The moving process is coming along really well. In my last moving post things were chaotic. They still are, but we now have definite plans. Just a matter of getting them done.
Our movers will be packing Wednesday and Thursday, then loading Friday. It should only take them one day to pack but they allow for two days. If it only takes one day, they may be able to load Thursday. Just depends on their truck's schedule.
After they leave we will clean, mow the lawn, and steam the carpets. Then we can do the final walk through with the owners, so we can get our deposit back. Most likely we'll do the inspection on Friday.
I've notified half of our utility companies we will be moving. Still need to call the other half. ADT is supposed to send a technician to remove our security system, so we can transfer our service to San Diego.
We need to replace a couple blinds Hannah and Oski bent up. Remove Hannah's border. Take stuff to the dump, and pack enough clothes till our stuff arrives in Ca.
We are planning to leave Saturday morning. If the o
wners don't do the walk through Friday, we'll do it Saturday morning. Then we have to drive a couple hours north to drop off our car at the shipping terminal. Once that is done we can officially hit the road for San Diego. I'm looking forward to only driving one car. It will be much easier on us as drivers. Also one of us can entertain Hannah while the other drives. Not too sure how Hannah will do. She has always done very well in the past except she's now at the age where she doesn't sleep the whole time. This is a much longer trip too.
To take a break from moving preparations, we spent some time with friends this weekend. Saturday our friend Ben had a shrimp boil. I blogged about the last one over the summer. It was fun to be together one last time.
On Sunday we drove 3 hours to Shenandoah National Park for a hike. Our friend Julie went with us. We planned on going camping sometime this past year, but never did. Sergio really wanted to see the park before we moved. It was a great way to end our time here.
Today, an agent called to show the house to a potential renter. They are supposed to give me a 24 hr notice, but I'm too nice. Then the movers wanted to do a walk through so they can estimate boxes and time. After being busy all weekend, the house was a disaster. I also had a huge to-do list. So I scramble around cleaning the entire house and managed to complete my to do.
Somewhere in the scramble I stopped to make sure I was giving Hannah my solid attention. While I was folding laundry in the guest room, I could hear her saying, "jibber jabber, jibber jabberish, nigh nigh baby, jibber jabber baby". I went to put her clothes away and she was putting her doll and hippo to sleep in her toy bunk bed. She has a basket of blankets in her room, so she was using them to cover her darlings. Then she brought a blanket over to me, and nudge my shoulder to lay down. I laid down and she covered me with a blanket. Then she laid down next to me and covered herself with another blanket. I guess she felt we really needed a nap. I enjoyed watching her rest on the floor, before I went back to cleaning. How I would have loved to just stayed there though.
Over the weekend we found a home! And it's on my parents street. The owner is completely remodeling the inside and outside. My parents have been keeping in touch with her since they found out we were moving. We first ruled it out because of the commute for Sergio. We researched different areas of the county, taking the commute, rent, types of properties, safety and some other factors into consideration. We decided we wanted to live there after all. The remodel is almost complete so she was going to start listing it for rent had we not taken it. It's smaller than our current place, but has a much better layout. How many times have I said it's not size but layout! We will be losing a bedroom, but we don't need a guest room anymore since we'll be living in Ca. If baby #2 comes along, once baby moves from the bassinet to the crib, Hannah and baby can share till we re station. We are really excited to be not only be moving to San Diego, but now getting to live in the part of the county we love!
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