Our stuff is gone! What a crazy week. Due to the scheduling of the Revchem Transfer Truck, we had to have all of our stuff out of the house and down to the Revchem Warehouse this Sunday, in order to get it on the truck when it comes Wednesday, in order get it down to California so that it will be there when we arrive, in order to get it to our new house in time to move in before our new jobs start. That was a lot of conditional statements in one sentance! So this weekend, we got the rest of the stuff boxed up and took several vanloads to the warehouse where Don is building pallets and shrink wrapping our entire life. We could not have done it without the help of some dear friends. Thank you so much to Matty J., Nathan, Ed, Steve W., Steve C., Emily O., Michael, Matt S. and Emily R. The special heroes award for the day goes to Matt S. and Emily R. who put in a whole 9 hours to see us through start to finish! To all who helped us we cannot express how much we appreciated not only your brute labor, but also your friendship and support for us in this move and changes we are going through. We could NOT have done it without you. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

We worked so hard this weekend and it was quite a push at the end, but I am so glad to be done with it. Now we can relax. We don't leave until Tuesday, May 29th so we now have about 9 days to clean the house and visit friends before we leave. And that includes a three day weekend!

The house is very empty. Emily and Matt will have to rearrange a few things but first we will be sure to get everything vacuumed out and dusted. All of our furniture is gone with our possessions and we are sleeping on an air mattress for the next week. It is quite a switch from our super delux pillowtop $1400 bed! Last night we got it all inflated and the sheets and blankets put on it, and Cordy didn't even try to get in bed with us! She went straight to her own bed and looked at us with an expression like, 'you guys are sleeping on that thing?!' Luckily, I have my prescription for a sleeping aid and due to the fact that Don had his wisdom tooth out on Tuesday, he is on Vikadin (when he is not driving, operating machinery, or doing heavy lifting which right now leaves only about 8 hours a night) so we both slept like a baby.

And to Reply to some of your comments, Keely, congratulations on your adoption and expanding family! It was so great to hear from you and you have my best wishes and prayers as your new daughter arrives! Cora, thanks for the pictures of Mera! What an adorable little girl. She is growing so fast. Kristy, congratulations on making it through the semester! I can't wait until you guys come to visit me in California! Camille, I can't wait to see you too! Good luck with all the interviews! Jenny, yes, we definitely want to see you before we go. I think we are hoping to do something at the house this weekend where we get everyone together. We will be a little short on furniture but will make up for it in company! If you guys aren't going to be around for the three day weekend then so far we have a few free nights still this week.