caitri | The Big Move, Part One

Yesterday Andrew, Ann, and James (huge huge thanks to them!!!!) came with dollies and willpower to help us move our stuff. And y'know what, Scott and me have a hella lotta stuff. Oh. My. God. We barely have grown-up furniture (y'know, the kind of table that doesn't fold up, ditto chairs, etc) and yet our worldly goods managed to stuff our rental truck to the gills. We were going to stop off in GA to pick up some stuff, but, um, no room. Which is sad, because I was looking forward to picking up a non-folding table, and my framed Serenity poster, and my copy of Harry Potter that I will apparently be THE LAST PERSON IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD TO READ.

Grr.

Mom had to change her travel plans too, so we mised her, bypassed Toccoa, and tonight crossed the border into Alabama and Central Standard Time, which I will have to now remember will be one hour behind every one I know for the NEXT THREE YEARS.

Luckily the truck we have is pretty manageable, and we've named it Galactica. We've mostly been eating the food we brought so we haven't been hitting the travel stop fast food joints too much. Though we stopped at Arby's mid-afternoon for a milkshake break, and I don't think the register person had had orders for "small" anything before. Why is travel food so depressing? It's always super-fried and greasy. I would like fast food that is vegetables that are not potatoes.

Also depressing: hotel room TV. CNN is the best they have and I am reminded why CNN annoys me when their AM program features 10 mintutes on Alberto Gonzalez, five minutes on Dow Jones, and 8 minutes on Oscar the Cat Who Can Senses When People are Going to Die. I wish I was making this up, but no I'm not.

Anyhow, the current plan is drive into Texas tomorrow, load our stuff into storage Saturday AM, and then sort of hang about College Station and get our bearings for a couple days before we go to Houston and thence to JAPAN (can you tell I'm excited??).

More later.