December 19, 2009: No Party Day for Us

The original plan for today was that we were going to hold a large “drink all of our booze in our empty apartment” party.  The theory being that the apartment would be pretty much empty at this point with nothing left except for the furniture.  Unfortunately, as we were stuck without vehicle this week that …

December 18, 2009: Three Days and Closing

Today is supposed to be our crazy packing day.  We don’t have unlimited flexibility to pack today, though, as the BMW is not ready today so we have no way to get anything moved from our house out to storage.  Dominica had not realized that I had left the storage key behind so she and …

December 17, 2009: Amtraking It and Four Days Left

Four days left until we move to Texas!  This move is closing in on us rapidly.  We are so thankful that Katie and Dudley (her dog) have been at the house helping Dominica while Brian and I have been in Canada. I was not up early today.  I just could not do it.  I managed …

December 16, 2009: SpiceCorps Golden Horseshoe Kicks Off

When the alarm went off at six thirty this morning I totally felt like crap.  Two hours of sleep is not enough at all.  Not even a full sleep cycle, really.  Considering all of the driving that I did yesterday I am just completely wiped.  This is going to be a long and painful day …

December 15, 2009: Driving to Pavilion, 6 Days to Go

Six days until we move to Texas.  This is craziness in the extreme.  To prepare for the trip, the BMW was taken into the shop today to get the oil changed, a general health check (it just hit 50,000 miles) and to get some simple electrical work done as there is a short, or something, …