Thursday was sad, saying good-bye to the kids. Natalie just broke our hearts - she was so sad about us leaving after only two days. She wanted her Grandma to stay "for five years." She kept saying, "I just can't take it anymore!" through her tears. We rented a car and drove to Rexburg to help John and Anna pack and move. John's graduation was Friday night, but there was an enormous winter storm moving into the area Friday night. We told John that we hated to miss his graduation, but if we didn't get out of Rexburg Friday, we might not get out for a week. At the last minute, he agreed and passed up his own college graduation to go with us.
We left Rexburg at 3:00 Friday afternoon, me driving the moving truck, Jan driving the rental car, and John and Anna and the boys in their car. We drove like the wind (John gets his driving habits from Jan, if you know what I mean), and finally called it a day in Nephi, Utah at about 9:00 pm.
Saturday morning there was no snow in Nephi - a relief - but it was blizzarding in Salt Lake City, so we hurried and left. We had dark clouds hanging over us almost all day, but the only thing we really had to contend with was extremely high winds all the way to Phoenix. I mean, there were many times that I thought we were going to be blown clear off the road or into oncoming traffic. It was a white-knuckled 12 hours of driving. Finally we arrived in Mesa, and I was completely exhausted.
Sunday, Jan and I drove home to Pinetop-Lakeside. There was a little bit of snow on the ground, but the driving was pretty easy. Today (Monday) it is snowing, and the forecast for tonight and tomorrow is MAJOR snow. So we got home just in time.
As I came to the office this morning, I found my office decorated with congratulatory ribbons, decorations, and confetti. In our travels last week, I had to miss the Town Christmas party, where I was named "Department Head of the Year" by our Town Manager. It was a nice surprise to come home to. I got a plaque and a $50 gift card to Safeway.
It has been a pretty rewarding/enjoyable/stressful/happy week. Love to all.
3 comments:
Well congratulations on the recognition! I'm sure you deserve it. And I'm so out of touch that I didn't even realize John was graduating and moving back to AZ. If not for these blogs, I'd know even less!
I'm glad that you beat the worst of the storm. I would have loved to see you while you were here in Salt Lake.
By the way, I didn't go more than 2 or 3 miles an hour over the speed limit from Rexburg to Nephi. Call it a lead foot if you want...
-John
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