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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

To Grandmother's New House We Go

Hey, ya'll! We've been super busy this past weekend. My grandma (mom's side) decided to move to the assisted living close to our house, so the past Fridays and Saturdays have been spent packing. But this Saturday was the big moving day.
We left our house around 7:30 after dropping off Dad, David, and Jonathan at the Uhaul place to rent a truck. Once I stepped foot in my Grandma's old appartment, I was instantly put to work packing, taping, and carrying boxes.
A few guys from my Grandma's church arrived to help move the furniture. My aunt (mom's sister) and her boyfriend, Brent, also arrived to help. It was really nice to have them there, because the whole process went so much faster than it would have with just us. We soon filled up the Uhaul truck, our van, and my Grandma's car, so we then piled into the car and drove to Emeritas, the assisted living.
And that's when the real work started.
The men were assigned to carry the furniture and boxes up the stairs (or elevator) to the really cute new apartment. Once they brought the boxes up, Mom, Annie, Emily, and I unpacked the boxes and put the items away in the furniture that they brought up. Once all of the furniture had been brought up, the men from my Grandma's church left. So only our family, my aunt and Brent were left. (The numbers slowly dwindled from then on.)
We took a lunch break around 2pm with delicious food from Taco Bell. Then it was back to work.
Towards the end of the evening, Dad drove Annie, Jonathan, and Emily back to our house (Emily had homework). I volunteered to stay and help with the last bit (but truth be told, I was having second thoughts as we drove back to the apartment with the next load, because like everyone else, I was pretty tired). Of course, being tired, I got hiper, so that gave me a small burst of energy to carry me through the rest of the evening.
We dropped off some furniture that wasn't going to Emeritas at my aunt's house and then Dad, Mom, David, and I continued on alone.
There wasn't much left, so we finished around 5:30 at the apartment and drove back to our house to have dinner. Then Mom and I picked up Dad at the Uhaul place (he had dropped off the truck earlier) and drove back to my Grandma's old apartment to pick up a few things we left there (rice crispies and cameras can't wait... )
Then we dropped off a box at my Grandma's new apartment at Emeritas, said goodnight, left, and drove back to our cozy house.
It was a very long day which is why I was so exhausted that evening and Sunday (but you probably didn't think I was exhausted 'cause I hid it pretty well, huh?). But it was an adventure, and we Miles love adventures.


2 comments:

  1. This was fun to read, Molly. It was interesting to see the day through your eyes. Thank you for being my helper and companion to the very end! I truly love "adventuring" with you, Miss Molly! Love, Mom

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