Arizona....again..California, here we come!
Hard to believe that 3 years have flown by since we moved Amanda and Emily into the Villas on Apache. Hard to believe that this is my third trip since May first. Hard to believe that Amanda has graduated from ASU and is moving to California tomorrow. We have almost everything packed. Hard to believe July has raced by and it is the 29th, soon to be August. My EMWP is finished, Amanda was home for nearly 4 weeks and summer is waning fast. I am nervous about driving a truck to California. I have never even driven in Arizona. All my trips here, not once. Someone else has always driven. What have I gotten myself into.....again? I can't believe how much stuff Amanda has. She bought a bed, some tables, chest (all from Ikea, meaning assemble required), we have a couch and mattress to pick up today and still no refrigerator. She only got this 500 sq.ft. place last Monday after spending the previous Thurs., Fri. in the LA area on a brief run-over to take a test for a job and look for an apartment. Where will we put it all? We still have no fridge. We have so much to do to pack the truck. We have to take Pickles with us.
It was fun to shop, watch the opening to the Olympics (as much as I could stay awake for after getting up at 5, a 4 hour flight and running all day. By 10:30, I was out! (that was 1:30 Eastern btw) Last night after packing all day and running some more, Cindy had us over for burgers until we were all ready to drop. We had a nice summer Arizona storm and the humidity is something not usual for here. How did people live for years with no air conditioning.
Other than the fridge, the drive and no job for Amanda yet, all is falling into place! I am trying to have patience and confidence for all. We always want it all NOW! Just wish us good luck! California, here we come!
Oh, I forgot, flying with Carol is always an adventure. First the TSA searched my luggage, which I had to open, could not see the numbers on the combination TSA approved lock that they have no key to unlock, so I had to fish for my glasses and open. He tested for nitrates which I had to ask about since I didn't understand! Seems if the open luggage, they have to test. Of course, I was clear and went on my way. Once on the plane, we could not cram my bag into the overhead as I was nearly the last person on and there was very little room. Again, I had to take it down, fumble to open it, pull out the books that was keeping it from being smunched into the space, all this in front of the entire plane. I had now turned into "one of those people". While I was trying to get to the front of the plane to an open bin, an Asian family came on with luggage that made mine look like an overnight bag. They spoke no English and wanted to pass in the aisle toward the back of the plane while I was trying to go forward. I had to lift all their luggage over mine and pass it around me so we could all get to where we needed to go. The boarding from hell! Flight was a piece of cake, quick and relatively smooth thank God! It is what it is.
It was fun to shop, watch the opening to the Olympics (as much as I could stay awake for after getting up at 5, a 4 hour flight and running all day. By 10:30, I was out! (that was 1:30 Eastern btw) Last night after packing all day and running some more, Cindy had us over for burgers until we were all ready to drop. We had a nice summer Arizona storm and the humidity is something not usual for here. How did people live for years with no air conditioning.
Other than the fridge, the drive and no job for Amanda yet, all is falling into place! I am trying to have patience and confidence for all. We always want it all NOW! Just wish us good luck! California, here we come!
Oh, I forgot, flying with Carol is always an adventure. First the TSA searched my luggage, which I had to open, could not see the numbers on the combination TSA approved lock that they have no key to unlock, so I had to fish for my glasses and open. He tested for nitrates which I had to ask about since I didn't understand! Seems if the open luggage, they have to test. Of course, I was clear and went on my way. Once on the plane, we could not cram my bag into the overhead as I was nearly the last person on and there was very little room. Again, I had to take it down, fumble to open it, pull out the books that was keeping it from being smunched into the space, all this in front of the entire plane. I had now turned into "one of those people". While I was trying to get to the front of the plane to an open bin, an Asian family came on with luggage that made mine look like an overnight bag. They spoke no English and wanted to pass in the aisle toward the back of the plane while I was trying to go forward. I had to lift all their luggage over mine and pass it around me so we could all get to where we needed to go. The boarding from hell! Flight was a piece of cake, quick and relatively smooth thank God! It is what it is.
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