MOVE DAY!!!

Oh, my goodness, it's REALLY HERE! The movers come in exactly FIVE HOURS! We're 95% ready--(oops!)--though, it was SUCH A HUGE undertaking, I'm actually proud of us. Seriously, were does all this stuff COME FROM? And why do we feel so emotionally bound to keeping it? It is SOOOOOOOO weird.

My ADD mind FLIPS out with all of the considerations...should I throw it away? Should I sell it on eBay or Craigslist? Should I have a garage sale? What is the environmental impact of throwing it away? Will I need one after I move and have to buy it again? How much does it weigh? Each pound costs us sixty cents to move, so I try to imagine the cost benefit of moving it to throwing it and buying it again. Do I know someone who could use this? Why wasn't I organized enough to do a garage sale? Could the Salvation Army come get it? It's PERFECTLY good...I make myself INSANE.

And then Dave comes along, with NONE of those thoughts and JUST THROWS EVERYTHING away if he touches it. And I become apoplectic...'what are you doing? what are you doing now? BIG HUFF from Dave. And then I say...'be nice to me, I'm the mother of your unborn child...you've been away for 3 weeks and you're already irritated...' and we laugh and laugh. (Because, if any of you really know Dave, you know he is the NICEST, kindest person in the world. Seriously.)

So--now you know exactly why, at 95% --I'm proud of us.

AND--OH MY GOD, this part--which seems to have lasted longer than the pregnancy---will be OVER today. HALLALUJAH JESUS PRAISE THE LORD.

Tomorrow we head out. Our new destinations are: Missoula, MT, Billings, MT, Rapid City, SD, Sioux Falls, SD, Madison, WI, Bowling Green, OH, and then HOME. We have our digital camera, and our computer, and most of our hotels have free wireless access, so I hope to keep posting with pictures and everything. We'll see how it goes.

Oh, and if our car blows up or whatever, ALL OF OUR important documents and insurance stuff and our wills are with us--so someone contact our Insurance Agent: Bruce Brennen at New York Life Insurance--425.462.4900--if we mysteriously stop posting.

More soon! xoxox. Email us at schleiferkin@gmail.com--and I promise to figure out the settings of this so those of you who don't have BLOGS can comment. K? Ciao!