On the Road to a New Life, Part 2

Neko relaxing in the front seat at a gas stop...

Our back seat, taken over by Neko's riding space

Day 2 has concluded, and fortunately with much less drama than the first time.  Although I am still not a fan of moving.

We set out from Bloomington, IL around 2PM and arrived in Charleston, WV around 10PM, without much craziness.  The cat has been surprisingly calm, even when his diazepam should theoretically no longer have an effect.  That’s notable because every time we’ve taken him to the vet has been a nightmare.  Perhaps he is adjusting to us moving him randomly.

We did get one unfortunate piece of news today – apparently the grass is so high at our house that the city put a notice on the front door.  Our real estate agent, Ronnie Hooks, called us, herself having been called by one of our neighbors, to tell us this fantastic news.  So that we didn’t arrive immediately needing to mow the lawn, she was also kind enough to set up someone to mow the lawn before we get there, which is especially nice considering she’s already been paid and has no financial reason to help us anymore.  I suppose she’s just that awesome.

We do arrive in VA Beach tomorrow, although we won’t be staying in the house.  The electricity won’t be turned on until Wednesday morning, so we thought sleeping on an air mattress without air conditioning in the dark our first night wasn’t as pleasant a way to break the house in as we’d like.  We will be visiting the house, though – my wife keeps wondering what terrible things have gone wrong with it in the three months since we saw it last.  I don’t think it will be much different, but she doesn’t seem to believe me.  Fingers crossed…