After approximately 28.5 hours total trip time, which included a 3.5 hour nap, a poor excuse for a good night’s sleep, and about 2.5 hours stopping for gas, food and rest stops, we made it to the apartment, my new home, our new home.

DCM was right, it’s definitely easier to unload than load a truck. At the apartment, before we could unload the truck, we had to get the keys out of the backpack in the trunk of my car. Do you happen to remember what happened the night before? We tried everything to get to the keys or open the trunk, no dice. Later, we found out that, of course, the keys were in the back pocket, farthest from us!
Luckily, there were some guys driving by, I flagged them down and they were able to give us a jump, thank you new neighbor! We got into the trunk, got the keys, opened the truck, started unloading and carrying up to the apartment.

It’s a nice two bedroom, one bath with a nice sized kitchen, lots of cabinets and a great view from the balcony. I didn’t get much time to really look around as we had a lot to bring up to the second floor, thankfully there is an elevator!

The best part…there was a message on the mirror…”Welcome home…(Love you)…About time!”

We got everything out that was staying, at least that’s what we thought. Then it was on to the storage unit, DCM drove the truck and I followed. I got my own storage unit, 10×15, the largest they had available. Everything but three pieces of furniture fit in the storage unit, those went into DCM’s. I had had this great idea of going through a few boxes every month to see what was in it, throw away, organize, whatever. Based on how packed the storage unit is, I am not going to see any of it until we move again, oh well.

My life, well, at least the past 19 years, fits into a 10×15 storage unit.

It took us 2 hours start to finish to unload the truck, not bad for having taken about 15 hours to load it! After we were done, we headed to the store for some essentials, we needed to eat! It was about 8:00 by then and we were worn out!

We headed to the apartment and got settled in, had some dinner and crashed. Before we crashed, I looked at the message again and realized…I am home.