunday evening just before dark to the yummy smells of a baking ham with all the trimmings in the kitchen from SuperLois!! She honestly has been FANTASTIC and that doesn't even begin to describe her! :) THANKS A MILLION LOIS!!!





I have fast forwarded the last two days since ALL that was involved was sore muscles, lots of RAIN RAIN & more RAIN, off-loading the caravan into the garage in between the raindrops, shopping for a new fridge (since dumb & dumber thought we remembered that the fridge stayed with the house and were WRONG), moving in a "loaner" bentup fridge compliments of Home Depot, and attempting to get the "kids" acclimated to the new home. We even got in some YARDWORK!!!! Remember my mention that the yard was a bit of a MESS!!! (This could take a year.....seriously!)

BUT-->did it all fit?

Why OF COURSE NOT!!!!!! My previously described packratitis may not have included enough detail regarding the severity of my problem!! Here is a bit of what got left behind: a nearly full deck of plants, the beer fridge formerly known as college dorm fridge, the frogs and their not-so-small house, LOTS of what I termed as I locked the door "there isn't much left--we should be able to get it out fairly quickly" [insert hysterical laughter here]




THEN after 3 calls to SuperLois changing our "expected" arrival time (believe me when I say this woman deserves some kind of medal for being our real estate agent---she had NO IDEA what she agreed to when we signed her "we'll stick with you" contract) ---> we depart in caravan for HOUSTON, TEXAS amid very cloudy skies and with exhaustion all around!!! My SO had the lead, followed by bluebuggie & me, Penske driven by Dad, and Mom bringing up the BLOCKS-for-lane-changing rear in the MINIVAN!! OH YEAH---it was FUN!!!!

What time were we supposed to leave??

Here is the result of another ENTIRE day of packing literally every nook and cranny of the Penske!! Did it all fit, you ask?? Well, have a look at our pal Penske before we shut the door, the back of my SO's truck, my bug, hmmm....I guess I missed the stuffed-like-a-can-of-tuna shot of Mom's van.






The stories you are missing here include Mom's trip to the InstantCare clinic to avoid the ER secondary to cat bite AND the rain. I can't let you miss the way the last boxes were labeled....it is just TOO appropriate to the whole "moving" story in itself!

Dad to the rescue!!!

I know I have disappeared for a while but all who have moved before KNOW what I have been doing! :)

I'm backposting a few things to bring everyone up-to-date with our life...FROM TEXAS!!!!!

Dad arrived on Thursday evening to help us finish packing (heehee) and get organized (ROFL) for the arrival of the movers I got to help us get the furniture downstairs and on the truck!!! I honestly don't know what we would have done (and still would be doing) without all of his help!! Despite the craziness of everything, Dad has been the one who is able to focus and keep us on task!! Thanks so much for everything Dad! YOU are the best Dad a girl could ever hope to have!! (AND the best packer I know too--I'm talking we probably had 2 - 5% wasted air space inside the Penske thanks to Dad's stellar packing skills)

I knew it may be a bad sign when they walked in (FIVE 1/2 HOURS LATE) and said "Is all of this going on the one truck?" YEAH.....I thought it would, I mean it is a 26 foot truck supposed to hold a 3 to 4 bedroom house! SURE it will all go on the ONE TRUCK!!! After all, we only live in a 2 bedroom 900 square foot apartment! :) *ROFL*

Things I won't miss in Baton Rouge

ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON PERKINS ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're READY!!!

Think this truck is big enough? I marvel at my SO's ability to drive this thing!! It's the biggest one you can drive without a CDL! YIKES!! Thank God for MEN willing to drive mammouth vehicles since I would have had to hire someone to navigate this 'ginormous' beast without Dad and my man! After we finished all of the paperwork to pick it up this girl showed up to get her 22 foot monster--> I say "YOU GO GIRL!!!" I'm impressed! Really I'm just a chicken and I guess if I had to 'man-up' as they say....I would have! (however, I'm soooooooooooooo glad I don't have to)

To be continued...