A Week In Virginia

June 19, 2010

I have been in Virginia for about a week now. Things are going pretty good here. I can say it is really, really hot and humid. I haven't gotten out much after work. I've been working on getting my apartment in order. I feel like I've done a lot but am still way to embarrassed to post any photos of it. It is pretty full of boxes. I hope after this weekend it will look better and I can post some decent photos. I am posting some photos of the outside though. One photo is the front of my building the other is the view from my small deck and the other is of a bird that was chirping away in a tree by my deck.

I have made the typical trip to Wal-mart and the grocery store. I am surprised that I'm having problem finding what I want. Like vitamin water in a 4 pack. I did find it at on grocery store but it was vitamin water zero...I'm looking for the real thing. I haven't found it yet. I have also had two massages while I've been here. The 2nd one was better than the first but I'm still looking for the perfect massage therapist. I think I left her in Denver but there has to be one out here!

Travel Day #4 - Arrival Day

June 11, 2010
Today started out in Ohio. We drove through OH, PA, WV, MD and finally VA! It was a long day but yesterday was defiantly longer. It was good to finally make it to Virginia. We went to the condo I was going to buy...yep, going to. It was OK and lets say I half like it. It was a flip but they took some some short cuts I was not fond of. There was also something in the air that made my dad and I a bit dizzy. It also needs a new furnace/AC, new windows and a new water heater. I decided with all I have going on with my health and with traveling for work that fixing up another place probably wasn't a good idea for me right now. I decided to rent so I have NO maintenance worries and the place I'm renting at is really, really great. I wish I could buy that place! It is right across the street from work so I can save $ on gas and just walk. More later....

Travel Day #3

June 10, 2010

Another LONG day in the car. My dad and I drove from Rochester, MN to New Paris, OH. It is about an hour west of Dayton, OH. I took a couple of quick photos of downtown Indianapolis while we were stuck in some evening rush hour traffic. We have about another 9 hours of driving to do before we make it to our Virginia destination.

Heading East

June 8, 2010

Today was a long 10 hour day in the car. It was mostly uneventful, which is always good. I got up at 5:30am central time / 4:30am MTN time! Even with the early wake-up we still didn't hit the road until 7:00am. It was cloudy most of the day with a few random rain showers in NE, IA and MN. We almost had a run in with 2 deer that were running across the interstate and made it to the median but luckily once they were in the median they decided to run parallel with the car rather than run across the road. A near miss! We saw several wind turbine blades being hauled on the interstate. There are a lot of wind farms in IA! I also saw a pretty big convoy of military fuel trucks. It was neat to see. I couldn't snap a photo because I was driving when we passed the convoy. We made it "home" to Rochester around 5:00pm . I'm taking a break from driving tomorrow to visit family for the day but Thursday and Friday will be big driving days again. I hope to be in VA by Friday night.

Moving Day

June 7, 2010

The day has finally arrived! Lots of phone calls and planning have finally paid off and things are falling into place. Most things are falling into place at the last minute but I'm learning that that is just how things work. The moving truck showed up at 8:30am and they looked at my stuff and said "oh, this should go pretty quick." Four hours later they finally finished. I had a feeling it would take them a bit longer than a couple of hours. I have lots of stuff! I had to do some quick errands while the movers were at my house with my dad and when I got back one of the movers said "what do you have rocks in some of those boxes." I just looked at him and started laughing. I said "sorry, but yes they are really rocks." I've moved them many times myself so I know his pain but he is getting paid to move them and I did tell him "thank you for moving my rocks." What can I say...I'm a rockhound at heart. I just can't part with them...they do look pretty on my shelves. The movers left around 1:00 in the afternoon. My dad and I did some last minute cleaning and packing of my car and we were on the road around 3:00pm. We drove to North Platte, NE where some friends were kind enough to take us in for the night. Thanks a bunch to Jim and Irma!