Completed my first tri March 1
Big move Day to RNB 1 week later March 22
Spring Break 2015 in Maui April 4-14
Soo much. Too much...
Let me take you back to March 22, our move day.
I had requested the same crew of movers that moved us back in Aug to be our crew this time. They really were quite amazing. I laugh because their primary language is Russian. They spoke little and broken English , yet we were able to laugh and enjoy the otherwise stressful day.
Here was the plan:
Pack up the rental, bring to RNB...
Drive to storage, pack up 2 storage units .. return to RNB
Sounds busy but doable....
The rental was basically packed up except for a few random items... I put Finn and the boys in the truck and headed to RNB to wait for the movers....
I had about an hour...
In that time, Jack and Lucas decided to ride their bikes.... sure I thought....
Then I get the text
I think you should get some band-aids...I've done enough wound care and know this is far more in need than just some band-aids...
So off to find an after hours pediatric care....
While Steve was overseeing all the moving activities, this was where I was being a mom
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| reality check... |
he saw me going to take a pic...such a boy
after 9 stitches and a full debriedment of gravel this was his cleaned up knee
After our time at the clinic, we returned home... Remember we were in the throws of moving!
Jack and I arrived back to the house and I receive a phone call from Steve asking for the truck and some help at storage.... Off I went...
to say movers were hustling would be an understatement. You see there is a check out time where the storage facility(although all outside) states that all gates LOCK at 7pm..
7:05 I am inputting the code to open the gate..... instead of a green light..... contact manager red light was flashing.... uh oh.
I open the walk through gate, knock... nobody... I call... nobody... wtf.... 5 Russian movers, a huge ass truck pack to the brim, Steve's truck and my truck... and we are locked in! Cant be happening...
I immediately start calling all numbers I could find.... Leaving voice messages.... uh, hello, we are sitting at the gate, movers are here and we are locked in... we need some help please....
15 mins pass....
not gonna lie, I was trying not to panic but it was pretty hard...
The lead man in charge of the moving crew Roman, calls for Steve.... in his thick accent...
walks back to his truck and returns with his tool bag.
wa-la gate opens..
The one really quite talkative one of the group says, "leave it to us Russians to be resourceful!"
The gate was not broken, all was returned to working order except we were on the outside...
I kept thinking , this is absolutely crazy, we cant be LOCKED INSIDE....
I asked once we returned to the RNB, had they ever been locked in a storage facility before.... they replied nope.... so we had a good laugh being the first time and continued to unload the truck....
At the end of the very long day, everyone was exhausted and I opened a bottle of champagne with our red solo cups and the movers and we toasted to another successful move....
I walked into the house after they left and saw this
its all about the journey...So that in a nut-shell is the story of our big move to the RNB.
Right now, we still have plenty of boxes to unpack but we are in Maui resting.... I will blog again while I am here but for right now... I might go take a nap...
Wishing you all the best,
