missoula, montana :)

We made it! It's like 2:15 in the morning, but we're alive! Dave was wide awake and able to drive, and I was falling in and out of sleep trying to talk to him and entertain him, while having dreams in my sleep simultaneously. It was very disorienting.

So---that means, WE DID IT :) We actually moved. I literally didn't think we would make it, and I thought for sure it would be a HUGE nightmare--or at least very chaotic.

BUT NO! I am so proud of us. Our move went really smoothly! The movers said they were impressed with how organized and ready we were :) I made them tell Dave. It was very orderly and straightforward. It still took them 7 hours. I guess we had a piano and 3bedrooms worth of furniture. Plus a lot of random things.

This morning we started (again) at 5:00 am--we had a ton of errands to run before we could leave town and we were really worried we wouldn't finish before check-out time and rental truck return time. But--that was super smooth too. Each thing only took 5 minutes once we arrived and it was super easy. We were done a lot faster than we thought. It's like we PLANNED it or something.



So---after visiting with a bunch of friends and my mom to say BYE! we headed out today at 2:30 pm and drove through to Missoula. Coeur d'Alene is absolutely gorgeous. Tomorrow we have a short driving day followed by LOTS OF REST and relaxation at a kitchy hotel.

We've basically gotten no sleep at all for the past several nights. Between everything we have to do and the dogs uber-anxiety levels, there is no sleep to be had. That's all about to change, because all the driving days after this first one are really light. 4-5 hours except on the last day. What a relief!

The dogs are really cute today though. Normally our older dog acts like he can't be bothered to play with our puppy--like he's too busy or too important or something?! But today, he's so tweaked out with all the new smells and environments, he's like a puppy himself. They are getting along really well. (Except for the not sleeping! They pant really loud and whimper excitedly all night to get out of their crates...I guess all that Pack Leader stuff I was trying to learn is not working yet. They're well behaved, but I can't seem to will them into being calm.)

Again, I can't say enough how helpful it is to not have a career while trying to attempt all of this. It's like night and day.

This moment has culminated a series of plans and decisions we started making LAST JUNE. The LSATS, applying for school, school selection, selling our house, moving and buying a new house. Now we just drive, and wait for the baby...

It's super late and I promise to be more witty after SLEEP!

:)