Last week Cassie finished school and began "The Move", there was a brief moment there that I was concerned she may not make it through it all, but she did. She took the week to finish packing up her apartment and getting it ready for storage. Half of her life is going to San Angelo to the 12th floor of the Cactus, and the other half is now dispersed between my apartment and a storage unit down the hall.
Tuesday morning I woke up early on my day off (I'm still cranky about it, ask Cassie), and drove to College Station to pick up the U-Haul in time for the movers. At about 8:00 a.m. I drove in to town and grabbed Cassie to go get the beast. As soon as we pulled back in to The Enclave, the movers pulled in right behind us ready to go. The first thing out of Cassie's mouth as well as all the mover's mouth was "It's not gonna fit" . . . blah blah blah, just shut-up and move the crap. After some rather suggestive talk on how they should be spending their time they eventually got all of the nicely packed boxes and miscellaneous things, (that Cassie will never see again) into the Truck . . . and it fit (Thank you Josh, you were right, yes I said it you were right).
And we were off. Before we left I had to run by Bset Buy for a new toy. I am used to the satellite radio in the truck and get rather irritated shuffling through radio stations on a long drive so I needed a solution to that problem. I picked up a FM transmitter for the new ipod, and it is sweet. This Griffin deal plugs into the cigarette lighter and has a wire that comes out an hold the ipod at the desired location. Of course the first thing that goes through my mind is sweet now I can watch movies while I drive . . . needless this to say that inspired the over-protective mothering instinct in Cassie and the argument was on. It ended with me winning (with a compromise, I got a comedy which I don't really have to watch) as always. (Cassie doesn't read this thing, so none of you big mouth's go and tip her off, ya hear).
Well the ride wasn't too bad, I had some new material for the trip and my side kick . . . her CAT! The trix wasn't too bad, but she did let out a few howl's every now and then when she could tell I wasn't paying attention to her. She didn't particularly care for my loud and obnoxious singing either, but she tolerated it, and atleast she didn't pee all over the place like the devil cat in her car. So I followed Cassie in "Birdie" and we made it in about 6 hours (there are always a few stops when traveling with that girl).
Today Mom and Dad drove down to San Angelo to see the sights, and let me tell you there are many. Cassie had a great time touring them through the Cactus (wedding location) and Methodist Church. It was also pretty convenient that we had a U-Haul filled to the brim and cold use the helping hands. Everyone pitched in and we got the truck unloaded in about 45 minutes.
After a few errands and a few more land-mark visits we hit the road back to Abilene. Today is Grampy's Birthday (82, but according to him 39), so we had a good dinner and some delicious homemade cake from Grammy's kitchen.
Tomorrow Cassie, her Mom and Sister will be joining us for Thanksgiving Dinner, It should be a great experience for all, I will be sure to post some pictures.
I hope everyone is with the ones they love and take the time to remember what they are thankful for. Each year we spend with Grampy we remind ourselves how fortunate we are to still have him in our lives. Kimberly and Jeremy are at home in Texas City, and Christopher and Karen are doing their thing in Cincinnati. It will be quiet without them . . .
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Umm, I do read this blog. And yes, he is glad that Alton was not in his car. And I am pretty sure Josh needed just as many bathroom breaks as I did on the trip. But I will say he was the hero of packing the U-haul...
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