I'll give you the run down of how this went for me- but just to update, Bart and Matthew rocked out some major home repairs last weekend, and Mom and Dad have been doing more of the same, and Dave (Berry) and some other Spokane people loaded the truck. We can presume this was a lot of work, since none of them have complained about it.
On my end, I went to work this morning after a a text to say the truck was rolling out. Toward the end of my VERY short shift, I got a text saying "We'll be there in an hour." Dave had given me all kinds of warnings about the snow in the pass, and his "not taking our lives into our hands" driving mentality, I just figured they've be arriving after I'd gone home and spent the afternoon with my feet up. Nope. I sent a hasty message to the team who assembled themselves like champions. It occurred to me that while I could ask my cousins to do all the moving because they are cousins, I also have a fair amount of moving karma to cash in, so I asked Jeffrey and Shaoshu to swing by too. By the time I showed up (as quick as I could- I swear!), Matt and those two were ready to grab the couch, while Dave was organizing the truck for return (because it was all but empty), and Nana was resting on her chair by the window of her new apartment looking delighted, if tired. She directed the boys where to put the rest of the furniture as it came in, and we sent them away to get pizza and beer.
Kate and Liz arrived a couple minutes after me, so to earn our pizza and beer, we tried to make a first attempt to unpack, or at least organize what was there to be unpacked. In the couple minutes it took Nana and I to sign the lease, Kate and Liz had unloaded Nana's clothes, moved a lot of stuff into the bathroom and sewing areas. We hung out for maybe an hour until we decided we were all hungry (or maybe just me- I'm a great consensus builder) and needed to clear out the TONS of empty boxes to make room for our exit. Oh yes, my cousins rock at moving help.
We had some pizzas and beers to celebrate a job well done, and Jeffrey's family joined us. Having a three year old around makes any party feel like a wild time, and it was nice to just call up a few armloads of people I really care about to hang otu. Nana trundled off to a early bedtime, and the rest of us hung around swapping stories, enjoying the company and making plans for more fun times together.
Tomorrow Matt will be drafted in for his two other types of expertise- setting up the computer, and assembling a desk, and we'll endeavor to get the basics set up- bed, bathroom, finding all the stuff we
Anyway, the point is, everyone who is awesome lives in King County, and I am getting really good at throwing parties for everyone in the world I care about, so if you want an invite, just let me know. You should come and visit.
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