Yesterday we hit the road. Based on our experience trying to get out the driveway I have a few tips for the rest of you. First, think back to Step One (Move out of your house) and make sure you got rid of absolutely everything you could have.
We were loading the car up on Sunday, I’d already packed the car absolutely to the gills. Since there was definitely no more room, I walked back into the house. Julie was standing in her Mom’s dining room, arms crossed, surrounded by stacks of “stuff” on the floor. She announced, in a serious voice, “This is all that we have left to load…”
Step Three-A – Unload the car and start over.
Half the “stuff” we planned to take came back into the house since something had to give. We then started the process of again loading up the car, this time with a re-prioritized focus. Eventually, we managed to close the trunk and squeeze the doors to the back seat shut. For about the 50th time in the last six months, we asked ourselves, ‘where did all this stuff come from?’
Sunday night was the end of the first leg of our road trip and we’d made it 75 miles to our son’s house outside Rochester, NY. Those 75 miles sure seem like a pretty good start, as a result, we’re feeling very positive about our progress thus far. Let’s see what comes next.