From Coast to Coast

Let me just say moving across the country is a lot of work. This is the long story which is actually so ridiculous it's almost funny, at least I'm telling myself it will someday be funny.

We got our stuff packed up and sent off with the movers Wednesday and then were supposed to fly out Thursday. This went pretty smooth. Josh even did well nursing on the floor in our empty apartment for a day. We got on the plane Thursday evening and were waiting on the runway. Josh even fell asleep. Things were looking good. Then we were told that NY airport was closed so we turned around and went back to Boston. The only flight available was the next morning through Long Beach, CA with a 7 hour layover. All right here starts the adventure.

Our car was supposed to be picked up by the shipping company Wednesday or Thursday. They called and said Friday and to leave our keys with a friend. So we did and left for our long trip to SLC. When we finally got to Long Beach, we got off of the plane and had to walk on the runway to enter the airport. The airport is tiny with about 3 gates. Most of it is outside. We ended up taking a cab to a nearby mall to walk around.

Finally we reach SLC, yet to find out our car was never picked up. So for the next few days we try to contact the shipping company and finally realize if we want our car here before two weeks and in one piece we might need to do it ourselves. Ben flew to DC for business early Monday morning and then Thursday instead of coming back to SLC he flew to Boston. He and Johnny (what a great friend :)) are still driving our car across the country. They will be here tonight.

More details...we finally got an apartment in CA and are working on the rental furniture, all of our stuff made it here safely Friday night, we decided not to go to Lake Powell with my family :( (just too much going on and Josh is so little for the heat), we may never see our deposit from the car shipping company--if they really are a compnay, we plan to leave for CA Thursday morning so now I have to go through our stuff to find what we need to take with us....that will be a chore.

I am sure nobody really wants all these details, but it is good to vent a little. I think we will be glad we moved and it is time for a new phase, but right now life is a little crazy.