Welcome to my blog! While the rest of the country is watching a football game, I thought I'd take some time to try to make my move sound exciting, so here it goes... I started my northbound migration on Thursday when the movers came to get my stuff. They got started a little late because the police showed up....seriously....
I could make up a better story, but the truth is they were just writing a report for some cable lines that the truck took down on the way in. There were no laws broken except for the lines being hung too low, but the police were called so they had to write a report on the incident...good times...
So by 3 almost everything I owned was on a truck and pulling away. The last DDR party at Tony's was that night and we played Apples to Apples, very fun game even though Tommy bloinked us all....twice! Thursday night I slept on the floor at my empty place.
Friday was another action packed day - I stopped by Panera twice to get on the internet in the parking lot, had lunch with a good friend/previous coworker, cleaned my place, and went shopping for toilet paper because the movers packed it. That night was a fun night hanging out at Anna's and playing Settlers, Anna and I basically tied, although if we played by the official rules according to my sister (build clockwise) then Anna won, so congrats to the Queen of Catan....again! :) I didn't sleep much Friday night.
And of course, the big day of leaving Knoxville was Saturday. After 7 going away parties and gatherings, I finally got the hint that it was time to go :) I left at 7:30 am and I wanted to share some of the joys of the road that day...
In the morning it rained...and rained...until....it snowed!
The snow flakes were HUGE!
I took a 3 hour break from driving to visit my friend Jess in Indianapolis, we had a great time! Jess made pancakes, eggs, and sausage, yummy!
Check out me in my new shirt!
The weather did get better so I could enjoy the beautiful views in Indiana...
Drivers side view:
Passenger side view:
Angela called which was an excellent distraction from Indiana monotony. Angela, thanks for helping to inspire this rambling!
But at least I got to drive by the beautiful Chicago skyline:
Seriously, some of those specled lights are downtown Chicago, but you could barely see it driving by that night. So the weather wasn't great and the scenery was less than inspiring, but at least there were no traffic disasters. My destination that night was my parents house in Libertyville. My sister had some friends from high school over, so I had to rally for social time even though I was sleep deprived and road weary.
Which brings me to today. I went to church with the fam in the morning and picked up my keys at my new place this afternoon. I didn't take a picture, I'll post that soon I promise... Tomorrow is hopefully the final chapter of the moving adventure as my stuff comes and the cable company arrives in time for 24! I hope you'll visit my blog as it develops, most posts won't be this long, and I'd love any feedback on how I can attempt to provide entertainment from my boring life :)
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4 comments:
Hahaha, Tommy DID bloink us all...that fiend!
"Check out me in my new shirt!"
Didn't you wear that the day before? You bum! Of course, I'm wearing a shirt for the second day in a row now. I'd wear it a third (to work tomorrow) if I didn't see a guy from work last night. Oh, well.
Kelly thinks I'm you with a cold.
24 is gonna RULE!
I'm glad you got there safely. Keep in touch, DDR Grasshopper.
~Tony
I'm glad you made it okay. It is not going to be the same here without you.
Yay! Good idea starting a blog! I can't wait to see what your apt looks like. I hope you got cable in a timely manner, too!
Fun bloggy times! Keep us all updated on what's going on. You should go to an arcade and bust out with the DDR, since we never made it back to West Town Mall to do it. Post again soon!
-sarah
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