After months and months, years really, of dreaming about finally moving out of the old house, it finally happened. We found a house that we loved just outside of Raleigh, where everyone would have their own rooms, we would have a nice family area with a bonus room, and the dogs would have their own space (along side Eee-o, the guinea pig). Even Nathan had a room, could it get any better?
So... on May 13th, yes, FRIDAY the 13th. haha. We had the movers all lined up for the next day, and everything went off without a hitch... almost! The movers had told us that it would be a "10 hour day." They arrived at 9 am, and got to work. Evan left to head to the new house with the babies to meet the cable installers (or someone like that). A few hours passed, and I noticed one of the movers was working really hard, while the other was working really hard at taking breaks and complaining. Fun!
Fast forward a few hours and I hear them starting to say things like, "I don't think it will all fit" and "Well, what do you think we should do?" Another hour passes, and we are coming up on hour six of this "10 hour day" and we have not even gotten all of our furniture loaded into the truck, forget the 2 hour drive that we still had to make to the new house. Finally, they come around and tell me that, in fact, all of our stuff will not fit into the moving truck. So, they are waiting for someone to come and pick one of them up to take them back to their facility to pick up a second truck. An hour later, the new truck is there, they are back at work, and finish up rather quickly. So off we go... they go to weigh the trucks, we head to new house, stopping for some drinks and gas on the way out of town.
The boys and I got to the new house a little before six, and the movers pulled in less than 20 minutes later, which was strange because they were suppose to go 40 minutes in the other direction to weigh the trucks before heading to the new house. But, we were happy that they were there. And so the unloading began. A few breaks later, and we were just waiting on the bonus room furniture and a few boxes. This is when we found out that the couches would not fit through the bonus room door. haha! After some "creative" work on everyone's part, the furniture was in, as were the plans for some touch up paint.
It was nice to get settled in. The boys started school the following Monday, which was a big change, but they made friends fast and were sad when the school year ended. But, they were happy about one thing... we left for vacation that same day... Mickey Mouse, Here We Come!!
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