The Big Move

We drove for two days (sat and sun) and arrived Sunday night. 7 cars, 11 people, 3 dogs. On day 2 it was cool to see the trees start to get bigger and more dense as we drove north. Yesterday was a full day of unpacking and setting up this temporary house to feel like a home. Kendall and I went to the post office and she asked if it was closed since there weren’t any cars in the parking lot. It was nice to walk in and be greeted by 3 workers at the counter eager to help. Across the street is the local hardware store right out of a movie. It had everything and an older guy that owns it was so sweet and helpful. A high school girl worked the register. Sadie has discovered that there are no lizards up here to chase but there are spiders that are bigger than lizards and run really fast. Ewwwww! Alex has been having fun with exploring but his mind is definitely on college and I’m in denial that he’ll be gone in two weeks. Kendall is feeling the pain of leaving her friends in SD and isn’t so sure she made the right decision on moving. At least she has her cousins to hang out with. Mike has always been happy to move and hasn’t complained once except when I took most of the closet space and drawers in the bathroom. As for me, I am so in love with the beauty up here. So many trees and the air feels so fresh. All the unpacking has kept my mind off of the difficulty of leaving my friends that I love so much and the sad last day we had when a family lost their loved ones on the beach behind our rental. I’m choosing to focus on the next time we visit again on Labor Day and my plan to stay in touch with everyone as much as possible. Tonight we celebrate my cousin’s birthday and our whole clan will get together for the first time. There will be 8 of them plus the 16 of us that now live here. We’re only missing my cousin Katie who will join us soon. That’s a big group of SD transplants!