So the house is loaded and on its way to Utah in a 53 foot, 18 wheel semi truck...the Altima and Tahoe are on flat beds and also heading across country. I have to admit the majority of the process has been easy...having a company pack and load your things is the only way to do it.
The most stressful part of the move has been our pets. We have/had 2.5 pets; a fish tank, dog, and bat (that recently began living in my master bedroom window).
Now your probably thinking, "Why was a bat living in their window?" Well...I'm not exactly sure...but he found his way in there on night. We was really cute, had no way of entering my house, and could come and go as he pleased so we decided to let him stay. We knew we would need to "exterminate" him when we moved, but we let him stay to the very last minute. I have to admit that Batman (Sebastian named him) was my favorite pet. I didn't have to feed him, clean up after him or anything. Whenever I got stressed during the move, I would go into my room, tap the glass and watch him stretch or clean himself or move from one side of the window to the other. HE WAS AWESOME!
But now it was time to get him out of the window. We didn't think the renter would be too keen on a bat living in their window. So J. and I went to bedroom and began tapping the window, shaking the window, opening it (very slightly). Nothing...he just sat there...or hung there. So then I told J. to hit him with the hose. So he got the hose and aimed the water. Well this upset him and scared him. Now he was running all around the window SHAKING!!! Poor thing...he was so scared. I felt so bad. Finally, he found he exit and flew away. I was sad to him go!!
On to the Fish Tank. Clearly, we were not moving a 55 gallon fish tank across the country. We are fortunate to be renting our house to a great family who is willing to look after it for us. The only catch is that we need to move it from our dining room (don't ask why it was there...long story) to our living room. No biggie...J. removed 80% of the water, took off the top to clean it and waited for the renter to come help him move it to the desired location. J. put the top of the tank outside on our lawn. Now, I felt this this made us look "white trashy," so I moved it and propped against our open garage door. While showing the renter around the house and moving the tank, J. accidentally closed the garage door with the opener that was in his pocket. Not sure why it was in pocket...but it was. The entire lid to the tank got crushed!!! So now...we had to spend over $1o0 replacing the damn lid!!! Grrr! The last thing I wanted to do was go to Petco. Oh wait...we were headed there anyway.
On to the dog. We were on our way to Petco to get a hard plastic airline approved crate for the dog (which the company was supposed to provide.) We have a 45lb mangy mutt, named Austin Powers. Austin is getting to Utah via "Jet-a-Pet." No...I am not making that up. Jet-a-Pet is a pet courier service that provides door-to-door transport for your pet. So it is costing "The Giant" over $1500 to move our dog, who is probably going to die due the stress of flying anyway. (God I hope not...my kids would be devastated!!) We needed to have the crate at least 2 weeks prior to flying so Austin can acclimate to his home. So far he seems to like it...
So that's my story about pets and moving. We will be at our home (Camp Powers) in the Adirondacks for a few weeks so I probably won't have much to blog about....or will I? Only time will tell as we haven't gotten out to Utah just yet!
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