...and gettin' there can be half the fun

It has been an unbelievably long couple of days that is for sure, but for the most part everything went well! Although I supposed I didn't see it that way at the time.  Wednesday found us making the 14 hour drive from Columbia, MO to Aberdeen, SD.  After many stops along the way, including a detour in Omaha to pick up new furniture that BARELY fit in the moving truck, we made it to the original Super 8 in Aberdeen (yes, we actually stayed there!).

After a good night's rest, we got up and met my apartment manager at my building and found out that we could move all of my things into my apartment, but unfortunately we couldn't inhabit them just yet.  Hopefully we will be able to live there starting on Tuesday though, which is good news, and I can take the rest of the week to settle in and unpack before starting work on the 12th.  Which leads me to my explanation of no photos of the new place, because everything was quite literally thrown into my apartment and left that way, not to mention some of my appliances weren't even installed yet.  But I can assure you, it is beautiful!!  I am in love with my kitchen (big surprise) and the floors, fixtures, etc. are very pretty.  Once everything is in its place, I promise I will share!

Moving in went pretty well, but I have to admit, I am definitely not as strong as I'd like to think I am.  My mother however, and thank goodness, is.  I was continuously impressed with her resourcefulness in how to move certain items (big thanks to Duane Vosler for telling my mom an easier way to move a mattress - I never knew it could be that easy!!) I also have to praise my mother for very patiently explaining to me how to lift/carry/move many things as my brain does NOT work that way.  I'm not saying it all went smoothly, but there weren't too many bumps in the road.  One particularly funny exchange came when we attempted to move the couch very near the end of the day and were thankfully rescued by my neighbor and his friend who took over for us.  It went a little like this....

(after trying to explain to me how to lift this darn couch...and me muttering something under my breath)
Mom:  "What?  If you'e worried about your face just take your sunglasses off!  what are you worried about your face for??"
Me:  "I'm not worried about MY face, I'm worried about YOURS!!"
Mom:  "What?! Why are you worried about my face?!"
Me:  "Because I'm about to punch you in it!!!:
(uncontrollable laughter ensues, ending with me in tears from laughing so hard and my mother unable to pick the couch back up -- enter very helpful neighbors).

With that I'll leave you with a sampling of some of the songs that were on my Move to Aberdeen playlist for the drive up (there's over 10 hours of music on the actual list).  Unfortunately some of the songs won't play the whole thing or might not show up (one area of blogging I'm still learning), but let me tell you about those.  "End of the Road" by Matt Goss is a great song one of my college roommates introduced me to via the TV show So You Think You Can Dance? It is one of my favorites so please if you get the chance, check it out!  Rascal Flatts' "No Reins" is a little known song from a couple albums back that I have always liked but particularly embraced this go around, and "Ride of Your Life" by John Gregory is absolutely a great song about being ready for a new adventure and for life to take turns you never expected.  Enjoy!!

(p.s. bonus points to anyone who can identify the song from which the title of this post was taken!!)