Welcome to Kentucky!
Well, I made it down to Kentucky Monday night and some how managed to only hit about ten minutes worth of rain. Kentucky decided to really roll out the red carpet for me. We had the moving truck parked kind of in front and to the side of the apartments. During his lunch break Tuesday, Don thought it would be easier to unload everything into the house through the back door, so he moved the truck to the backyard. Turned out to be a great idea. Just as he went to walk back out the door he got a phone call saying that because of weather he didn't have to go back to work, so he helped me get a few boxes into the house. About seven Tuesday night the power went out, luckily I had a box full of candles, so it wasn't too bad. We woke up to a slightly chilly house, but we bundled up and it wasn't so bad. Outside was a different story. It had been raining all night, then freezing when it hit whatever was in it's way, so pretty much our part of Kentucky was a sheet of ice. The ice made the branches so heavy that all night it sounded like shotguns going off as they broke. One huge branch (almost a tree in it's own right) landed in the spot where the truck had been. Really made walking around interesting for me, considering how graceless I am. We were suppose to turn in the truck by noon on Wednesday, but everything was shut down, so that wasn't going to happen. Besides, it was still stuck in the back yard. As we tried to get it unstuck one of the neighbors popped his head out and asked if we needed help, which we did. He tried a few things then suggested that it would be easier if we got everything out of the back of the truck. Twenty minutes later the three of us plus his two kids had unloaded everything except the couches. I think it was the fastest I had ever seen a truck get unloaded. Of course, the truck still didn't move. Well, four guys pushing, a yoga mat, a bunch of branches and two knocked over trashcans later, we finally got it out. Meanwhile, the temperature in our apartment dropped to somewhere around 50, so it was getting pretty damn cold. One of our friends had a camp heater and invited us over so we could be a little warmer. We decided to head out for dinner at Applebee's (since Wal-Mart and the businesses around it still had power) and when we got home there were lights on at our friends place. That was the best shower I think I have ever had! We were eventually able to get the truck turned back in and got the late charges reversed because of the weather. We also got all of the paperwork straightened out to get our money from the navy for the move down here. We also got my car registered for base and a ton of our favors for the wedding done. Last night we finally got power back on at our place, but it was still freezing cold (about 34 degrees), so we spent one last night at our friends place. We are now back in our place and trying to wade through the boxes to get it looking like a home. It was one hell of a welcome down here....