The rest of the story

Ok ok I stopped posting after day four. That is because it got boring. We drove from Sioux Falls to Columbia Missouri. I got in contact with my cousin Neal and had a good chat on the phone. Neal lives in St. Louis and it would have been nice to stop, but that just didn't seem to want to work out. We were pooped and decided to sleep in and Neal and his fam were going to the lake early. Just the same it is another person to learn about. You can learn a lot about not only yourself, but people in general just by listening sometimes.

We saw the Arch in St Louis, but did not stop- no pictures - nuthin. The goal was to make it to Nashville. But we made it to Knoxville instead. So the next day- Sunday we went to visit Zacks great aunt June and Uncle Bobby. It was a bit out of the way, but something we needed to do. We had a good visit there as well. We arrived in Wake Forest just after six pm on Sunday. We were both tired and went to the Seminary to get the key to the house.

Well the house that had been ready since May- was not ready. The way they measured the room sizes was not with my tape measure! So we looked at the house and determined that it was just too small. If I am going to be serious about studies, and expect Zack to do the same, there has to be room for shelves, books and at least one desk. There wasn't. The seminary had been doing some maintenance in the apartment above and had caused the ceiling to be damaged. So we went to a hotel. The next day I talked to housing and if we keep the dog, then we have no on campus alternative. So we started looking.

I found an apartment and we moved in on Wednesday the 1st of August. It is in an area called Caveness Farms. We are about four miles from the Seminary and the school. So it works out really nicely. There is a Super Walmart, Super Target, Kroger's, Lowes, Home Depot, Staples and tons of restaurants nearby. It is much smaller than our house in Spokane- but it is nice just the same.

Enter the military to mess it all up. Our stuff will not be delivered until the 7th of August. I am more than annoyed at Suddath the company that moved us. Mostly because the driver just plain lied to those here. I met him at the truck in Spokane, walked him through the house and garage- explained what would be in the house and what would be in storage. He told the people here that I did not tell him until the truck was halfway loaded. So they will not split my stuff up. Makes me mad because the packers from Bekins Northwest in Spokane heard me tell him. Well I will make a formal complaint to the DOD. Not like it will matter.

Well that brings you all up to date on the move. I am glad it is over- almost. I will write more about other stuff that went on later.