Wagons East

Posted on | 1 year ago, in the evening | 8 Comments

Tonight we’re about 90% packed up. We’d be a bit farther along, but our apartment is so small that some things will just have to wait until the place is partially emptied. Can’t un-flatten or fill any more boxes. We’re just out of room.

Of course, we’re almost out of stuff to box, too. We don’t really have that much; ten years of living in less than 800 sq. ft. has kept our worldly possessions to a relative minimum – and this time we’re moving down three flights of stairs instead of up, thank God. Even so, I expect that tomorrow will suck.

But then … then we hit the road. And in 3-4 days, we’ll be back in Tennessee, moving into our house.

(An old friend of mine said that this house reminds her of a “haunted mansion” themed screensaver I had on my computer back in college, and she’s totally right. Will I be a daffy southern broad with flower baskets and a porch swing? Oh, you bet. But I will also have the best damn Halloween candy on the block, and I just might invest in a fog machine.)

Anyway. My apologies for being so quiet this week, but it’s been a 6-day study in havoc as we closed down accounts, sorted out business, set up utilities, chased down paperwork, ran our errands, got our car fixed, packed every-damn-thing we could, and tried to catch all our local friends for last-minute shenanigans.

I will miss you guys. All of you.
Let me be clear about that.

But, yes. Tomorrow we head east. We won’t have internet in Tennessee for a day or two after our arrival, so you can safely bet that this will be a pretty quiet page for yet another week. I’ll try to keep the world abreast of our progress via Twitter and Facebook, but blogging by phone is a hassle.

Right. Well then. Here we go.

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Comments

8 Responses to “Wagons East”

  1. James Gormley
    April 27th, 2012 @ 8:41 pm

    Bon voy-ah-gee!

  2. Tommy
    April 27th, 2012 @ 8:50 pm

    Safe travels, ma’am.

  3. Kate
    April 27th, 2012 @ 9:12 pm

    Where do I click, ‘like’?

  4. Cathy Ezra
    April 27th, 2012 @ 11:05 pm

    Seattle will miss you too! Hope you at least sight see a bit along your travels. Enjoy your new home. :)

  5. Cyndy Otty
    April 28th, 2012 @ 3:50 am

    Hope the long drive goes smoothly — and far less cranky Spain is heard throughout it.

  6. Patrick Doris
    April 28th, 2012 @ 5:34 am

    Have a safe fast trip[ and my best wishes for Spain not to be a pain.

  7. Rogers Cadenhead
    April 28th, 2012 @ 5:46 am

    Was “sour local friends” a typo, or are they sour because you’re leaving?

  8. Corey Feldman
    April 29th, 2012 @ 12:58 pm

    I can totally imagine you moving into a haunted looking house. Very cool. Enjoy your new home.

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