We're On Our Way!

It's true. The Whitfields are on their way. If you'd asked me last week at this time if I thought we'd be where we are at this moment, I'm not sure I would have sounded very convincing in my reply. There was a TON of stuff left to do and a TON of junk to toss. Thankfully, Mimi and Papa (yet again) saved the day. They came up Sunday afternoon, bringing the twins back from a two week vacation and to go to Katie's golf awards ceremony, which, by the way, she all but swept. The child left with three trophies (tournament winner, group skills winner, points winner), 3 gold medals (long drive, group tournament winner and perfect attendance)and two silver (putting and short game). The hope was to get some last minute cleaning done and spend a relaxing last couple of days together....hahahaha! Instead our last two days in SC were spent cleaning, running to Salvation Army, the dump, the bank, Lowe's and countless other places that should have been done much sooner. But as everyone who knows me and Larry knows we tend to procrastinate. And, those who know my mom and dad know they will do whatever it takes, no matter how painful and tiring and frustrating, to ensure things happen as they should. So, at 5:00pm Tuesday evening we locked up our house, dropped off two more boxes to be shipped over to China, ate dinner (covered in sweat and dirt) and said our tearful goodbyes. Not so much fun AT ALL, but we made it (I think).

Today has been a marathon day starting at 3:30 this morning. We left Greenville at 6:25, delayed a few minutes for a maintenance issue, which wouldn't have been a big deal if we'd had more than 40 minutes to make our connection at Chicago's O'Hare airport. We tried to get assistance, but the flight attendant basically told us our best option was to rebook once we got off the plane. Well, that sounded like a challenge we just couldn't pass up. As soon as we landed and had our ten bags, we were off! The girls were amazing, marching through the terminal like they owned it and BY GOD we made it. We handed the gate attendant our passes, walked on the plane and the doors closed behind us. It was a thing of beauty. Needless to say, the adrenaline rush soon ended.

We are now in Portland, Oregon. It's been a LONG day and it's only 6:00pm. Not sure what the plan is tomorrow beyond taking Larry to work, but I'm ok with that.