Neither Day One nor Day Two went as planned. So what else is new? We aborted our plan to leave the house on Day One because 5:00 p.m. rolled along and we just weren't ready to go. We did get out of the house yesterday at about 4:45 p.m. and ran straight into rush-hour traffic on the outbound Stevenson. It took us almost two hours to get to the Joliet area, but sailing was smooth after that and we ended up spending the night in Warrenton, MO.
Notable sights included: a guy poking a huge snapping turtle with his umbrella on the shoulder of the Stevenson, two different crop dusters flying their aerobatics a few feet from the roofs of the cars on the Interstate, and a bird committing suicide by means of our car.
The dogs are being their usual charming selves. Sadly, I'm not able to provide them with enough floor space in the Acadia for Maggie to be comfortable all the time, so she's pretty fidgety, but I'm able to tune that out. It sure meant they slept very soundly last night. They got me up at 8, meaning only about 6 hours of sleep, but at least I didn't sleep through the "free" "Continental" breakfast. The breakfast featured a badass pancake machine like the one pictured here (http://www.gearculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/chefstack-pancake-machine.jpg), but I missed the waffle maker: I can make my own pancakes at home.
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Day Zero
I thought this might be a workable way to let a maximum number of people know how the move's going.
I took a couple of CTA buses down to Midway to pick up the SUV. On the phone, I'd been told I was going to be renting an Explorer, but when I got there, it turned out to be a GMC Acadia. The thing looks huge in the garage, but I guess that's just a matter of perspective. The cargo area is disappointingly small, and I'm going to have to be clever about packing. There's the stuff we're going to need on a daily basis during the car trip, plus the stuff Carole and the dogs are going to need after I've come back to Berwyn, plus my own stuff, and I've already had to work on paring back some of the stuff I'd planned to bring: for example, I'm going to have to bring less of Carole's clothes than I'd originally intended. Now I have to scout around for a smaller container in which to transport the dog food. We're probably going to have to make do with bringing only one cooler, too.
I took a couple of CTA buses down to Midway to pick up the SUV. On the phone, I'd been told I was going to be renting an Explorer, but when I got there, it turned out to be a GMC Acadia. The thing looks huge in the garage, but I guess that's just a matter of perspective. The cargo area is disappointingly small, and I'm going to have to be clever about packing. There's the stuff we're going to need on a daily basis during the car trip, plus the stuff Carole and the dogs are going to need after I've come back to Berwyn, plus my own stuff, and I've already had to work on paring back some of the stuff I'd planned to bring: for example, I'm going to have to bring less of Carole's clothes than I'd originally intended. Now I have to scout around for a smaller container in which to transport the dog food. We're probably going to have to make do with bringing only one cooler, too.
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