I woke up this morning, and I wasn't in my new house. It won't be that way next weekend. Next weekend I will wake up and be in my new house, on my new property, and I'll be surrounded by boxes and stuff; a lot of stuff! We're moving the stuff we can move by ourselves on Friday, and spending the night at the new place. Our last night in the old place will be on the floor as well, as Laura will break down the beds and have the frames ready for packing as soon as we can get up and around. We have plans! I think my plans are earlier than hers.
Laura isn't known for waking up early - she wasn't that kid who dragged me out of bed on Christmas morning. Nope, if left up to her, we'd be the last family on the planet to open presents if it meant she could sleep in a little longer. I will roll out of my bed around 8, and she'll open her eyes around 10. That's not the same thing as accomplishing tasks. It just means she's awake. We'll pick up the truck around 11 and load it for an hour or so, and take it out, unload it, and be done around 3 or 4. We'll take another load by car. That load will be the animals and whatever we can stuff in the trunk.
As it's becoming increasingly real by the day, I decided to take another trip out to El Reno today to see the place, just to confirm it's still there, you know. I was extremely happy to see the locate marks and flags that showed us where the facilities are. We're installing our fence from the 22nd through the 25th, or so. We don't want to drive a T-post in the ground and hit an underground facility. If that happens, I'll have to call Laura in six months or so and demand that she pay my company -- it's what I do. I don't want to call my kid for failure to use due care, but I will.
I visited my favorite bargain store today and purchased a pair of end tables. They're new too. The bargain store has a mix of older items, similar to a thrift shop, and also offers a selection of new things. I spoke with the owners today about it; they told me they go to sales and clearance events to get things. The tables, however, belong to a guy in the area. He bought them and put them together, and then decided they were too small for what he wanted. My gain! He's happy because he got what he paid for them. I'm happy because they were already put together. It was worth the extra bit for that!
I bought my refrigerator from the bargain store, and I found some new oven mitts and towels I'll pick up next week when I go in to get the little tables. I'm leaving them there until I move. That's another thing; the people are so good about things like that - they're not charging me storage. I love this place. I already love the people. I love that it's so quiet and nothing is happening. Many people might find it boring, but I find it lovely. Nothing means I can breathe, relax, move around, rest, and not be worried, bothered, or interrupted. I love boring.
I went to Walmart again; I never go to the one in the city. I will go a lot in the smaller city because I'll get my steps in, and there's virtually no one there. I think maybe 50 people, if I had to call them all into one spot. That includes the cashiers. I'm not kidding, this place is so quiet. There's another grocery store that I recall visiting when I was a kid. It's still there, looks exactly the same, and that's been 50-55 years! It looks exactly the same. I'm looking forward to shopping there too. They have a small food bar with meats, vegetables, and desserts that they offer between 11:00 and 2:00, and it's really nice. Many locals visit there every day for a "Special" to go, and yes, it's $5.99, and could feed two people.
Six more nights. I'm not sure if I can stand it. I want the week to fly by. I want to get it over with. I'm not looking forward to driving the big truck, but I have driven one about 10 times in the past. I'll be OK. I'm not looking forward to all the hauling and unloading, but Laura is doing most of that. The big stuff comes on Sunday, and that's being done by my son Jonathan - Reuben's best friend. That is a HUGE blessing!! There's just no way we could have done that ourselves. He's bringing the couch, bookshelves, washer, dryer, cabinets, dresser, treadmill, boxing bag, and a few smaller things.
One trip with his 15-foot truck should do it. One trip with our 10' UHaul and maybe 3 trips with the car. I hope I've calculated it correctly. I just changed my address on Amazon, too. From this point forward, all purchases will be directed to the new house. God is so good!! He is just so wonderful.
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