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October 5, 2005

I am tired, ummm, I mean RE-tired

The move has been going amazingly well so far - with the usual Deb Codding antics, of course. My long-time friend, Joan came into the train station on Tuesday night and then I promptly made her mop floors so I could close out of my military house on Wednesday. I passed my housing inspection with flying colors - but not without replacing the bathroom sink due to a small chip and the front porch light fixture due to broken screw. Thank goodness for awesome neighbors who are not afraid to roll up their sleeves. I paid them in beer of course :)

We (including Joan) moved into a hotel apartment on Wednesday and then raced around furiously trying to nail down all the last minute things. Friday was my retirement ceremony and it was very nice. I just started to type out the whole nervous breakdown part of it but it would take too long and I am paying 20 cents a minute for an internet connection at Kinkos in Norfolk, Virginia.

Needless to say, all went well and Joan and I even managed to work in two shopping trips where ceramics were purchased at the last minute. Why I did not do this in the nearly three years that I was in Sicily is the same old story. I saw Joan off to Rome on Monday morning and then spent an hour at the post office mailing all of my excess crap that wouldn't fit in the suitcase. I ended up carrying on a very large ceramic bowl but it is totally worth it.

Checked my bags in at the military terminal the night before (5:30 am show time the next day is not conducive to 2,000 pound suitcase lugging). Got home to discover that I packed the dog's leash. Much bad words and then the hotel bathrobe sash became part of my family. We are so ghetto.

Not a single problem with the flight, the boys did extremely well and got to see Batman Begins, Mr and Mrs Smith and The Fantastic Four as in flight movies - much happiness. We were able to see and walk our dog Jax while on a layover in Spain which made us feel much better. No matter how stressed we were, Jax had it worse. His kennel was between a cat's kennel and a ha-UGE dog's kennel.

Had the worst approach and landing that I have ever experienced when we landed in Norfolk (we actually bounced so hard, I thought for sure it was a carrier touch and go practice). I did not barf. The plane occupants actually clapped when we stopped.

We cleared customs and discovered that the hardest part of our trip was to be hailing a taxi big enough for our world to fit in. That took an hour. Steve was waiting for us at the Navy Lodge as planned where we discovered pets are not welcome. So now we are in a very scary part of town at a Motel Six which is the only place around that will take pets. I hope to be finished by Friday but that is optimistic - I will likely head towards Southern Illinois next week sometime midweek.

TO LIVE IN MY NEW HOUSE!!!! Oh yah baby. I can't wait to see it in person but I understand that it is very good. I have put the pictures that my dad (who orchestrated the entire thing) sent to me in my gallery - click here. I will be adding more pictures to it once I see it. It is a 110 year old farm house, 4 bedrooms on 9.5 acres with the boys school at the foot of the property. Now all I have to do is get a job. It is just amazing to me how things are falling into place so easily (the Deb definition of easy - not the dictionary definition).

Posted by DebC at October 5, 2005 8:04 PM

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