Hello everyone! Well it has been a very long week of packing, sorting, cleaning and NOW driving!
As I type this, I am sitting in a hotel room in Nevada, Missouri...just south of Kansas City. It has been a very emotional week. First, last weekend, I moved most of what I own into storage, just keeping in my apartment what I am taking to school. That in itself was a chore. Because of my knees, I tried not to lift too much, but that is always inevitable. Thanks to a small contingent of loyal friends, I managed to get everything into storage on Friday night. Saturday, the 11th, I spent all day with Julie shopping for Chloe's birthday party....chips, dips, veggie trays, etc....More walking and carrying stuff.
Sunday, the 12th, was a VERY emotional day for me. It was my last Sunday at my church, St. Luke's. I cried all morning. My church presented me with a beautiful quilt that was made from some of the women of the church then it was signed by most of the members of my church. They also presented me with a check to help with my Summer tuition expenses. After church, we had our monthly luncheon and I stayed for a while longer, hugging lots of people, then I left to go to my God Daughter's 1st birthday party. That too was difficult for me. It was VERY hot outside in their back yard, I tried staying focused by making virgin daiquiri's and virgin pina colada's. Then it came time for her to eat her cake and she passed out asleep! But she ate it later and I got LOTS of cute pictures of her demolishing her cake. Too funny! I was sooo glad I got a chance to see all that.
The rest of this week was kinda of a blur. Lots of last minute things to do, car maintenance, taking stuff to storage and trying to spend time with friends I would soon be leaving. Julie and I spent all of Thursday loading my trailer, cleaning out my apartment and getting things ready for me to leave on Friday AM. Thursday night, Rox, Julie and I spent our last evening together in Dallas having dinner. I gave them both a mushy card and we cried recalling our friendships together and me leaving. I stayed the night at Darrell & Julie's, said my goodbyes this morning and drove away. I cried saying bye to Chloe, Darrell and Julie and realizing, I was REALLY leaving. I cried all the way to the airport. I got there a little early. My brother arrived on time, and we hopped into the car and took off. We made a quick stop at a Walmart for an extra cigarette lighter adaptor for the GPS he bought with him and his laptop, then we were off.
As I mentioned above, we are now stopped for the night in Missouri. We drove about 9 hours. Had a little issue with my trailer hitch, but Thank goodness my brother was with me to be able to fix it. That slowed us down about 45 minutes. The car seems to be holding up ok...which was my concern. It's been nice talking to my brother too. We've hardly ever had an opportunity to just sit and talk.
So...now it is off to bed. More driving tomorrow and will be arriving on campus and moving in. I'm so tired of boxes! On the upside, what a dramatic change in temperature already. Don't miss all the heat in Dallas! I actually got out of the car this evening and felt a chill!
More blogging soon.....God bless to all!
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