taking off

our 50 ft. moving truck. it was jammed packed by friday night

the rover. packed with 4 people, computers, other stuff

and yes,thats my dyson sweeper on the roof

cool storm clouds in st. anne

1. a few days before leaving, i got all teary eyed. seeing all those boxes and empty rooms made me sad.

2. tuesday before leaving i really got teary eyed. mike's buddy gary came over first thing in the morning to say good-bye and we hugged our fantastic neighbors one last time.

3. before leaving i asked mike where the tarp was. he said we wouldn't be needing it because he looked at the 10 day forecast.

4. i asked him if he was sure and he promised me it wouldn't rain.

5. being the good wife that i am, i believed him so i didn't wrap the insides of the suitcases with trash bags.

6. though once we got to st. anne, illinois we saw some beautiful rain clouds coming. [i have many more besides the photo above]

7. to make matters worse, the rain followed us all the way to champagne, illinois till it was time to stop for lunch.

8. we ate lunch with a few guys that works for mike.

9. to split the roadtrip up to two days, our first stop was memphis.

10. the kids were really good.