Moving Pros

Sorry for the lack of blog updates.  My life has been a whirlwind lately, but nothing exciting enough to blog about.  Tuesday Jake and some friends from lab helped move my furniture to my new place and then I helped Jake load up all his stuff onto the truck and take it to his dad's.  We had planned on then going to Illinois that night, but packing took a LOT longer than expected.  We didn't leave EL until 6PM, meaning we didn't get to his dad's until 8 PM.  So, yeah, there was no way we were going to go to Illinois that night.  Especially since I had to be to work by noon the next day.  His stepmom said, "As a mother, I can't let you guys leave tonight.  You both look too exhausted."  And she was right.  So Jake and his dad ended up leaving the next morning while I headed back to EL.

So between helping our friends Rex & Christine move to Nevada, and (almost) helping Jake move to Illinois, and moving myself, I think I will be awesome at this moving thing by the end of the summer.  When I mentioned this to Jake, he asked if that was a good thing.  I told him that I was trying to look for the positive or else this whole moving thing really sucks.  So he said we are definitely moving pros.  :)

After going straight to work Wednesday, I went to my new apartment.  Well tried to.  Apparently they changed the locks on me.  So after lugging a ton (okay, not a literal ton, but it sure felt close to it!) of my stuff up the 2 flights of stairs, I got to carry it all back down to my car so I could go to the office to figure out why I was unable to get into my apartment.  After getting my new key, and lugging all of my stuff back up the stairs, I find out all the shelves in my entire apartment are missing.  And there are a bunch of tools/random construction supplies in the middle of my apartment.  And my cable boxes are missing.  Lovely.  So back to the office to figure all that out.  In case you haven't picked up on it yet, it was a little bit of a stressful day.

My new apartment is a mess.  And although almost all the furniture is there, none of the little things you need for daily living are.  So I'm basically living in 2 apartments right now.  Two apartments that happen to be completely across town from each other.  Yeah that's fun.  I will be happy when I'm officially all moved in.  I hate moving.  But I WILL be a moving pro.