Life v 2.0
So, everything is packed and waiting for the movers, who will be arriving sometime between 8am and 10am. The movers, like all of the other 15 companies that I contacted (yes, 15... that is not an exaggeration), refuse to provide a definitive delivery date for my stuff. So, I will be without the usual household wares for somewhere between 5 and 14 days. Therefore, the car is also full of two good sized suitcases, a clothes basket full of bed linens and essential electronic/networking tools, some medical necessities, a shower bench and a pillow for the dog. After the movers leave, I will be adding myself, my chair and the dog. Thank your God of choice that I upgraded my car.
Even mother nature seems to be mad that I am leaving. The City of Chicago activated their tornado sirens tonight for the first time in DECADES. Yes, decades. The sirens have not even been used since they were updated in the 90's. Weather systems tend to weaken heavily as they get over the city and approach the lake (re-energizing over the lake and slamming Western MI). Thankfully, the major damage was confined to a few blocks to the west of us.
So, anyway, assuming it is not raining when the movers are done in the morning, Kenn and I will be going to the Golden Apple for breakfast and then I will be setting out for day 1 of my 1900 mile trip. Here's the plan:
Saturday - CHI - Omaha (about 7 hours)
Sunday - Omaha - Denver (about 9 hours)
Monday - Denver - Albuquerque (about 7 hours)
Tuesday - Albuquerque - Phoenix (about 7 hours, night in a PHX hotel)
Wednesday - pick up keys to new place and wait for phone/cable/Internet to be hooked up... unpack the minor amount of stuff I will have with me.
I start the new job on October 9, so I will have a couple weeks to get adjusted and settled in. Hopefully, my stuff will arrive early enough that I can get unpacked before starting work. My mom will be flying into PHX the weekend of Oct 3-5 to help me get set up in the new place... so, I REALLY hope the stuff arrives before then.
Now I need to transfer some files to my laptop and pack up the desktop, monitor and printer.
I'll post status updates every day, assuming the promised hotel Wi-Fi works.
PS - Grey's Anatomy rocks. Random I know, but the TiVo is playing the season premier that I wasn't able to watch last night.
Even mother nature seems to be mad that I am leaving. The City of Chicago activated their tornado sirens tonight for the first time in DECADES. Yes, decades. The sirens have not even been used since they were updated in the 90's. Weather systems tend to weaken heavily as they get over the city and approach the lake (re-energizing over the lake and slamming Western MI). Thankfully, the major damage was confined to a few blocks to the west of us.
So, anyway, assuming it is not raining when the movers are done in the morning, Kenn and I will be going to the Golden Apple for breakfast and then I will be setting out for day 1 of my 1900 mile trip. Here's the plan:
Saturday - CHI - Omaha (about 7 hours)
Sunday - Omaha - Denver (about 9 hours)
Monday - Denver - Albuquerque (about 7 hours)
Tuesday - Albuquerque - Phoenix (about 7 hours, night in a PHX hotel)
Wednesday - pick up keys to new place and wait for phone/cable/Internet to be hooked up... unpack the minor amount of stuff I will have with me.
I start the new job on October 9, so I will have a couple weeks to get adjusted and settled in. Hopefully, my stuff will arrive early enough that I can get unpacked before starting work. My mom will be flying into PHX the weekend of Oct 3-5 to help me get set up in the new place... so, I REALLY hope the stuff arrives before then.
Now I need to transfer some files to my laptop and pack up the desktop, monitor and printer.
I'll post status updates every day, assuming the promised hotel Wi-Fi works.
PS - Grey's Anatomy rocks. Random I know, but the TiVo is playing the season premier that I wasn't able to watch last night.