Uhauling Across the Country!!

 

Here we go! It's really happening!

I packed up the whole house a month before the closing date. I lived out of boxes. I sold most of my furniture and most of what was left of my belongings in an attempt to fit what I had in a 15 x 15 Uhaul truck. I did such a great job, I only filled half of the truck, but I needed that size in order to drag my little car behind.

EMPTY...

I picked up the Uhaul and loaded everything into the truck. The last half hour my friend came with her husband and helped with the heavier items. My darling friend agreed to ride with me. She refused to drive, but I can't even attempt to express how grateful I was for her company. She was a trooper sleeping at truck stops and rest stops, not once demanding a nice, warm, cushy hotel room! It was a wonderful road trip with a delightful friend who helped me so much along the way!

SO EMPTY...

First, before we even started our journey, the battery went dead! My friend's husband was not impressed and clearly worried, but it was fixed. It didn't stop there, what we didn't know is the Uhaul's ignition was going out. This meant we usually couldn't get the key out of the ignition or if by chance we could, we then couldn't get the truck started for about 20 minutes! One of us always had to stay with the truck so even if we wanted to stay at a cushy, warm hotel, one of us always had to guard the truck. (We were a little crazy hearing how Uhauls are so often stolen anyway!) Uhaul changed my reservation to a local dealer who didn't know how to hook up the car dolly and we found out 500 miles in it was hooked up incorrectly...or rather wasn't hooked at all!  We only ended up lost way out in the country once. At night! What an adventure to say the least!

REALLY EMPTY...

But, as soon as I started driving out of Rathole, I had this amazing sense of calm come over me! Nineteen years of stress evaporated! I kept yelling, "I feel so calm!"

The first day I drove 12 hours, second day 15 hours, third day 9 hours, and last day 3 hours. My friend was in charge of music and maps. We arrived! I unpacked the Uhaul into a storage unit, taking some things to the apartment. 

I was in Tucson finally!