Well, in all the excitement and exhaustion of moving, I skipped a couple days. I'll try to keep up. I had a great time in Kansas City seeing my friends. I had dinner with Jenni and Duane who have helped me -oh so much- the last couple months, moving my stuff around. I hung out with Randy who drove me around so I didn't have to lug a trailer around KC, so nice! I got my hair done! I wasn't sure when I'll see Aveda again, so I thought it might be a good idea. I begged Randy to bring me my keys after I left them in his car. Susie took me to meet him, after she had been in Topeka all day. She only called me a brat a couple times. Oh feel the love. Cramps hit, and came a week early. Thanks so much mother nature.
We left KC early sunday. The drive across Kansas and Eastern Colorado were very windy. Maybe that had something to do with the 10 MPG I was getting. It felt like we stopped for gas every hour or two. But wait, we did! In Colorado we saw tumbleweeds. A lot of tumbleweeds. One got stuck in my headlight and rode with us all the way to Denver. At one point, just before another stop for gas, we saw an entire huge herd of tumbleweeds rolling across the highway. Hundreds of them! I've never seen anything like it.
I have finally driven in the right lane of traffic and been passed by semi's. I guess it had to happen someday. I've never seen the view from the right lane before.
So we roll into Denver. Traffic wasn't too bad. We get closer to downtown, I'm a little nervous with my trailer behind my car with other cars all around, but we were doing okay. Then a van got on the highway in front of me. Soon metal parts start falling off his vehicle and bouncing down the lane in front of me. Then he swerves, manages to get across 3 lanes and to the shoulder. Lo and behold, his grill was off in the lane in front of me, and his hood had blown open and was up against his windshield. I drove over the grill and thank goodness I straddled it. I can't swerve or stop! Disaster averted. Scary scary moment passed!
Dinner in Denver with Tom (thank you). Still needed to finish up the packing and loading of the Denver apartment. Worked until about 11pm and got things 95% done! Exhaustion, so tired. Didn't sleep well, too much going on! This is when it finally starts hitting me and feeling real that I am moving, permanently, to a new place with a permanent job. Wow. How exciting, and slightly totally scary.
Up Monday, on the road! Starbucks before we left was a must, and they kind of messed up both our drinks, but messed up starbucks beats none and caffeine was not an option, but a necessity. The drive across the mountains really wasn't so bad. I went slow and tried to be careful. I stopped in Breckenridge to get my TV, but the road up to the house was covered with snow. I promptly made a U-turn at the site of the snow covered road. Not in my car, not with a trailer!!!! (I had been told the road was clear....)
So we got gas and drinks, used the bathroom, and drove on. Now I have to stop and ask C-Dot, what the HELL is up with the ginormous holes in the middle of the lane that are unmarked near Vail pass. Seriously!?? A pot hot/crater the was about 3ft by 4 ft and a foot deep. Not marked. I saw it, can't swerve, braked as much as possible and then hit is and prayed, as I watched my trailer bounce around behind my car, that the trailer wouldn't flip over and take us with it. It took a few miles to stop shaking, even the animals all got up and looked around to see what happened. (not much disturbs Chester, but he had to turn around in his spot on the floor by Su's feet.) So we ended up hitting one more before the road was okay. Shit.
Then it was just driving, talking, singing, and looking at scenery. Feeling very ready to get out of the car, and counting down miles until arrival!
got keys, no problem. Drive to house, and it Rocks!
More on the house and post arrival fun later.
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