Final Countdown

After several "big" things were checked off the list, the move was quickly approaching.  Here's a recap of our last few days in Erie.  

Monday, June 4

Family left (sad).  My car got loaded on a truck.  We ran errands.  I met some co-workers for happy hour (one last goodbye). Mom was supermom.  We began cleaning the apartment.

Tuesday, June 5

More packing.  More cleaning.  Mom was supermom again. We ate out.  I stayed at the hotel with my mom and finalized some paperwork for Syd's big travel day the next morning. Dan stayed at the house with Sydney.  He cleaned and took care of getting Sydney and her crate ready.  He was superhusband.

Wednesday, June 6

Dan picked Mom and I up at the hotel at 3am and we headed to Cleveland to send Sydney off on the plane.  The process of flying Sydney was another ordeal, but thankfully it all worked out.  The biggest thing we were concerned about was the weather.  Airlines are not allowed to fly dogs if the outside temperature is above 85 degrees.  Her itinerary had her flying through Dallas, which was already in the 90s.  My mom stayed in Erie, in part, so she could take Sydney back home with her if she couldn't fly.  When we got to the airport, the attendant pulled up the weather in all 3 states she'd fly.  Honolulu was at 83 degrees that morning.  God is good! 

On our way to Cleveland

Hated this part.

There she goes!

Breakfast at Bruegger's (my favorite) at 6am

We stopped to see the Ackley's new home and say goodbye one more time

Final GG at Romolo's and final goodbyes 

Love them!

Packing up final items

It took a lot longer than anticipated

We got overtired and silly

Mom tried to convince us to eat everything left in the pantry

I forget why this was funny, but it was at the time

This too

Laughing at how ridiculously heavy my bags were

They were really heavy

Helium voices

Last picture in the house.  Mom took it.  I couldn't.  I didn't want to get sad.

At 11pm we went to Walmart to get our 7th piece of luggage.
We re-packed everything in the hotel parking lot in hopes to redistribute the weight.

After midnight, just hours before the big move! 

We stayed the night (more like a few hours) at the hotel with my mom.  She was beyond wonderful and was a huge support during the busy days leading up to the move.  The three of us made a great team! 

Keep Smiling...

P.S. I'm all caught up!! This means I can post about fun Hawaii things now