Moving Day!

Today is officially moving day.  This is the day the truck comes and loads all of our things and drives away.  The kids were home with us today, which I don't recommend.  But that is the way it worked out.  I convinced them to play on the back porch for the first hour or so after the truck arrived.  When they couldn't stand it anymore I bribed them with chips.  :)  A little later I let them come in but they had to hang out with me and my husband in the kitchen where the fewest boxes were.  That lasted a little bit because they thought it was cool to hang out sitting on the counter.  Then my husband took them outside to look at the truck slowly filling up.  Once the living room got cleared out we put a laptop on an empty box and let them watch a movie.  That kept them busy and out of the way for another hour and a half.  By that time the movers were nearly done so the kids were able to roam the house a little more freely. 


The dog didn't do so well today.  We gated him off in the back part of the guest bathroom, out of the way of the movers.  He yiped and scrambled until I felt so bad for him that I carried him around the house with me most of the day.  He has never been through a move and didn't really like it. 


It was very busy today with all the activity of four movers, the kids and the dog, that we didn't do much cleaning.  The one thing we did do was the vacuuming.  After each room was cleared out I took a vacuum to it, finishing it all up and loading the vacuum on the truck last. 


But once the movers were gone a little after lunch time we dug in and got a lot of cleaning done.  We wiped base boards and doors, cleaned the pantry shelves and the shelves in the laundry room.  We finished the last sliding glass door track (we have three sliding glass doors, so they were a big job), and wiped the vertical blinds.  We cleaned the closet shelves and dusted all of the plates on the light sockets.  Then we cleaned the front door and called it a night.  It took another hour just to get the cars loaded with all of the kitchen supplies, dog crate, and other miscellaneous stuff we needed with us.  We had a quick dinner, checked into a hotel, took our much needed showers, and watched the Olympics. 


What a day!  My husband is now officially on "leave in route."  Since he is graduating soon we have family coming into town to celebrate before getting on the road for our new home.  So he has taken leave that will be added on to his allowable travel days.