Thursday, December 30, 2010

12/30/2010 Moving Out, Moving In, Moving Back

The end is near. Not the end of life as we know it. The end of this move is near.

Today we moved just about the last of our belongings to the 5th wheel which is very close to bursting at the seams. When we started this we would move so many boxes and bags of stuff and I would promptly start putting things away. That worked for awhile but then Bob got faster than me and he was bringing more boxes and bags over faster than I could find nooks and crannies to put it. Soon we were overrun with boxes and bags and they were EVERYWHERE!

You have to understand, we aren’t just bringing over things that we took in back in in October when we arrived. We’re bringing over 99% of our belongings that we left there when we headed for Delaware last April. In a sense this park model is our storage unit. Only difference is we own it outright instead of renting it monthly. We didn’t realize how much stuff we stored here.

One saving grace that we have storage under the bed and it is filled nearly to the brim. Also the storage shed is off limits to our renters otherwise we WOULD be renting a storage unit.

So we finally get everything moved over save cleaning supplies which we will put to use tomorrow. Oh yeah, we didn’t move the food from the fridge yet either.

We locked everything up and a few minutes later walked into the 5th wheel and we just stood in the doorway and looked at bags sitting on top of boxes which were sitting on nearly every flat surface and all over the floor. We just looked at each other.

Bob turned on the TV and the local weather was on. Next thing I know I hear, “Oh #$%^!”. I asked what was wrong and he told me that it was going down to 27 degrees tonight! Yes, we're going through a bit of a cold spell right now. He looked at me and said, “We can’t stay here tonight, we have to go back to the park model because we won’t have water which means no bathroom.” He had hooked our water up but didn’t put any precautions against freezing temps in place as yet. So he emptied our water lines while I packed up what we would need to get us through the night and I found what I needed in order to make dinner. Back to the park model we went.

So far today we moved out, moved in and moved back.

We are tired! Exhausted. One more day, just one more day and this will all be over.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I thought the whole point of this life style was to rid yourselves of lots of "stuff" and the hassle of keeping up a house. you two seem to be sinking back into the same pit you were in to begin with.....