I think I broke the internet…

So the move went pretty well. Under two hours to load the truck in StL and just over two hours to unload it in KC. Thanks to Maria, Tracy, Amy, Romine, Ed, Buck, and Aaron for all the help! A special thanks to Mr. Lenon and Scott for braving the heat of the truck to help fill space with boxes. Who knew that a 26′ truck would just barely fit everything Susie and I own? Well, I did… which is why Susie and I had a disagreement as to the size of the truck… in the end, Susie was wrong, but right… her insistance on a 24′ truck got us a 26′ truck at the 24′ price… not too shabby.

Exhausted from the move and drive across the state (not to mention the poorly planned Corey and Josh White Castle run at 2:30 am on Friday night) I didn’t take the moving truck back on Saturday night. Sunday morning, Darwin awoke me at 7:30 to let me know that food would be appreciated. It was at this time that I discovered a welcome gift from one of my neighbors… the Uhaul truck had been “tagged” by some hooligan in the night… awesome. I mean, what was I thinking leaving a giant untagged vertical surface just sitting on the side of the street? This was entirely my own fault.

I should have taken a picture of it, but I was too pissed… Susie and I spent about an hour trying to scrub it off with a scouring sponge… something that worked okay, but was laborious. Then I went to Home Depot and bought some “Graffitti Remover”… that shit is “da bomb”. Came right off.

Lessons Learned:

1. Follow your instincts to return the damned truck, exhaustion be damned!
2. Exhaust all chemical solutions before resulting to brute force.
3. Susie is cute in a bikini top scrubbing spray paint off of things.
4. Don’t wake Susie up to complain that some idiot spray painted the rental truck.

In all, a very illuminating weekend.

Upcoming Plans: Unpacking! Also: Moving the parental units to their new home!

In all honesty, we bought it cause it matches Susie’s car…

But it is awful boss inside.

Well… change is a good thing, right?

Susie accepted a job today… she starts on July 9th. I now have a little over a month left in St. Louis. So little to do and so much time to do it in… wait. Strike that… reverse it.

This is huge and scary. I knew I wouldn’t be ready when the time came and even that didn’t prepare me for this sinking feeling. Even moving to St. Louis from Kirksville didn’t feel this way… I didn’t feel settled in the ‘Ville… it was meant to be temporary. This move definitely feels more like an uprooting. I’m leaving old friends and new family behind. I really have grown to love St. Louis over the years and can’t imagine living elsewhere… so this really is going to be a big change. It does have elements of excitement, true, but I think shock is really taking precedence right now.

It’s all too surreal right now.

My older brother sure thinks he is funny.

Personally, I’m not sure if I can, in good conscience, wear white. I mean, it is my second wedding… It’s pretty heard to convince people that I’m still the pristine bride I was last time.

But I do look handsome, don’t I?

Well, so much has been happening and I’ve been so quiet here… I’m quite proud of myself actually. It takes real discipline on the lazy front to have things to post and avoid it. And now I ruin my perfect record. I’m sure they’ll revoke my Apathetics Anonymous membership… whenever they get around to it.

Right, so some big news. Many already know it, but I have gotten engaged again. Susan proposed to me on April 28th and I accepted. That’s right, I got proposed to. It was sweet and wonderful and I was quite shocked. She gave me an engagement watch, which was also tremendously sweet. Here’s a picture of it:

In other news, Susie and I have also begun preparations to move from our beloved St. Louis to Kansas City. My job is transferring there, which is kind of cool. It will be great to live in the same town as all of my family again. We’re both quite nervous about the move… we have such great friends and family here in St. Louis, it’s been a tough decision to make. Plus, we’ll miss Pho Grand.

That said, I think this is giong to be a good move for us. A new life in a new city might be just what we need to shake free some of the cobwebs that have built up from the last few years. It will be sad to leave all of my great friends… but it’s only 4 hours away… and Susie’s parents will still be here, so visits will still happen… I guess I just can’t escape the I-70 trek, can I?