Moving Day

God is good!

I'm writing this from our new (rented) condo in Leesburg. It's been a busy few days, but I can only see two carboard boxes from where I'm sitting, and they contain pictures that need to be hung on the wall. Pretty much everything else is unpacked and put away. Praise the Lord! I feel like there is much to say, but I'll try to keep it brief. Here are the highlights:

• Gazelle-Intense: our new place is going to save us a bundle on rent, allowing us to save money for a house (or whatever's next for us) that much more quickly. And it's a pretty nice place, too!

• Boxes: we got all of our packing supplies (except for tape) for free, via Freecycle (look it up, if you don't know what that is) and a friend who just moved.

• Organization: despite Henry's best efforts at distracting us, we managed to get all our stuff ready to move before the moving day. Next time I'll do one better and try to label the boxes more clearly.

• Doughnuts: I've never purchased doughnuts before. Who knew you could just ask for two dozen assorted doughnuts and they would just pick randomly for you?! That being said, I think that some of the doughnuts they make over at the Dunkin' are not worth the effort to make or the calories to eat.

• Help: we put out a call for help to nearly everyone we know down here, realizing that our circle of acquaintances ranges from the unpredictable (couples with young babies during cold/flu season) to the even less predictable (teens from church). Come Saturday morning, we weren't sure if we'd have more than 1 or 2 helpers. We had 15!

• What's next?: Ten minutes after the truck-loading began, ALL the furniture was out of the apartment and we were down to boxes. An hour after we started, every last thing that needed to be moved was in a vehicle and we were hanging out eating doughnuts. An hour after that, people were going home... because everything was in our new place! Two hours to pack, drive, and unload. Amazing.

• Pizza, anyone?: It went so fast, that even though I called to get pizza as soon as we arrived with the truck at the new place, the delivery guy didn't arrive until 20 minutes after the unloading was finished. Most people had gone home by then.

• Adjusting: That's what we're doing now. When I find the camera cord, I'll try to get some pictures of the new place. I'm particularly excited about a certain little boy having his own room!