I sit in the floor of our nearly empty farmstead. Nearly- since we're leaving a lot of stuff in the house here. The packing took 2 days, and our stuff is on a truck headed to Houston. The kids are going nuts with the openness - currently they're bouncing a racquet ball off the walls in the dining room. Yes, it's 11:00pm. The Danes are forced to share the giant bean bag chair- they are very concerned that the bed has left, but at least they still have food.
Tomorrow we load the stuff we're to carry in a small Uhaul trailer to pull behind the Jeep. We'll be driving the Jeep and the Crown Vic straight through starting Sunday. Hopefully, the dogs and kids will be so worn out by then that they just sleep 18 hours straight.
Tomorrow night is our farewell dinner. Last time to get together with the NC family and friends for a while. Hopefully, we'll get lots of visitors in our new home.
Need to schedule some cleaning and winterizing here, as well as Habitat to come out and pick up the extra junk we have. The animals have mostly been re-homed. Mom and Dad will be taking care of the barn cats, 2 chickens and Delilah the Goat. Dinkey is at the neighbors with Angel and will soon be joined by Sea Bass the Duck and his friend Quackers. The milk goats went to a friend that wants to start milking. Conan will go to the in-laws. The rabbit goes to a friend also. Whew!
I dread the drive. Once that's done though, I can enjoy the adventure! Our stuff will arrive next week, the kids start school on January 6th. I need a gym, a salon and a grocery store. Chuck is in the Houston office starting January 2nd. Oh, and there's a New Years party at one of his co-workers houses.
Bring it on.
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