moving

We're gone! No longer in Provo. We've been in Nevada for a little over a week now. It's so nice! I love being around my family. I also love the people here, and the beautiful green valley and mountains. I didn't know how much I missed it.

I learned a few things while moving. 

• It takes a really long time to pack art well. You would think only 8-10 items wouldn't take that long to pack. But it took Starla and I about an hour to pack our art really well so it would be padded and protected.
• The advice "pack big things in small boxes and small things in big boxes" is terrible. Putting lots of small things in a big box will still make the big box really heavy. I put just a few big things together in a big box. That made it much lighter.
• Even if you pack everything that you can a few days in advance, it still leaves a 15 hour day for you on moving day.
• Moving is very expensive. It was about $1,000 to move to a neighboring state. 
• Cats are more afraid of the truck when they are inside and it's not moving than when they are inside while it's driving. 
• Even on grades that aren't very steep, the truck can only go about 25 MPH. 
• We couldn't have finished everything in time without the help of John's mom, Starla, his brother, Jacob, and our friend, Hilary. Thank you all so much!

Hilary, Craig, me, and John

We spent 13 hours in that truck the next day.