From Parkways to Pastures : Prologue

The Move:

Sara and I woke up at 2:30am in Chicago after just kicking out the last visitor at 10pm. It took us awhile to get going because we hadn?t cleaned up the kitchen or the bathroom the day before because we were too busy trying to load up the truck. Thanks to Jim mostly we were able to get it loaded and on our way by 3:45am Chicago time.

The roads leading out of the city were sparse with traffic. It took some getting used to the big heavy load I was hauling, but by the time I hit the Skyway things were going well. Sara and I didn?t stop until the last rest stop in Indiana which was pretty impressive. The truck was down to half a tank so I topped her off at a mere $40, yikes! It rained almost the entire way through Ohio and we only stopped a few more times. The walkie-talkies we borrowed off of Jim and Marge were so helpful. It was fun chit chatting back and forth on them.

Thankfully the gate was open at the good old Zelienople service station off of the PA turnpike. So we busted through it and made our way home saving us a good half hour not needing to drive clear to Cranberry, especially since we were arriving around 1pm eastern time.

Both our moms were there to greet us as we pulled into the Steinacker/Schaumburg farm. The men weren?t going to be able to arrive until later so we just unpacked the car. Sara and I lay down and took a nap for a couple hours until George, Glenn, and Travis and Amanda got there to help unload the big truck. It may have taken Jim and me almost 10 hours to pack the truck, but it only took the rest of us 1 and a half hours to fully unload it. Most of the stuff was put close to where we needed it, but we sure did make the house a mess.

After we were done unloading we took the big couch over to my house to be put in my mom?s waiting room of her office and then we all headed towards Monte Cello?s. Pizza, hot wings, and Yuengling, what more could I have asked for as a first meal back home? Sara and I treated everyone to dinner for helping us settle in and for welcoming us back home.

It was a good day, I?m glad to be home.

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