We started packing in the beginning of August because we were so anxious to move! We packed a little each day, and stayed caught up so that when the time came to leave, we were pretty much done with the packing. (I want to add... I did MOST of the packing. -Granted, Kevin was at work all day, and he packed the car... but just sayin').
So we left the coast on Monday September 6th, and started our move! We drove Kevin's dad's pickup truck (which had the bed FULL of boxes, speakers, amps, a coffee table, and a tv stand, and the cab stuffed full of boxes as well). We were also pulling a trailer, which had the Geo Metro on it, and the Geo was stuffed full of all our blankets, pillows, and other lightweight nicknacks. We left after Kevin got done with work that day (ended up pulling out of Winchester Bay around 7:30, then we had to run some errands, so we didn't leave the coast until it was after dark). That night we stayed at my parent's house in Talent. :) It was good to see them again before we moved too far away to see them every few weeks.
Then, Tuesday morning at about 7:00 am we left Talent and started the LONG drive to Provo, Utah! Now, the speed limits on the way to Utah from Oregon get up to 75 mph in places... but with the truck and trailer we couldn't go more than 60-65 mph at the most. Not only because the truck and trailer were stuffed to the max, but also because the tires on the trailer were so old and bald, they had wires and bulges popping out everywhere. We were pretty worried about losing a tire, and we didn't have a spare. We were definitely nervous.
But even with 50 year old tires and a wide load, we made it in one piece. (We didn't get there until 1:00 in the morning... but we still made it!) We stayed that night at Cheyenne and Justice Dahle's apartment. They live in the apartment complex we moved into, so in the morning we were planning on just moving our stuff out of the truck into the apartment. The office of the apartments opens at 10 am, so on Wednesday the 8th (Mom's birthday...) we went to the office right at 10 am, wanting to get moved in as soon as possible. But when we told them who we were and that we wanted to move in, they told us that they didn't think we were coming until later in the month, so our apartment hadn't been cleaned yet! UGH! So what ended up happening was they had to call the cleaning lady to see what time she was coming, but she didn't answer so we had to wait for her to call back. When she finally did call back, she told us she couldn't come until 6:30 that night!
She ended up not getting finished cleaning until about 8:30, so that's when we started moving our stuff in. That took about 2 hours, then we unpacked for a few hours, and didn't get to bed until about 1:30 am again. It was a pretty exhausting few days.
But, we're here now, we both have jobs, (with the same company actually.. just different departments), and we are LOVING it here in Provo! :)
