Reflective Hearts: Moving Day- Journal, Friday, June 26, 2009

("Sissy" sleeping on the floor of her 'empty' bedroom.)

The day had finally arrived! Seems like it was a looong way off... then, POW! it was here.

My youngest daughter, Rachelle (Shelly), her husband, Chris and grand-baby (Aliyah)decided to move to Indianapolis, Indiana with her sister; Danielle (Nellie) and husband, Jeff. So, Friday evening saw me and hubby (GP Jr) heading down to Proctorville, OH, where Shelly was currently living.

FRIDAY:

GP Jr and I headed out of town around 4:30 PM. We picked up the 17' U-Haul and arrived for the load at 7:00 PM. Some wonderful guys from the local church came by to help Chris and GP Jr get the truck loaded.

By 9:30 PM, we were ready to get some rest for the night. Aliyah (Sissy) came back to the hotel to spend the night with Nana and Pappy.

(Sissy dancing and singing in front of the mirror@)

Sissy got out some Lego's and had a grand time playing with us! We tried to go to sleep early, but it was around 11:30 PM before we were able to 'shut-down' for the night.

There was one MAJOR hitch! When we arrived in Huntington, WV (across from Proctorville) where we had our room reserved, we were made aware of a MAJOR water leak. 80% of Huntington had no water... with NO idea when the lead would be fixed... they predicted 6-8 hours!

So, we set the alarm for 3:30 AM. We had planned on pulling out at five in the morning. We thought if the water line was not repaired by then, we would take showers at Shelly's in the morning.

Well, around 2:00 AM, the water came back on! Such a blessing! We showered, woke Sissy up at 4:00 AM (What torture for a little one!). She was a real trouper!

We were back at Shelly's by 4:45 AM. I ran and got McDonald's Sausage Biscuits for everyone and hash browns for Sissy! By 5:06 AM, the U-Haul was a pulling out with the "convoy" (me in front, Shelly/Chris and Aliyah, then GP Jr in the U-Haul).

(Sissy trying to climb up into the U-Haul with her toys!)

At 5:39 AM we crossed the Kentucky state line! We followed route 64 West thru Lexington and Louisville where we followed route 65 North up to Indy. One gasoline stop and three "pit stops" later, we had arrived on the 465 By-Pass around Indy.

It is now 11:00 AM and we are pulling up in front of Danielle's house! Yippee! Yeah! All went well and we had a safe trip!