One week ago it was moving day. I drove down the dirt road to what was soon to be my previous residence. I drove into the driveway, attempted a turn to reverse my car so I could load it easily. No sooner did I do this when my front wheels decided to become stuck in the mud. After several attempts and a board under one of the tires my car was pulled out of the mud. I next walked into my room with a dysfunctional window dripping water onto the carpet and saturating the area under my headboard of my bed. My landlord then proceeded to inform me the electrical panel out in the pasture had caught on fire the previous night and there was not going to be power until a new electrical panel could be assembled. I then looked around and realized I had so much to be thankful for. So thankful that God's timing made it so that I needed to move into my new residence before the beginning of the year in order to secure myself the room in the home I was moving into.
My dear friend Emily who has incredible strength helped me load my car. She was insistent that we only make one trip and that all my belongings would fit in my car. She helped me shove my queen mattress in the car good thing that mattress is soft and flexible and might I add forgiving. Emily also helped me load my computer hutch into my car and put it on top of the mattress. When all was said and done there were very few vacant square inches in my car. She did this all in the rain.
I think Emily and I really like the rain. We ran in it for nearly 3 hours the previous Saturday and had such a great time. That's twice now I've had Emily run in the rain and mud with me. She was a trooper at the mud run. She made going up the cargo net and down the rope look like a walk in the park.
My new place is so peaceful and so nice and might I add warm. I was very cold many a night at my old place there wasn't heat in my room but it was a sacrifice I had to make there was a lesson in it for me.
Too bad I didn't take any photos of my adventurous move. My car tires stuck would have made a great photo and the mud splatters inside my car would make a great picture too. I think the mud has since dried there as a reminder of my journey. I think the stuffed interior of my vehicle would have made a great postcard. Well I've since charged my camera battery so I can take many a picture of my upcoming adventures in 2011.