Wandering Mind

First Catch up Entry, More to come ASAP

So when we last left our hero, (be nice) He was packing his little brains out. Well the move was a bit of a mess. The U-haul arrived two days late, I was supposed to pick it up on Wednesday the 29th but it wasn’t available until the 1st which was the day I was supposed to be driving it to New Paltz. On a side note I would never (read NEVER!) recommend U-haul to anyone that needs it at a particular time or date. According to their employees you have to give them a two to three day window and then they might be able to accommodate you… The problem with the truck being late is I lost the driver of my Guzzler because she was going to meet her boyfriend on his trip toward Buffalo and by the time I left he would be here.

I think this is going to turn into a long run-on sentence. Just breathe when you need to…

My friend Jess just happened to be visiting Buffalo from Milwaukee and after a little begging she offered to drive the guzzler and I would ship her back on a train Saturday afternoon. That was a huge relief.

Yoga Break- Beth’s class Thursday night was nice. I was sort of expecting this huge emotional release because it was my last class at the studio (short of road trips) but it was just a nice, normal class….

Friday:
The loading of the truck went smoothly and if you’ve never ridden a motorcycle up a ramp and into the back of a truck you should try it. It’s kinda fun. The Cat Lady and the Clock Guy showed up and helped me load the truck and I had a neighbor volunteer to help load, too. I think he may have offered before he realized how much shit I really have including over 2,000 lbs of weights. But he was a HUGE help and he bought my lawn mower for $30 so I didn’t have to worry about moving it or storing it. And. Big AND here. I got a stump. Well actually it’s a slice of a tree about 42” in diameter (Sugar Maple). A neighbor across the street was having a tree taken down and the guys cutting it up had this beautiful piece about 5 inches think that would make a great table (granted, you have to be in the rustic, woodsy sort of mood to appreciate it). I asked if I could have it and now I do. Just what I needed a 150lb stump to go with the other 150 lb stump that Saunders gave me. Stumps were loaded last…

The truck was full, the house was empty (except for the cats, dog, me and a radio) and I needed to get some sleep as I was picking up Jess at 5:45 in the AM. Problem was, I packed EVERYTHING so I had nowhere to sleep. I made myself a little nest but didn’t have any covers so it was a bit chilly but not too bad. I think the cats were a little nervous as to what was going on so they slept close to me which added some warmth..

Saturday:
Bright and early picking up Jess. We came back to the house loaded up the refrigerated foods, coffee make and cleaning supplies and made ready to hit the road, right on schedule. I hop in the U-Haul, she’s in the guzzler and were ready to go except she’s having a little trouble because sometimes it doesn’t slip into reverse without a little jiggling. I hop out of the truck walk down to the street to mention she needs to jiggle the shifter. I turn back to the U-Haul and notice it’s rolling backwards between my house and the neighbors house… It doesn’t fit between my house and the neighbors house… SHIT! I run as fast as I can to the truck before it hits either house, jump in head first and hit the break with my hand… (you have to push the break really hard to stop these things). It finally stops as my heart nearly did, too. I slowly climb up to the seat and put it in park. Genious that I am, I had put it in reverse and forgotten about it watching Jess having issues in the guzzler. And it didn’t move at first because it was going backwards up a slight slope in my driveway… Auspicious start…