Moving Update

Tues
9:30am - truck arrives on time.
9:35am - Mary leaves for work - her last day at a job she really liked.
9:48am - main guy - Dale the driver - a totally toothless skinny, nice white guy around 50 - obviously experienced -makes a decision - we need more help.
10:00am - the picking up of furniture begins by Will - a 20ish black guy with gold teeth - very nice and polite. Wearing a black skull cap too.
10:15am - Harrison arrives - another 20ish black guy but without gold teeth. He is the comedian - he and Will "run together" after work but I don't think it's jogging. He has a black skull cap too. He and Will look like rappers. It's nice to see people laughing when they work.
10:20am - the move is well under way - I place my lawn chair at the corner of the garage facing the street so I can have a good view of all the work being done and steal some wireless internet from a neighbor.
12:00pm - break for lunch - David the sales guy who under-bid all other moving companies shows up to to view first hand with Dale how he under-bidded. He says he didn't, Dale says he did, my money's on Dale. They bet a steak dinner on it.
2:30pm - Mary returns from her job a bit emotional and rightly so - she was leaving a good job with a great boss who prayed with her before she left. And the last of the cleaning begins.
3:40pm - the truck is jam packed full - my money is definately on Dale. It was so full they couldn't fit a big yucca tree on that we had bribed to get on earlier in the day. As the last dolly is stuffed in, shattering glass follows. We think it's lamp / table we had in the great room. Dale assures us he'll fix it. Nice guy.
3:44pm - the truck pulls away.
4:00pm - we have about 7 neighbors on the front lawn/ porch as we say good bye. We had some great neighbors. We give our cheirshed yucca tree to Christy & Chip - a young couple from Indiana waiting for their second child to arrive.
6:30pm - we pull the jam packed Jeep into the garage - it has all the plants in it - except the yucaa tree. We pull away in the jam packed Camry.
6:45pm - We arrive at Justin's - say hello to Landon and leave for dinner at the Noisy Oyster. Man - it was delicious - especially after a hard days work.
9:00pm - we watch American Idol (Sanjaya must go!) and we play with Allie the Cat - she is warming up a bit to Justin's place.
10:00pm - off to Sleepy Town.
12:37am - I get up to sleep on the couch downstairs - the double bed just isn't cutting it.
6:15am - I am up doing this stupid post - drinking Landon's coffee and watching a recording of the Air Force NIT game. Mary is still getting a very well deserved good night's sleep. What a trooper!
Closing on the Summerville house is today at 4:00pm. Early tomorrow - on the road to KY to close on the Lexington house at 9am on Friday. Meeting Dale the mover at 10am. I love it when a plan comes together.