The move that never ended

I will admit that this move about did me in, it was as if the drive would never ever end. Now, I did a few things really right on this move but OMG it was a very long week. Here is a little insight into my final days in Dallas and then an eternal drive:


Sunday: I managed to get every last thing in boxes. I was truly amazed that everything was done, I think my parents were when they got there on Monday. My BFF Elysa came over to help, which was amazing.

Nothing left here

To Arlington! Lily is super confused at this point

Monday: I picked up the truck and ran errands before the movers got there. They were late, which made me crazy. However, they were relatively efficient and it was nice to not have to carry any boxes. From my apartment I headed to Arlington to spend one last night with my Grandparents.

My girl watched me most of the drive

Tuesday: We left Dallas pretty early and drove down to Lafayette, it was great to be able to hang out with my niece and nephews. My folks had a few things to do around the house and I worked on getting a few other things together. Also my dog got a bath.

My view for some of the drive

Hello Florida!

Wednesday (the day with no end): We left early again, like 8AM, and headed east. Google Maps suggested that the drive should take about 10 hours, and they were wrong. There was traffic in Baton Rouge, Mobile, and I kid you not the state of Florida is eternal. We made a few mistakes along the way: we took way to long for lunch, we often got separated which lead to someone having to wait (dad) for the rest to catch up (me and mom), and poor communication about bathroom breaks. We stopped at one of our favorite places for lunch and it was an epic disaster (I don't know what I have ever really considered leaving a table after ordering but we almost did). It seemed like my dad would leave a few minutes early and breeze through places with no trouble and by the time mom and I got there it would be stopped (this happened twice). And Florida, I think it is just a long state. I will say that the frequency of the rest areas was awesome! It took us 15 hours to get here and I think if we hadn't made hotel reservations, that we couldn't change we might not have driven all the way in. Oh well, live and learn.

A new home!

Thursday: We woke up in the hotel and it looked like zombies were in our bodies. But a little caffeine in us and we got after it. I got to the apartment complex around 10 and was in the apartment shortly there after. Mom ran to the store to grab a few groceries so that we wouldn't have to go out for food. The movers took about 2 hours to get everything in the apartment. Then we unpacked.