Justin had a phone interview with a company out in Troy, NY. They loved him and offered him a job. Seriously everyone loves my sweet and hard working husband. It didn't hurt that my moms BFF works as a manager there there.
We pretty much had about 3 weeks to get ready to move. Justin was calling tons of moving companies to figure out what was the best route to go. We had a few options. 1. He drives the truck and I follow 2. He drives the truck and tows our car and Titus and I fly 3. We find a moving company, drive our car with a 9 month old. 4. Moving company drives and we fly and we had a few other ideas. I wasn't thrilled about being in a car for about 10 hours a day with a 9 month old who already HATES the car for 5-6+ days. That just sounded rough but then again I didn't want to fly alone and have to cart around a car seat (that weighs about 50 lbs) , diaper bag and a baby. Finally after about a week or so of looking Justin found a company that would drive the moving truck, load it and unload. We really thought we'd be driving my car. Going to Seattle for our anniversary was an okay drive but on the way back to Spokane, Titus had a hard time. Seattle from Spokane is only around 5 hours.... that would be half of one day! I was very nervous about the whole thing. Justin finally found a company that would pick my car up, load it and deliver it to us. We looked into plane tickets and I thought it was a great deal and worth our money to fly. (We had one layover... It was amazing.)
Everything seemed like it was going according to planned. I was doing as much as I could with a baby around. But little things take so much longer with a baby. I would run around our house as soon as he went down for nap and bed time. Justin and I thought we had the majority of everything packed. The night before the truck came we decided to wait to pack our bathroom, bedroom and kitchen. Bad idea. Thank God we had Ben and Heather out. They went to town and started throwing stuff away and were packing machines! Lorraine was awesome to have around so when I could pack she'd entertain Titus and try and keep him happy along with her two boys. That last night we packed till around 10:30pm and it wasn't 100% done but we all needed rest.
Justin woke up early and did some last minute things. The truck showed up around 9am and had everything gone in 4 hours. Our house was pretty empty. We kept a few extra things. We had our blow up mattress, a few pans to cook on, clothes, baby stuff and some blankets. We told everyone we were camping in our house for a week and that's what we pretty much did till they came and picked up our car. We ended up staying at Lorraine and Zach's for two nights. Justin went back and cleaned the house and tried to sell his ghetto car. We didn't have success with selling the POS (I lovingly named his car that). He was told it would be better to just donate it and let someone fix it up and give it to someone in need. We didn't expect that to happen but we needed it gone.
We hung out with Justin's family and Lorraine's family as much as we could. For two weeks I was with Lorraine almost everyday. Almost in a car accident with her, went to CDA, and Pig out in the park. Around late 2004 Lorraine and I have almost been together daily. There were a few times we'd go on trips without the other and when she moved to MO for a few months but around 7 1/2 years we've been by each others sides. We've known each other for about 10 years and a few years we only lived down the street from each other. She is my sister that God forgot to give me at birth. ;) Instead He gave us to each other later in life. Out of everyone her and her boys will be missed the most by me. I look forward to visits from her and us visiting her.
We will miss Justin's family in Spokane area but know we'll see them and they'll hopefully see us. We keep saying this isn't forever. If Justin gets an amazing job in Texas or Florida one day... maybe that's where we'll be. Right now with having a baby, I feel like I need to be close to my mom and family here. If I had my way I'd move my dad, my awesome step mom, sisters, grandma, grand-Paul and of course Justin's family and Lorraine's family here. (I need to get back to topic here)
The movers over estimated someone's load and ended up not being able to bring all of our stuff in one truck. The stuff that they decided was essential was kinda strange but at least we had some stuff. Lots of our boxes were crushed and same with plastic bins. They misplaced Titus gates. They had really bad attitudes to look for them and one guy said, "all this work for some stupid little gates." I thought it isn't stupid because these gates cost about $60 each and we have two!!! We aren't sure if anything is broken yet. I'm really hoping nothing is broken. A few days later our car showed up. Let me just say almost everything has been some what unorganized. It's been testing my patience. I just keep saying at least we're here and stuff is actually getting here. Earlier this week our last truck came in with the rest of our stuff. I was late meeting him. They give us a time frames and normally aren't on time so I thought my mom, Titus and I will have breakfast and then be on our way. Justin calls just minutes after 9 saying the truck is already there. It takes us about 15 minutes to meet with the guy. He seemed irritated but nice. He ends up getting the ramp out and putting it in place. It wasn't secure and he starts to walk on it to put it into place. It didn't go into place. He ended up landing on his back on the ground. My mom and I looked at each other and I quickly ask "are you ok?" He seemed fine but it was probably the best thing I've see for a while. I held my laughter in. I texted Justin telling him it was AWESOME! Justin laughed. :)
So all our stuff finally is all here. Justin has been doing some work around my mom's house to make us all feel comfortable. Specially in our room in the basement. I bought some carpet for our room. My uncles picked it up for us and delivered it. Kurt and Justin got it down, cut and stapled to the floor. It looks 80% better down here. I just need to organize our room and make it look nice. Justin is the best husband! He's been trying to fix little things here and there, spraying for spiders and other creepy crawlers. I love him! I don't tell him enough how much he's appreciated but I really do appreciate everything he does. Then to top everything off he works all day, comes home entertains Titus, does stuff around the house and loves up on me and the baby. He's AMAZING! God has seriously blessed Titus and I!
We moved upstate New York. Right now we are in the middle of nowhere. Seriously. The closes Wal-mart and grocery store is about 30-40 minutes away. I'm use to having a Target about 15 minutes down the road. We want to stay close to my mom once we find our own place but I cant live this far out. Right now I'm sucking it up and dealing with it. I've decided if its not needing, I'm not going.
Justin is looking for another job already. He needs something closer or something that pays a little better. Everyone can pray for that one. Besides that and all our little bumps in the road we're doing okay. We're happy, healthy and have each other.
