Juno, We're Not in Minnesota Anymore...

I DID IT! I finally made the move to Kansas. It went well, better than I expected despite the fact I was not able to sleep at all Friday night. All Friday night I stayed awake, staring at my empty Minnesota room, just thinking--oh my god I'm moving to Kansas.  Needless to say, when Spencer woke me up at 6:30 AM Saturday morning, I was a little nervous about the move. Driving 8 hours on maybe 2 hours of sleep is not my idea of fun.

After a necessary, large and greasy breakfast at Junior's, we finished loading up the moving truck and were off! While I was watching the moving truck in front of me...I kept thinking, OH MY GOSH, I am moving to Kansas, can I really do this?!

We made great time, despite two bathroom stops, a stop at an Iowa winery, and lunch at Chili's. (yum...definitely helped satisfy my newest obsession of chicken strips and honey mustard...I know refined and classy)

Originally, we were planing on moving in Sunday morning. Spencer suggested we try to get it all done Saturday night. I'm really happy we did, and I am also amazed that we did. We basically just set up the bed, and unloaded all the boxes.  I watched in awe as Spencer moved all this furniture with literally no help (unless you count me...which is pretty much no help). The place was super cluttered, but as I unpacked my dishes I began to get super excited. After two years of living back at home with the parents, I finally have a place of my own! It might be small, but it's MINE. It was a really great feeling, my doubts about moving melted away as I set up my kitchen, and instead feelings of excitement took over.

After unpacking, I realized I forgot pillows. So we had to make a late night trip to the only store open...Wal-Mart (where we were able to see not only WT at it's finest but some Amish too)! We purchased the pillows, and all the other little things I forgot, that could be found at Wal-Mart. We then went home and had our first classy dinner at the new place, frozen pizza and wine. As I sat down on the floor with my frozen pizza, and Iowa wine (picked up on the drive) I decided, I really couldn't be happier.

We spent Sunday, unpacking everything and hanging pictures. It was a very relaxed and enjoyable day. We ended the weekend with a celebratory dinner at my favorite Overland Park restaurant The Blue Moose.

Today, I am back in Minnesota (after an extremely turbulent flight...thanks weather), and am leaving for Colorado Wednesday, and then finally back to Kansas Sunday.

LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN!!