PCS East to the West: Goodbyes and Moving Day
Here, I sit in our little Inn which has been our home since Saturday. I'm a little more clear headed from our long cross country move and editing literally thousands of photos I took on our trip, deleting all the ones that didn't turn out. It's true that if you want good pictures you have to take 10 and keep 1 or 2 because often only 1 or 2 will be the best out of ten. :)
It's hard to believe that 15 days ago we left VA and took off to begin our "honeymoon" trip and PCS move cross country. If you all recall in earlier posts, back when we got married, we never got to take a honeymoon because Jason's truck broke down on the way to PA.
After Jason returned from Rhode Island, we had a few days to unwind and prepare our last minute parts of the moving process including finishing up food in the freezer and fridge.
Having got the pie making out of the way (because you just can't PCS Jason without pie. :P), packing for 9 days cross country with several temperature changes and climates was a challenge! I found myself packing and unpacking a few times before settling on what to bring. Probably brought TOO much but you gotta be prepared right??
Somehow we had a little time to take a trip down south to meet our nephew for the first time and say goodbye to family.
I was sleep deprived and worn out, but it was a nice time of relaxing and enjoying the snuggles of a little adorable newborn.

One of the hardest goodbyes was saying goodbye to our church family. God truly blessed our moving time to be around Easter. We were able to spend our last Easter services together with people we have grown to love. Moving around alot, we end up saying goodbye to groups of people we grow close to and yes I did cry when it all hit me.
Our pastor and his wife have been a blessing to us and we have made several friends there.
It was unexpected but we were invited by our neighbors (also fellow church members) to come over for Easter dinner! We met their family and it was a delight! Such interesting people with interesting stories. This particular couple we also grew close to.
Oh yes and Jason had been clamoring in the most irresistible way throughout this year with frequent reminders, about his expectations for an "Eestah baskit". So being the good and faithful and loving wife I am, he was presented with one in the best way I could with our current moving circumstances and boy was he OVERJOYED.
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They had our stuff packed in about 3 and a half hours! Fastest packing job I've ever seen. There were things they had to leave behind which we either gave away or stuffed in our car. :P
After they left we took the next two days scrubbing and cleaning the whole place from top to bottom. We had a wonderful landlord who helped me through alot as I was experiencing things in the military for the first time and it was my way of wanting to be a blessing to her and thanking her for everything she did for us. It also helped us get more of our deposit back as a bonus. :)
Groups of friends stopped by to say their farewells and hang with us a little bit. I unfortunately didn't get pictures with all of them because I was half covered in chemicals and honestly didn't think of it, but am kicking myself for not thinking of it!
Remember way back when I was babysitting that cute baby over last summer? Turns out those friends from TBS will be moving out here with us in a month! They stopped by too which was great to get to visit with them before we left. Looking forward to seeing them again very soon! Another unexpected blessing!
As for meals we had no furniture at this point but made the most of it. Our dinners get creative when we have no furniture!!
Once everything was ready for us to leave, Jason performed brilliant miracles packing the leftover stuff we had in our car. I knew he was a master packer. :D And yes we packed our cleaning supplies and some food because frankly I don't want to have to rebuy all that stuff!
After meeting my landlord for the first time (she stopped by and surprised us! Kicking myself for not getting a picture despite my disheveledness), we took off for an unknown adventure with our hearts full and our hopes and dreams high.
As I write this and work through my pictures and this post, I am feeling nostalgic and fighting back some tears. We had so many good memories in Virginia and I'm going to miss the people we left behind. Of course there's facebook and email, and phone numbers that keep us in touch, but it's just an odd feeling when you leave a place that is "home" and realize you're not on a long vacation. You aren't going back.
Anyway...
Recap of state 1 of our cross country tour is around the corner, but for now:

Hello Robert, I'm so sorry I haven't seen this comment. This was an old family blog I created when my husband and I first got married. So much has changed and I've moved on from this blog, but if you want to follow me and where I've gone, I will be making a new post here soon with where I've moved. Thank you for reading and saying such nice things about this dear blog that is sentimental to me for our memories. :)
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