Dan and Shelley

Well, this post is more than a little overdue.   Oh well, that’s what you get when you are really busy I suppose.  I’ve started more than one post in my head only to never write them down or get so sidetracked I loose my train of thought.  Our last date in Pittsburgh was the weekend of October 17.  Wasn’t a long weekend there, only one night, because the next day we packed up and moved to Ohio.  There was some fun moments in the move that I will never forget.  One was Dan getting the truck stuck before anything was even in it and almost wrecking it over the hill.  Yeah, when something like that happens, that just starts things off on a bad note.  Thankfully Eric and Jimmy got the rescue truck from the fire hall and towed it out.  After it was all packed, the cars we were taking was all packed we still had just a truck full of things that needed to go… Again, thankfully Eric and Jimmy borrowed Kevin’s truck and we packed that up and off we went, well so we thought.  Ron was driving the truck to the road and it almost got stuck again.  If it wasn’t for Eric pushing the Penske truck with Kevin’s truck it would have.  This move could not have been made if it wasn’t for Eric, Amy and Jimmy.  I heart you guys, I truly do, and I owe you so much more than I could ever pay back.  Thank you.

After the drive out here, which was Dan in his car, Ron in the Penske truck, Me and the kids in my car, and Mom in her car followed a bit further behind by Eric and company in the truck, we started to unload with the help of Jann.  Well, we did after Jimmy got there with the keys for the lock on the Penske truck.  It really didn’t take long to unload everything… and it went a lot smoother than it did packing it.  Dan and Jann then went to get the rest of Dan’s things, or at least his bed, but forgot the key he needed back here, so that didn’t go well at all.  After a long day, we all passed out.  The next day Dan met up with Tim and got everything out of his old place.  Then it was just the job of unpacking everything… that took a while.  I think I still have a box in our closet.  Suppose if I haven’t needed the stuff by now, I won’t.

On the whole everything has went rather smoothly.  Everyone adjusted well to our new surroundings.  My new job is going well, I only had orientation for two days and 5 night shifts.  The children are very happy, they have their own play room now.  Honestly, in ways things have just clicked into place and it seems almost like we have been living together for a long time now.  As for me, I’ve never been so spoiled in my life.

I will keep updating here with the wedding plans as I make them.  Yeah, I know… nothing like waiting to the last minute to figure everything out.  Procrastination at it’s best!  Truthfully, I’m nervous about making everything fit the way it’s supposed to fit.  Maybe more so because I’ve never planned out anything like this… I didn’t even have baby showers with the children.  Being center of attention is not in my comfort zone.  I know it will work out just fine though and I’m more than ready for me to trip at some point.  So if I expect the worse, maybe the worse will not happen.

For lack of a better title I decided on this one.  This was our last full weekend together in my apartment.  Next weekend we will be moving everything to live together finally.  I absolutely cannot wait and I’m so very happy about it, but let me tell what happened this last full weekend.

Dan came out Friday night as usual.  Originally he was going to be out earlier, but there was somethings that needed finishing up before he left.  When he got there Nicky was already asleep, but Shannon wanted to wait up for him so I let her.  She had colored him a special picture beforehand and we were in the middle of a book when he called when he was getting close.  So we stopped reading and went to wait for him at the door.  After he got in, we started to finish her book then take her to bed.  We honestly were not too long to follow her to bed and didn’t even bother to eat dinner.

Saturday I woke up with Nicky and having heard about the Pittsburgh Raddical days they had I decided to look them up and see what was going on around us that was free.  Turns out that the Boyce Mayview Park was having some little things for the children going on, like a bug nature walk, crafts and a hike.  It sounded interesting so I took the chance and woke up Dan asking him what he thought.  Of course he said alright so we got around and made our way there.  I will admit I missed the turnoff into the Park, parked in the wrong place two times, but we still found it relatively in time.  I thought it was a nice day even if Nicky was a bit grumpy and Shannon seemed to have a good time.  From there we went back home and Dan took a little nap on the couch while I cleaned up the breakfast dishes.  After another look on the free days we saw that the zoo was free on Sunday so we decided that even if we had to be up and moving early we would go.  Again, after the kids were in bed we were not far to follow.

Sunday morning came early for us, but that’s how Nicky wakes up normally.  We got ready quickly and off we went to the zoo to get there right when they opened.  The day was really rather nice and the animals more active than they were last time we were there.  Nicky of course go restless toward the end.  I took about eighty pictures of the day and some of Dan even though he was grumpy about that.  After leaving there we went back to the apartment to get Dan’s things before going over to my Mom’s house.  Over there we spent a nice afternoon talking and then eating dinner.  As always time for him to leave came way too soon, but it wasn’t that bad.  I think because we knew it wasn’t going to be but a few more days before this separation is over.  Honestly though, I still hate to see him leave.  So, there you have it, our last full weekend at the apartment here.  I know it should be a sad sort of thing to think of, but it’s not.  I’m so excited about starting our life together… about not having to be apart so very much.  I truly cannot wait.