T-Minus 2 Days and counting...

Many of you have called us crazy and said things to the effect of "I can't wait to hear how THAT goes," especially in reference to our cross country trek with the dog and the cat in the car. This seemed like the best way to accomplish the telling of such a tale. I don't know how effectively I'll be able to post of our adventures, but I'd imagine being able to read about the trip will be just as entertaining for you as it will be for us to eventually recount.

Thus far, our week has gone something like this:
We arrived back from our week long honeymoon in Virginia on Sunday evening...only to come back to tons of boxes EVERYWHERE...and unwrap all the presents only to pack them all up into boxes. Our moving truck arrived Monday morning. We spent most of the day packing up our apartments and running errands...but found time to take a break to have dinner with some friends. On Tuesday, we did more packing, rented a U-Haul, and brought all Adam's belongings to my house and onto the truck. Between the Ex-FedEx employee, two engineers, and one other willing friend, the others of us found it easier to watch the packing happen (and all the stuff was packed in less than two hours!) After saying bye to our small group and my mom, we sent our truck off on Wednesday...and slept for most of the day. (Adam realized very quickly that sleeping on a floor was only comfortable when we were younger...sleeping on a floor is really more of an oxymoron than anything). Thursday, we did more cleaning, packing of reminants, and running errands to have my name officially changed to Kuester...(side note: they didn't ask for ANY identification at the Social Security office other than my application and marriage license. I could've sent anyone...which is a little odd). We spent a relaxing evening with some friends to thank them for watching Lacy for us (which as anyone knows is anything BUT relaxing).

It's now Friday...thus far, today, we dropped off clothes at Salt and Light, bought some dog food at PetSmart, returned broken dishes to Bed, Bath, and Beyond, recycled a computer battery, bought some art supplies with a gift certificate I got last September, went to CVS, picked up Adam's contacts, dropped off stuff at Jon's house, went to lunch with some friends, Adam got a massage, Erin borrowed a vacuum, picked stuff up from Jon's house, faxed some papers to BCBSIL, downloaded stuff from Adam's school account, forgot to meet up with Adam's landlord (he didn't care...shocker), and now are about to have dinner with my brother.

And if that wasn't enough...today's drama is brought to you by the moving company's idea of 7-10 business days meaning our truck will arrive in California on Sunday...yes...THIS Sunday. If you're doing the math...that's 2 buisness days....and 3 business days before we had planned on arriving there ourselves.

And to answer everyone's question....no, there will be no kitty or puppy sedatives. We're going au naturel. Could be interesting when Lacy's favorite place to be during a storm is in the bathtub (she generally will bark her brains out unless she has access to one). In case you were wondering, those two things are not really at all related, but I needed a good segue so that I could post this picture :).



There you have it. This weekend will consist of more cleaning, a wedding, church, lunch, and driving to Millstadt for Father's Day. Our official trek to California starts on Monday. Stay tuned.