Moving... Continued.

Yesterday at 8:30am my packing crew for our move showed up.  Had two real friendly guys, they got right to work on disassembling furniture, packing dishes and folding clothes.  All I had to do was sit back, surf the internet and stay outta their way!  By 9:30am the crew who was loading the van's and the guy driving the truck showed up.  Before I knew it, it was 11:45am and they were done and my place was EMPTY!  We used United Van Lines and they were amazing!!!  The crew not only constantly called me ma'am but they double checked to see if some items (like my digital camera that I nearly forgot about) were to stay or go with them. 

Now our apartment is pretty bare, minus the few items I left to sort through and take to Alabama.  It's amazing how small every room appears without anything in them.  Yep, small... not large!  Bare walls, cluttered carpet, empty cabinets.  It's so weird being there.  We still have to pay $1880 to "break" our lease without reaching any other penalties.  If our unit is in great condition at move out then we get our $300 deposit back and who couldn't use extra money?  Our next apartment is costing about $600 in security and pet deposits, but it's also more money we qualify to get back when we move out.  We're hoping that this time next year we're in the position to buy our first home.  Nothing big or fancy, but just a place we can call our own. 

This week we're just living with my parents at their house, have our going away party on Saturday afternoon with close family and friends, then leave Sunday morning around 5 or 6 am.  We have the moving company on the 23rd at noon unloading our items so we have about 5.5 days to get there.  We originally planned to stop in Fort Smith, Arkansas but now we might stretch it to Little Rock.  Can't say I've ever been to Arkansas... lol, guess I should look it up and see if there is anything fun!