First Things First: Getting Here

U-Haul trucks look much smaller inside than you think they are. It's amazing how much we can cram into them, sometimes it's actually far more than we really need them to hold.

Our moving day was harrowing, at best. Exhausting, hot, nerve-wracking, frustrating, scary, dirty, fortunate (for some neighbors), patience testing, and did I already mention exhausting? ***Keep in mind, when packing a truck for a long-distance move, put your prized possessions, your must-haves, into the truck first.*** This could have been a very hard-learned lesson, except for the fact that it turns out those must-haves that we had to leave behind (see fortunate neighbors), haven't been must-haves after all. I think the only thing we've really missed is TV. Yes, the big screen TV, actually the little one, too, got hastily donated to some neighbors in greater need of them than us. Dressers, who needs them? The large clear plastic tubs that I packed our clothes in work fine. Besides, where would we have put them when we got here?

Scaling down, a pretty mild term, from a 3 bedroom, 3-car garage home, to a 750 square foot 1 bedroom apartment, sans garage, is a magical process. One often best undertaken blindfolded! Looking at the remaining boxes of odds and ends that actually made it here, we realize they, too, could have been left behind and not missed. It's funny how few "things" you really need to have to function quite well on a day to day basis. I guess they call that minimalism.

I'm actually quite late in posting all this since we made the move over 5 weeks ago. There's been a lot happening and I'll try to catch you up over the coming few days. In the meantime, here's some pictures of our multi-day trek to our new home.