When I awoke at 6, to find Carl starting to pack, it occurred to me that we were right on the mark, since I (mistakenly) thought that that was all that had to be done. As I went about cleaning the apartment for the walk-through with the landlord at 8:30, I was so excited that things were going as planned. Then, Murphy’s Law took over. I looked in the closet, and there was a suitcase, stuffed with sweaters that was supposed to be on the moving van. Carl had thought it was my suitcase for the trip, and had put it in the closet so the movers WOULDN’T take it. We were worried enough about having room in the car, and now there was one more thing to take.
The landlord showed up right on time at 8:30, and we passed with flying colors. It was now 9 AM. Carl decided we should go to Glo’s, a diner a couple of blocks away that has wonderful breakfasts (and The Breakfast Blog appears to agree with us). When we finished there, it was already 10:30, but we were still OK. However, we then had to go to the post office to mail yet another (heavy) box that we realized the movers hadn’t taken. That mistake cost $36. Suffice it to say that by the time we packed the car (with the extra suitcase), and were ready to leave it was noon. (OK, two hours late) . As we were backing out of the driveway, Carl remembered that somehow we had not taken any of our cameras out of one closet. The problem was, we had left our keys in the apartment, and locked the door, thinking we were done. We called the landlord, and found out he was in Everett, an hour away. I guess we sounded desperate, because he told us where there was a master key hidden. We were able to retrieve our stuff, and FINALLY were on the road at 12:30. We had to go to my gallery to say goodbye, and then to the Goodwill to drop off some final donations. On the freeway, we heard the dreadful news: “I-5 South in Tacoma is stopped from Port of Tacoma Road to Highway 18, due to a car fire.” Fortunately, Carl knew an alternate route, and we stopped in Tacoma to say goodbye to Roy (Carl’s brother-in-law). By the time we got on the road from Tacoma, it was 3:00!!!
We did arrive in Portland about 6, and had a great visit with Kristin, Carl’s niece and her partner, Suzanne and then it was off to West Linn, where we are staying with the Rogges (Brian’s in-laws). Their home is so lovely, and we had a great dinner, and the day ended happily. So far, in my mind, we are just on a weekend trip to Portland. The finality of this move still hasn’t clicked in.
- Out of State Licence Plates seen: Oregon (in Washington), Washington (in Oregon)
- Days until we see Lucy: 12
- Days until we see Toby & Beruria: 19
- Days until we see Paige (well, that's after we get to Vermont): 35
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