First:
We have had quite a whirlwind of activities here. It panned/pans out like this:
- 05/08/14-Christian had these huge-super-important-fail-and-don't-graduate-with-the-huge-super-important-certificate-needed-for-the-degree tests. He passed them both with flying colors. Not gonna lie, we were super stressed about this one.
- 05/11/14- Mother's Day. I was actually scheduled the day off from work, I teased saying that it was my manager's going away gift, lol. Didn't have a nice, quiet day. But we tried. :]
- 05/13/14- This day is a mixture of things. First and foremost, it was my fourth wedding anniversary with my wonderful husband. We always go to Target Field for a Twins game. I sat next to this older gentleman who was from South Dakota and was a Red Sox fan. He was hilarious and shared some of his story with me. I love human interaction like that. We won against the Red Sox that night.
- Before the game, we met up with Charlie's (our black lab that we couldn't take with us to Alabama) new owner. She was really nice. Loading Charlie in his kennel in the back of their SUV was pretty damn hard. He was all excited; playing with the new toy his new owner brought for him. We watched them close the back hatch on the SUV, get in, and drive away. One look at Christian and I lost it. I can't believe how hard that was. We have gotten pictures and updates- Charlie is doing great with his new home and new friend, three year old yellow lab Chloe. But I miss him.
- 05/14/14- Christian had finals! All A's, baby!
- 05/15/14- Christian graduated college, for the second time. I cried. Duh, I cry. All. The. Time.
- 05/16/14- My father-in-law was treated to dinner and a Twins game with Christian for a late-Christmas/early-birthday present. We won that night, too.
- 05/17/14- My bestest friends from work treated me to a night out for a going away party. I picked 80's Nite at the roller rink up in St. Cloud. It was a BLAST! I will miss those ladiess dearly.
- 05/18/14- I hosted a birthday party for the same baby whose baby shower I hosted. This day was also busy with meeting up with the lady who bought our second car from us. The 18th was also my FIL's birthday, so we went over and spent the evening with most of the family for that. Great time.
- 05/21/14- MY LAST DAY OF WORK! Until July 7th, anyways. 07/07/14 is my first day of work as a transfer into the store in Enterprise AL.
- 05/24/14- Memorial Day Weekend BBQ at my SIL's in Hutchinson. Not many folks came out, but it was nice because no one really had to compete for attention. :]
- 05/25/14- Memorial Day Weekend BBQ at my SIL's in Arlington. It was so nice to be at Emily and Todd's. It's so relaxed and chill, I was conpletely not concerned about my kids acting like fools, they were too busy!
Ok, so now that we're up-to-date...I have to give you a quick run down of the days leading up to our move.
- 05/26/14- Christian will leave in the afternoon to go with his dad up north to the cabin for fishing. They'll be gone for at least three days. I'm leaning towards five or so days. I have a lot planned for while he's gone. We'll see how much of that actually happens.
- 05/31/14- We'll go out to birthday dinner for my husband's birthday. His birthday was back in February, but my MIL & FIL have eight kids to take to dinner! We picked Texas Roadhouse up in St. Cloud. Totally stoked!
- 06/01/14- We'll all head out to Inver Grove Heights to visit with one of the ASL interpreters Christian grew up with. She's who was there for our wedding; she's basically family. We love her so much and don't see her often, so this day will be nice.
- 06/02/14- This day will be spent loading up all the trash from the house/garage/backyard to take to the landfill. This is a BIG step in getting packed and ready for the move.
- 06/04/14- Audrey's 2nd grade field trip to the zoo. I'll ride in the bus and chaperone, Christian and Claire will meet us there.
- 06/05/14- Audrey's last day of 2nd grade! She's so excited, but then again she isn't. This will probably be the last time she sees most of her school friends.
- 06/07/14- Christian will leave to go up north with his parents for his maternal uncle's wedding reception. The kids and I will stay home- pack, pack, pack.
- 06/11/14- We will drive out to see my other SIL that lives in Arlington to celebrate her twins' birthday.
- 06/16/14- Christian and I will drive out to Chaska to pick up our 22' Penske moving truck. We'll spend all day packing the truck up and having family and friends over to help out/spend time with.
- 06/17/14- We'll wake up, pack up the leftover, smaller items and HEAD OUT. We're hoping to leave Glencoe MN, headed out of the state, ABSOLUTELY no later than 9am. And even that is super late.
- We will arrive in Enterprise AL no later than 06/19/14. We may stop in Nashville for a bit longer than normal, due to some friends that live there. We'll see where the wind takes us. :]
That seems soooo long when typing it out. Oh my goodness. I'm so sorry if you read all of that. But thanks, if ya did! We are so excited for our plans. I can't believe we have 22 days left. That's it.
Next post: FINALLY posting the finished canvases for my friend from high school.Ya know, only two months later!
-Erin
