The Move to St Petersburg

Is complete. Well, complete meaning that Emma, the dogs and I are down here in the new house. Our stuff will be here next week, most likely on Monday. Chelsea will be up from the Keys tomorrow and then things will be much improved!

The drive was almost surreal. It was hot, dry and I don’t have air conditioning in my car. Other than that it was a great drive. Emma did good, the dogs were behaved and shared the back seat like champs. The drive was surreal in the fact that I recognized a lot places from when I drove to Virginia when I was a kid. So many places hadn’t changed in those 17 years. There were several times I experienced déjà vu.

Thankfully I made it through almost every city without hitting rush hour. I passed through Atlanta at lunch time and St Petersburg at the tail-end of the rush. I was happy that we skipped KC, St Louis and Nashville rush hours. The Jeep, stuck in traffic, is not fun in the heat. Not one little Kelvin.

I had left Omaha at 7 AM on Tuesday and drove until about 8PM and stopped in Murfreesboro, TN. We spent the night at the Best Western (because they accepted pets) and then got up bright and early and then were back on the road at 6:45AM on Wednesday. Last night we rolled into the house at 6:45 and we were beat.

Today we’re getting settled in. Making a list of items that we need at the house. All in all things are good!