shopping!

Today Vince's mom Toni took us shopping for things we might need for our new apartment. We got quite a bit of stuff, which will be nice to start off with new things rather then having to pack all the stuff from my old apartment. We got a microwave, bath towels, kitchen towels, pot holders, all sorts of medicines (tylenol, tums, neosporin, etc.), pillows, silverware, serveware, and all sorts of other small stuff we might need around the house. So when we got home I packed it all away and labeled the boxes so we won't have to do that when all the other stuff is being packed.

I think this Saturday I will go to my parents house and begin packing all my clothes and whatnot I have over there and bring it back here to Vince's house so that will all be ready to go. Then the following weekend on the 29th Vince and I can go pick up the couches and coffee/end tables and load those in the trailer, along with the bed, dresser, and night stand. then later afternoon on the 30th the movers can pick the trailer back up and on the 31st Vince and I can load his truck with the computer, tv's, and boxes of clothes and household items so its ready to go on the 1st.

Our plan for moving day on the 1st is, Vince will wake up and go to work his normal 430-730. Then when he gets home pack any last minute items in his truck, say goodbye to his family, load up Charlie and hit the road. We plan to have left his house by 9am. Then so it seems normal to Charlie, and less stressful, make one last stop at the dog park ( since any time he is in the truck its usually for the dog park) let him romp around for 15-20 minutes then load him back up and take off for Portland. the drive is 14 hrs. and I figure we will need to stop about every 2-3 hrs to let us and Charlie stretch, and so Char can get a drink of water and isn't so couped up. I figure our travel time will take about 17-18 hrs. with all the stops, so hopefully we can get to our new home around 3am on the 2nd. whew! thats gonna be a long trip! Vince and I will be trade off on driving and I will start out so he can sleep first, since he will have been up for work that AM. If we absolutely had to we could get a room and make it a 2 day trip, but we both just want to get there & get it done with. Im sure not all will go as planned... but hopefully it will go somewhat close to that :)