Day One

Moving is never an easy thing. You spend time trying to pack everything up and label things so you know exactly where it all belongs. Just when you think you’re reaching the end of packing more stuff appears and boxes disappear. We took a break from packing to pick up the truck. Penske called and said they messed up and are on the hunt for a truck for us. They thought they had a one way truck the night prior but the next day they realized they did not but should have one in an hour. We ran an errand in the mean time then drove to the truck place. We waited a half an hour before they came with a truck. The guy felt so bad for screwing up that he gave us an additional discount that knocked off about $2,000 from the original price. The truck is a nice one. After picking the truck up we went over to the Morey’s to say goodbye and so that Jon could pick up his barbeque. I left before him so I could finish up some stuff. Meanwhile I got a call from the movers saying they were HOPING to be at my apartment by 4:30 but it was looking like closer to 5:00. Seriously? I was told between 1 and 4! Arg. I called the actual moving place to see if they could knock the price down for the massive inconvenience they were causing. The lady was a bona fide jerk. The movers ended up showing up at 4. They were told between 2 and 5. Talk about a miscommunication. They were awesome at packing! They had the truck packed up with all the big furniture, boxes, and two motorcycles in two hours. After they left we finished packing up last minute stuff, cleaned the apartment, took pictures of how I was leaving it, threw the stuff in the truck and car, loaded the car on the flat bed, and we were off! We got McDonald’s and hit the road. We ended up switching for a little while. I think I did a good job driving the huge truck with my car attached to the back. I couldn’t last too long because I started to drift, so I woke Jon up and he drove the rest of the way. We had to stop for gas, which is when Jon realized it was cold outside. He stole my sweatshirt from me to wear while he gassed up the car.While we were driving the check engine light came. Crap! We made it to Vegas safely. We finally checked in at 3:45 am and were asleep by 4. Today Penske is going to check the truck out and then we’ll do some stuff on the strip. Maybe we’ll catch Anthony Cool’s show. Til next time!