The Itinerate Mommy-- yes, I can read

Monday, July 31, 2017

T minus 48 hours and counting.....

The Thompson rocket launches to Oregon in 2 days......

I started this checklist back the end of May.  It's been updated and boxes have been checked over the last 2 months... We don't actually have keys to the new Jacksonville house but we have a landlord and an address. Our U-haul BOX-it is packed in the front yard and U-haul will deliver it to our driveway in Oregon in 2 weeks.  Wednesday we start a cross country drive that has morphed from 3 weeks via Quebec and Montreal Highland games, to 3 weeks via the actual Oregon Trail, to now, 2 weeks via Michigan and Minnesota to see friends and to get Judd to school about August 14 for teacher bonding activities. I still have about a Sept. 1 start date so will have 2 weeks there to settle in  (i.e. unpack and re-supply.) We'll only have 1 car to start, so I'll drop Judd at school (or have him explore public transportation.)  It looks like a 15 min drive OR a 50 min bus ride from Jacksonville to Medford. 

At breakfast this week Phil asked where we were on the excited-spectrum:  i.e. 0-1 is "I have to move because of work" to 8-10 "this is such an exciting adventure."  I said I didn't feel like there was an average number.  One day I'm a 3 and the next day I'm a 9. Although there are more days where I'm over 6 than under 6.....maybe because Judd keeps reassuring me, "we're going on a big adventure."   I don't know if he believes it or if he's just trying to keep my spirits up.  What do you think?



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