Sad, but true. Today is the last day before our move begins. Well, it technically isn't our last day in Washington, since we'll be staying in Spokane our first night. But, you know what I mean.
"So, tell me about your trip!". Okay, I'll be glad to. Tomorrow we leave Holly's parents' house in the morning and head to our storage unit in Prosser to grab all of our stuff. We have to make a quick detour to Richland to grab our moving truck first. Then, we load the thing up, hopefully with the help of some local pals *hint hint* (if they even read this damn thing), as well as my parents when they arrive. Now, my parents are going to come along with us on the move and drive the moving truck for us while Holly, Luke and I drive one of our cars (the other will be towed by the moving truck). They get off work tomorrow morning, so they'll join us later. But, anyways, once the truck is loaded, we'll head to Spokane and stay our first day. The next day we'll stay in Billing, MT, the third day we'll stay in Chamberlain, SD, and our fourth day on the road will end up in Madison, WI, with a short drive to Milwaukee on August 2nd.
Now, those of you who know your U.S. geography well (or just have a map handy) will notice that these days don't have a whole lot of driving in them. The max amount of driving per day is about 575 miles, which is about 9 or 10 hours of driving. One would think that we could do more driving per day, but there's an important factor: Luke. Feeding Luke will cause us to stop for a while every 2-3 hours, thus we cannot travel as far. It's annoying to have to stop and wait, but it's gotta be done. So that means we won't drive as long each day. Plus, we have the moving truck for 7 days, and our landlord wants to be there on August 2nd, so everything worked out as such. It will be nice to not have to drive so much every day, but even nice to get there sooner. Oh well. I'm not going to complain about it. I can go with the flow pretty easily, within reason, mind you.
So on August 2nd, we will have a new home in a suburb of Milwaukee known as Shorewood. Shorewood is actually considered a "village", although when in Milwaukee one wouldn't know where Shorewood city limits begin and where Milwaukee ends. We're right on the southern border of Shorewood, and the UWM campus is on the northern edge of Milwaukee, which means the campus is only about a mile and a half from our home. That's incredibly convenient for me, because that means I don't have to drive to school. You wouldn't believe how happy I am about that, since I had to do so much driving these last two years just to get to where I needed to go. In case you didn't know, towns in eastern Washington are far from each other...not like western Washington at all. But now, the drive to anywhere in Milwaukee or Shorewood is quite short. Or, we can just walk. Sweet!
People ask if we're nervous for our big move. Definitely not! Holly and I both are extremely excited! It's like we're starting our lives anew, and all the cruddy things that our lives have consisted of in the last couple years seem to be going away...while we bring all the good things with us. Which cruddy things am I referring to? Well, long drives, as I mentioned. Also, our terrible landlord, our crummy house, earwigs, fleas, and just other non-tangible things that have been difficult. I'm definitely taking is as a fresh new start, and hope to change a few things about myself and how I live. I know that new cruddy things will arise once we get there, but hey, at least it's something different. Hopefully the hard times will be less. I'm going to make sure that they are less. Ah, it'll be nice to get a fresh new start...and to get things right.
An update on Luke, for those of you who haven't seen him in a while. He's becoming every more vocal, and he'll smile a lot more for people. He's around 12 lbs. now, and he's getting even stronger and stronger. His behavior has yielded many laughs from everyone around him. Never seems to stop amazing people.
So, since Holly and I will be away from pretty much all of our friends and family from now on, I'll do my best to do a blog entry every day, or every other day. I know you're going to want updates on Luke and Holly, and maybe even me. Those who are interested in my career should keep up with the blog I keep on my website, SeanBrownMusic.Weebly.com.
Take care and value music.
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