Our Move

I'm finally going to write about our move from Stansbury to San Jose!  I know you're all riveted.

This move was very strange for me.  It didn't really feel like we were moving.  Google is paying for us to move.  They have a moving company and such that will pack and move and store all of our stuff.  We only had to pack up the things we would need in San Jose until our things arrive.  That was difficult because there were many things we wanted that just wouldn't fit in the Corolla.  It took a few sessions of deciding what was essential, nice to have, and a total luxury.

On Monday, the car transport company picked up Steve's car.  I think it was as we watched it getting loaded up, that it finally began to sink in that we were really going.  It was driven to CA and delivered 10 days later. I'm so glad we didn't have to drive 2 cars!

We left Tuesday afternoon after packing up the car and making sure the house was relatively clean.  The car was PACKED.  Every available space had something in it, including under all the passengers' feet and in the back window.  We made it as far as Kraver's.  We decided to stop there and have lunch one last time.  Our official start time, then, was 1:15pm.  We were off.

The first third of the trip was great.  1pm is Anna and Matthew's regular nap-time, so they both zonked out pretty quickly.  We passed the time listening to CDs and talking.  It was really windy.  In no time we were in Nevada.  We stopped for some gas in Wells, NV after driving about 3 hours for gas.  Lucky me, I got to feed Matthew in the mini-mart part.

When we first knew we were going to move, we decided to crack out the portable DVD player and use it for the trip.  Well, it broke and we were unable to get it repaired before we left.  What were we going to do?!?  Instead, I prepared some bags of toys and snacks for the trip for Anna; one for each of the 9 hours.  She got her first one outside of Wells- a little chalkboard and chalk.  I scored big with this one!  She played with that chalkboard for the next 3 hours until we got to Winnemucca.

In Winnemucca, we stopped for gas and dinner.  Yum- Subway sandwiches.  At that point we decided to continue on toward California instead of staying the night.  Anna was still doing really well and Matthew seemed ok, too.

The last half of the trip was probably the hardest.  Anna did great all around, but Matthew had been sleeping most of the trip and was tired of it.  He wanted out.  We had to stop several times to take him out and walk him around and nurse him.  As the trip wore on, the time in between those stops got shorter and shorter.  We finally just had to let him cry because we could do nothing to make him feel better.

We arrived at Jeff (Steve's brother) and Gina's house around 11:30pm (12:30 UT time).  Boy, were we tired.  Gina and Becky were so fabulous and sat with a wide awake Matthew for several hours so I could get some sleep.

We stayed at Jeff's for 3 days then headed to Scott (Steve's brother) and Kim's house for a couple of days.  It was nice being able to spend some time with all of them.  Anna had so much fun playing with all of her cousins.  Matthew, amazingly, started waking up only once a night!

Finally, we headed out on the last 3 hour leg from Sacramento to San Jose.  We got here on Saturday evening and started settling in.