Our moving crew definitely added to the adventure. To make a very long story short-ish, the guys started loading up the truck, van, and trailer at 8:30ish Monday morning. It was apparent that the truck was too small and that another trailer would be needed. Eventually, the lead moving dude Sgt. Murphy (not his real name) left to pick up another trailer from the local U-Haul and promises to return soon with lunch for his two guys who are left behind to finish loading. Fast forward to noon, when the majority of our stuff was loaded onto the existing truck and trailer. No Sgt. Murphy, no trailer, no lunch - Dave finally heads out with kids and moving dudes, who he feeds at Chicken E in Glen Rose! I follow soon after the house is clean. My dad goes by our house at 5 pm, to find the rest of our stuff STILL SITTING ON OUR DRIVEWAY! Sgt Murphy finally makes it to our house by 5:30 with van and trailer and heads out. The truck with most of our stuff arrives at our house in Austin by 6 and is unloaded by 7ish. The moving dudes are still hanging out, with no food and no money, so they chill with us and eat pizza! Poor guys!! Sgt. Murphy finally shows up at 9:30ish, where the final stuff makes it inside the house. More drama ensues, but I did promise the short version. I think they left our street around midnight. AAGH!!
We did have a very warm welcome to our neighborhood (Shadowglen), where my sister and several other Austin Stone Church families live. Our moving dudes told Dave they had never seen so many people show up to say hi to someone moving in. :) Many came and brought kids; it was fortunate that we were able to find the princess dress up clothes right away!
My sister blogged about it already - you can click here to see the pictures she has. I was a little distracted!! I did manage to grab a couple from the next day:
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