All Packed Up

The movers came today and packed up the house. They were in at 8:00 am and done by 1:00 pm. Pretty amazing. We put the things we will need for the rest of the weekend and our drive to Atlanta in one room with Lucy, our cat. Three guys came in and went to town. We now have 65 boxes stacked in the house along with the furniture. On Monday morning the van comes with another crew to load our lives and cart it off. If they are done by 1:00 then we will head out on the road at that time. Somehow I hear Willie Nelson in the background.....

As we were flying back to Encinitas on Wednesday Nancy kept saying "we really have a lot to do on Thursday". I suggested we go for a quick bike ride early in the morning and then do the few things that needed to be done. Nancy just looked at me and I knew there would be no riding on Thursday. Oh well, I thought to myself, if it makes Nancy happier then I can give up a ride. So when we awoke on Thursday I was expecting a somewhat leisurely day. After all, we had been going pretty much full tilt for two weeks. We got up about 5:00 am. Somehow the excitement of our adventure is prompting us to wake up early. That is excitement for me but a mixture of same plus anxiety for Nancy. Since in my mind most of the stuff for the move had been completed and it was so early, surely there would be time for a bike ride. But before I even was able to verbalize my thoughts, Nancy, being on a mission and obviously more in tune with reality, started giving directions. Go through the house again and cull more unnecessary items for either donation, give to friends or dumpster. Then on to another task. Before we knew it night had fallen and we were rolling into bed at about 10:00 pm. Good thing Nancy knows how to organize an operation of this magnitude. Left to my own devices I would probably just be getting started on finding a place to live in Atlanta. Nancy calls the things she is organizing "administrivia", I call it a lifesaver.

So now we sit in our boxed up house with our somewhat freaked out cat waiting for Monday. We have plans to get together with many folks on Saturday and Sunday. It will be difficult to say good bye. Better to say "later, ya'll"