July 30, 2007
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Sigh
I'm here. Mary and I rolled into town yesterdeay afternoon. There was a problem with the paperwork at the apartment but they managed to get it all sorted out just about ten minutes before the movers arrived, but not until after I was ready to burst into tears. I'm very glad I wasn't alone.
Just in case you didn't know this, having someone who loves you standing there makes a HUGE difference in the way you're able to deal with trials and tribulations. I got a lot of positive feedback on my driving skills. It was nerve-wracking for me. I was scared of the brakes, scared that any kind of turn would make the load shift and damage the truck, my stuff, and my confidence to the ability that we would be stranded by the side of the road. Mary says that I worry too much.
She may be right.
I backed that 26 foot truck into a parking space at the apartment complex so it would be close for the guys to unload it. Did you really get that and absorb the truth of it? I backed a 26 foot truck into a parking space. me. The person who has personally and singlehandedly backed more vehicles into other vehicles and stationary objects than any other person who swims in the gene pool from which I came. And rest assured, the other swimmers constantly remind me, make jokes, and otherwise refuse to let these little incidents die. But were ANY of them on hand to notice that I backed a 26 foot truck into a parking space? No.
Oh well.
I'm feeling good about this.
I'm not feeling so good about the fact that I didn't get all the unpacking done today. Well, I did have a good time. Mary and I ALWAYS have fun together. She laughed almost as much as me.
We'll get more done tomorrow.
(I just read this aloud to Mary to show her how prominently she figured in my blog of the day. She says, yes, except for the part that was all about you. Well, that's kind of true. But the truth is that all that's good in my life for this whole weekend has been because I've been in the presence of unconditional love. And that may sound really sappy, but it's the truth. I wouldn't have even tried these things without that foundation. So even if it seems like it's about me, look a little deeper.)
Comments (8)
Congratulations on your driving. You have done a marvelous job. I'm glad your friend was there for you.
Woohoo! Backing a truck that size into a space is not easy! Good job! Glad you are there safely!
man...i can back almost anywhere BUT
there's no way i could do so in something that large.
and...since i've met you and am well aware that you're of the vertically challenged variety as am i...i'm even more impressed.
OH! i was up til 2 a.m this morning and then, when my alarm went off at 5:10...got up and finished...the deathly hallows. oh man oh man.
Hurray for Mary!
Glad you're there and all is well.
Congratulations! When we moved, I refused to even consider driving our U-haul. I'm proud of you. You're my hero.
Yeah!!! Does this mean the Sunday afternoon calls on the way home from work are available to happen again? I've missed those. And I miss you, but that's all another story.
Congrats on the driving and backing. I don't know why you were worried. I've always kind of figured hitting that car during your drivers test as a freak accident anyway. Hmmm, maybe if you'd taken the test in a 26' long truck, it would have all been good?
Talk to you soon again, ok?
I'm with Nora - you're my heroine!
(and it IS about you!!!!)
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