my last big move --
The last move was a big one. I uprooted myself from Wisconsin, a state I'd come to love in the 3 years that I lived there, and joined the masses on the East Coast. Moving Day was actually split into two parts. The first part followed my return from Burning Man.
I didn't pack enough before I left for Burning Man so the house was still unprepared. I didn't clean enough either. So, I did what I could because I had to leave for Baltimore that weekend so I could get Alex into school (it was the beginning of September). I ended up taking what I could and leaving the house still unpacked.
I flew back to Wisconsin a week or so later to help my mother move and to help drive the moving truck. I added an extra day to the return so I could finish getting my stuff packed. I someone managed to get it all done in time. We got all my stuff in the truck, most of my mother's stuff, and drove and drove to Maryland.
So now I have left Wisconsin, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas behind and am working on settling into Maryland. And there is some hope there, but that's a whole new post.