Catching up on all the changes here.

Last week: Monday was the final packing day. The last 10 percent of the packing seems to take the most time. There were boxes everywhere.

On Tuesday, the two guys we hired to pack the truck arrived at 9 am. I called them Mutt and Jeff. They were just about as efficient. I thought it would only take about three hours to load the truck. They ended up taking over 7 hours. But the truck finally got loaded – we filled it up.

We had some help cleaning up the place. Once the house was emptied, the entire house was vacuumed, floors cleaned, etc. There were a few rooms that needed rug cleaning, so we arranged to have that done the next day.

We had thought that we would load the truck Tuesday, and travel on Wednesday. But we decided that was a bit too optimistic. There was some minor cleaning that needed to be done Wednesday, so we decided to stay at the hotel two nights instead of one. But we got it all done by noon. We left the keys and some notes for the new owner, and headed back to the hotel.

So we relaxed at the hotel. Wednesday night we had an impressive thunderstorms, which are unusual for the area. There were lightening flashes every few seconds, and a few brief downpours. An impressive show.

Thursday morning, it was back to the old house to get the other car (we left it in the garage). A final check around the house, and we were off in separate cars to Utah. The weather was really nice – partly cloudy, temps in the 70s (F), and a few very brief showers. We got to the Jensen’s house (daughter’s family) about 830pm.

So, homeless, we’ve been staying at their house while the new house gets ready for closing. There were a few minor delays, but we finally got to sign all the papers yesterday afternoon. The sellers were supposed to sign today. So the purchase should be finalized by the end of today.

Tomorrow (Thursday), the moving truck will arrive by noon. We’ll have some help unloading in the evening. And there’s lots of new furniture that will be delivered tomorrow.

And there’s lots of details that we’ve been working on: utilities, phones, Internet, satellite TV, etc. Lots of phone calls that Pam has made.

But, with any luck, Thursday night we’ll get to sleep in the new house.

And then the unpacking of boxes will begin.