The kids and I spent part of our week saying "see ya later" to our San Diego friends. We don't say good-bye in this Navy life because our paths are bound to cross again. Thank you to Cynthia and Sebastian for our play date a couple weeks ago, and to the Osmans, Frasers, Larsens, and Chandlers for spending some extra time with us before we hit the road.
The rest of the week was consumed by the move. Loading started off pretty well, but it didn't end well. The truck was there over 12 hours, but they couldn't make it all fit. We knew as soon as it pulled up that it was going to be a problem, as another family's goods were already on there and taking up 1/2 the truck. The driver kept insisting it was going to fit. At around 8:45 pm, they did this to the kids' mattresses.
Yep. They folded their mattresses in half and put shrink wrap on them. Jip and I had a discussion and then Jip told them they needed to undo them, call the company, and send another truck in the morning. The kids and I left the house around 9:15 for the hotel. Jip got to the hotel around 10:45. The truck came the next day and took the rest of the goods, including the mattresses that had almost flattened back out. We're crossing our fingers that we'll see all of our yard tools, mattresses, and such someday in Virginia.
The kids and I are now on the road, heading to VA by way of Colorado and Indiana. We'll see Jip again in just over 2 weeks, once he wraps up his SD job.
Wish us luck on the rest of our journey! And until next time, cheers!
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