We had gone to bed early so woke up early. At about 715. Emily woke first, I woke quickly thereafter when she screamed “it’s snowing”!! And it was. About 6” on the ground and still going.
We had a problem. We just woke up in strange new house and could not find anything. I got up buck naked and went to look out the windows. That didn’t last long, it’s cold. I came back and rummaged a pair of underwear from the dirty clothes and grabbed one of Emily’s sweaters. Found my camera and went to watch the snowfall.
I managed quite a few great pictures. The snow hit to about six inches deep. Seemed like a lot. No, I did not run out and make snow angels. Or have a snowball fight. Did that when I was 10. Managed to text all the snow pictures to the family. A great way to brag without bragging. Our first morning at the new house and it was snowing. Once in a lifetime.
Since I was up, I went to town for coffee for all of us. Also to the hardware store for the usual life support items. Mostly things I have which are packed away. Love buying twice.
Today we have one chore. We need to return the U-Haul truck to Vacaville. An hour and 20, one way. Lovely. We want to get an early start on that since the truck needs to be back by 1230 in order to not get charged an extra day. I don’t need that.
Emiky drive the GLK and I drove the truck. No incidents, just a nice drive. Emily’s folks are coming today to help unpack so we put the pedal to the metal and got there. I left the truck outside the closed gates. Left the key in the ignition. Yes, this is on the U-Haul website for returning after hours. Yes, it’s crazy. Like screaming “free trucks” to the world. Not my issue.
We drove back. Stopped at Ikea for some cheap Swedish crap we can’t live without. Did you know IKEA is Swedish for wal mart? True story.
Whike at IKEA the in-laws drove by. So they got to the house before we did. Plus we stopped at a bbq joint and picked up lunch for us five. Marika was there too.
We enjoyed a nice meal of smoked meat and sides. Very nice. And we had a full afternoon ahead of us to unpack. By we, I meant the four of them. I went to work.
At work it was taxes straight through for a few hours. I can’t report too much, nothing happened
Back home. Everything changed. The four of them, 80 % Em and mom, 20% Marika, and dad stands around, had unpacked and put away a large swath of moving detritus. Amazing work.
I got home in the evening just in time for dinner. I did not unpack a thing. So sad. We had a very nice meal. Everyone is still wiped out fro the move.
Bedtime next.