10 Day Forecast

I'm obsessively monitoring the Truckee, CA weather forecast and am super thrilled that the forecast for Saturday, February 10th changed from mostly cloudy to mostly sunny - and 0% precipitation!  Fingers crossed that holds for a lovely, fairly early drive up to Reno next weekend.  I am sooo ready for some happy place time.  I can't describe how ready - and that's even before our home contains 4 more people a good portion of the time.

We think the move is progressing and hope to feel more confident of that shortly when the kids and a friend and a truck are supposed to arrive.  J. rented a storage unit today (paid for by kids with us pitching in a bit depending on what stuff we move in to the unit).  They have some items ready to go into storage from the apartment - and there's the hutch we've been storing for awhile in the garage.  We're also going to shuffle around some beds - take H.'s King bed to storage and use the queen bed they have at their apartment.  The bedrooms they are using are pretty roomy (when compared to the new homes we've looked at here in California and in Nevada) but a King size bed in the room is a pretty big waste of space.  We're hoping to get the bigger stuff to storage this evening and then smaller items and boxes in the next couple days.  Fingers crossed.

I reminded J. that I leave for Sacramento tomorrow (from work) and return Friday evening - so they will be on their own.  I am encouraged that H. is arranging friends to help 'cuz there's no way J. can move furniture - and I don't want him to injure himself or cause a health crisis trying to do things he shouldn't.  He's a hard working guy but....he's not someone who can help lift a china hutch into a truck, out of a truck and into a storage unit.

The sale of the Mariner is officially done and we are anticipating a refund of our insurance for the car soon.  R. already got the vehicle certified for Lyft and she drove yesterday - so she's back in business.  Her bank (us) loaned her some money for gas 'cuz you can't drive for Lyft if you can't fill your gas tank - and they are tapped out until H. is paid on Friday.  And their rent is due tomorrow.  It's a reasonable amount and we've made it even easier by agreeing for half on the first and half on the 15th of each month - but it is due and is to be paid.  Without reminding.  Fingers crossed.  We don't 'need' the money (yet) but we will undoubtedly see an increase in utilities and water for sure.  (Their water heater pilot light was out for two days so they showered here and we both realized that they were taking really long showers.)

J. talked to B. today and explained the circumstances upon which we invited them to live here and had no problem with us packing up stuff from his room.  J. is sending pics of shoes, books, etc. and B. will reply with a 'keep or go' so that will help.  We'll pack up things he wants to keep and move those to storage, too - hopefully towards the front of the unit so (not likely but who knows) if B. decides to leave the Army, his stuff will be easily available for him to access.

We'll pitch in for the storage unit in an amount proportional to the space we use vs. the space they use.  We are nothing if not reasonable.

I lunched with a coworker today and when I mentioned the kids were moving in, he was stunned.  He said 'you've always said 'never' about that'.  And I said 'well, never is the preference - but I'm not going to let my son and his 'family' be homeless when we have a rather large home and 3 empty bedrooms'.  He concurred.

It's been a very long and very busy week (already) and next week will be more of the same.  My boss' dad is doing better (very great news) so my boss has been in the office more this week which has been great.  Today, we had one of those long talks we have when he stops by unexpectedly and we transact a gazillion things that have been looming in the cosmos and/or pending.  Got a lot of direction on things that needed to be confirmed (on both sides) and it was good to have him back.

I've got a couple fun dinners with friends coming up and a Saturday lunch with friends also approaching.  And our cruise and Disney trip aren't too far away.  I reminded someone at work 'and I'm out from 3/15 until 4/2' - and they sort of did a 'huge eye disbelief already' look.  We were talking about a meeting we need to schedule and she said "March".  And I said 'yes, but first two weeks of March'.  Gulp.

That's the news from here for now.  More soon.  This time next week, we'll have 'kids' doing homework, coming and going to/from various activities.  In some ways, it will be fun -

Hope that feeling stays.