Jim's Place

A Lot of Lasts

Well, everything is progressing well for our move, but it's getting here quickly. I realize I've been doing many things for the last time.

- Saturday we had our last (it was also our first) garage sale forever.

- Sunday was our last week at Northwoods. (Although we don't actually leave until next Thursday, I'm picking up the rental truck first thing Monday morning and we need to finish all our packing and start cleaning our house this weekend.) Yesterday was a very emotional day for us with lots of tears shed. We have so many great friends that we will truly miss.

- Today was my last round of golf in Tallahassee before we leave.

- Sunday evening we had a last get together with the people from our old home LIFE Group (they had a dinner for us)

- This is most likely my last blog for several weeks. I'll be packing up the computer later this week which means no access to the internet until we get settled in our new home and find an internet provider.

Of course, I'm really looking forward to a couple more lasts:

- Packing the last box (I'm not sure that will ever end--I think our stuff multiplies at night).

- Making my last drive out to El Paso (1500 miles). (I still have 2 trips to make. When we leave next week I'll be driving the rental truck and Lucy will drive our van. We are leaving our car with a friend and I'll be flying back to Tallahassee on December 1st to pick it up and drive it to El Paso.)

- Our last move. (We thought that when I retired and we moved to Tallahassee that was our last move, but now we're moving again. Then, after we get to El Paso and settled in our new home, we will start looking to build our permanent home there, which will mean another move sometime next year.)

I guess I better get off the computer and pack to packing.

posted by Jim @ 7:05 PM