I feel like the events of the last post I wrote took place in another lifetime. Since that day, we have packed up all of our belongings, moved out of our house so that tenants could move in, lived with a friend for a week, and are now about halfway through our trip from Washington to Louisiana.
Surprisingly, everything has gone off so far without a hitch (I say that now, and tomorrow we'll probably go 500 miles in the wrong direction or something equally ridiculous). Our movers were friendly types who seemed to take pretty good care of our stuff as they spent two days packing and then loading up all of our worldly goods. It's amazing what a pizza and some cranberry juice can do for the movers' morale. Our tenants moved in just hours after we finished our cleaning, and we headed about 20 miles south to stay at a friend's house until it was time to start our drive.
It was sad to say goodbye to our house, but we didn't really have time to get too emotional. I feel good about the people who have moved in, and as much as I'll miss my friends, I can't say that I'll miss Washington too much. It was really nice to have that last week free to take care of last minute errands and scratch items off of our to-do list. We closed on our South Carolina house on the 11th, so it's officially ours now--empty and just waiting for us to arrive. We enjoyed quality time with our Washington friends, though it was sad not getting the chance to say goodbye to all of our friends in person.
The road trip started on the 12th, kicked off with a final goodbye drink at Starbucks, a stop-off in Salem, OR to visit a friend and an overnighter in charming Ashland, OR. We made it down to San Francisco on the second day where we camped out for two nights, visiting friends in the city and playing tourists for the day. The next night was spent in San Bernardino after a nightmarish two hours of Los Angeles traffic, and tonight we're in balmy Tucson, AZ where we've enjoyed a delicious dinner with my cousin and his wife and a hotel viewing of Speed.
We still have two more La Quinta nights ahead of us before we make it to Louisiana where we'll spend the week of Christmas with our families and then it's off to South Carolina to kick off our next Air Force assignment. I'm going to make an effort to check in again more often between now and the actual move, but in case I'm not back in time, Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate and Happy Holidays to the rest!
Happy traveling and Merry Christmas! Just remember, if you see signs that say "Welcome to Canada" or "Welcome to Mexico," you aren't going the right way.
Posted by: Jenn | December 17, 2009 at 02:15 PM
Safe travels!! Can't wait to hear about all the moving in!
Posted by: A Super Girl | December 18, 2009 at 03:01 AM
Glad to hear from you! And of course, glad to hear things are going well. If you don't update again before the holidays, have a good one!
Posted by: Jessica | December 21, 2009 at 03:19 AM
Glad to hear things are going well for your move, and I hope y'all are safe and sound in Louisiana for the holiday! Good luck with the rest of the move. I cannot wait to hear about it!
Posted by: E.P. | December 21, 2009 at 06:08 AM
Wow. What a month you've had! I know you'll be glad to be settled into your new place and I hope things calm down after that for you!
Posted by: Steph. | December 30, 2009 at 05:31 AM
Only two hours of L.A. traffic....I'd say you did pretty good ;)
Posted by: Melissa B | January 12, 2010 at 04:50 PM