Man, have we accomplished a lot today! First was the promotion ceremony in the parking lot of the Richmond Hill Motel 6. Eric thinks it was his best one ever. Over in less than 2 minutes and no speeches.
We decided this morning that we just couldn't stay at the motel for another night. No offense to Tom Bodine, but we really needed more space and something closer to the post. The cats were unhappy with the move. Both have hissed at us throughout the day.
After the 30 minute haggling with the motel 6 clerk for leaving 3 days earlier than we had reserved, the next order of business was to find a storage unit to unload the UHaul. After 30 minutes of hard labor, it was emptied out and we had to find some certified scales to get it weighed for our partial-DTY move. There is apparently only one set of certified scales in Liberty County, and they are not in Hinesville. We had quite the scenic tour of rural Liberty County to travel through before we found them.
Once that was done, it was time to unload Rufus. Now, Rufus has been on a trailer since last Thursday. Rufus is apparently a delicate piece of machinery, who must be started daily for optimum starting power. This, unfortunately, has not been the case since Thursday. We found our new hotel and decided to unload Rufus there, and then we could return the UHaul. Eric climbed into the cab, gave it a couple of cranks, and nothing. He told me to get in the cab, put it in neutral, and he was going to push it off the trailer. While I believe that my husband can accomplish just about anything he decides to accomplish, I knew this wasn't going anywhere. He tried - no go. Then he tells me to get out and help him push. (!) Yeah, like that's gonna make a difference. We gave it the ole college try twice and decided that was enough. He used some sort of starter fluid and then tried to start it again. That thing let out the loudest backfire I have ever heard! Scared the living daylight out of me! Eric has laughed all afternoon about how I jumped and flinched.
Anyway, luckily a UHaul store was right across the street from our hotel. We drove over there to turn it in. Took forever! Apparently business was slow and the owner was in no hurry. Sheesh! Seems like we haven't quite acclimated to the slower pace of life in the south, yet.
After that we went to Nathan's school to pick up a registration packet. Seems like we missed the enrollment period for this week by about an hour. Now we can't enroll him until Monday, so he won't start school until Tuesday. I can foresee that mornings will be tougher than we're used to. Nathan is not a morning person (just like me). It was hard enough getting him up for the school bus by 8:30. His new school starts at 8:00. And unfortunately, none of us have quite gotten used to eastern standard time.
It was nice checking into the new hotel. Much more space. I left the boys and went to the one and only Walmart for some milk and kitty litter. As I was wandering through the aisles, it occurred to me how nice it was to be a strange city where nobody knows you. I mean, if I wanted to belch loudly in the middle of the produce section or cackle like a hen in the checkout line - who cares? I mean, no one knows me yet, right? Wrong! The one and only person I know by name and sight passed me in the frozen foods section - Mabel, our realtor. She drove us to 6 different houses, told us to call her 24-7 if we had a question about Hinesville, recommended travel routes and shopping centers. (Now, I know that all realtors will do that in the hopes of making the sales. And most of them know that they're only going to make a sale maybe 1 out of 4 times. But still!) But how random is that? The one person I know and I was desperately hoping she wouldn't recognize me. The guilt over wasting 4 hours of her time with no sale made me hurry through the store.
Any-hoo. We're all snug in our hotel now. Can't do anything with Nathan and school until Monday. Eric's on 'house search' until the 10th (which is already a fait accompli) and I'm not working right now. All the big obstacles on this move are, I think, taken care of for the moment. We might do some local sightseeing tomorrow. Saturday we'll actually get the OU/Baylor game on television! So Sunday we may actually play tourists in Savannah.
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