Nomads

We drove away from our apartment. It's locked and the keys are inside. We are nomads cruising down the Massachusetts Turnpike.

It was a weird and somewhat solemn feeling pulling away from our home....

See You Later Boston Part 2

It seems like people know that it is my last day in Beantown (for a while).  On my way to work I was asked directions to the aquarium. I told him to follow the path along the water. Then, I was asked if there were any good pastry shops around. Boy, do I know pastry shops!! I gave him directions to Flour. Yum. He is going to love me for it and never know how to thank me.

 

As for me, I'm enjoying a large chai latte with skim milk from the Boston Common Coffee Co. They make the best chai lattes I've ever had. The milk is nice and fluffily steamed. AND They put cinnamon on top. Yum.

 

 

Jaywaking in Boston

Guess how much the fine is for getting caught jaywalking in Boston?   $1.

Guess how much the Mayor wants it to be?  $20.

Guess how much jaywalking I do on a daily basis getting to work in Boston?  priceless.

See You Later Boston

Tomorrow we say "See you later" to Boston. I'll miss our East Coast friends and family. I'll miss New England in the fall. I'll miss making snow angels in the front yard. I'll miss the annual cupcakerie tour! I'll miss the Red Sox. I'll miss running along the Charles River. I'll miss long walks through the City in the Spring. I'll miss the Make Way for Ducklings ducks in the Public Garden. I'll be back!!!

Fred has all of our stuff. Safe and sound, with two locks on his door. We'll see him again on October 30th. We've been cleaning the apartment and purging our remaining goods over the last few days. Our co-workers have hosted "see you later" lunches for us. We're set to go. Tomorrow night we leave for Stop #1: Uncle Alan's in Longmeadow, MA.

If you've ever wanted to visualize a packed Portable On Demand Storage unit there are a few pics on our picasa site in the album named Fred. It's an organized chaos. Trust me. All of the items were packed strategically by a licensed engineer.

A wrote this and I think it sums up our situation pretty well.  I, now, have the cold but A is feeling better!

 

"So we are packed, what a weekend…  The cold (illness) and the rain (from the sky) didn't help but we did it.  Our POD (Fred) is loaded and on its way to CA…  Now we have to clean up and wait to leave."

Time check

The PODS unit is packed. We call him "pod" as in "Whassup Pod!". The air mattress is inflated and we are crawling into insta bed.

Pod is scheduled to be picked up between 7 30 and 10 30 tomorrow am.

A New Beginning

With the start of fall, A and I are embarking on our next adventure. Our Adventure of October 2009 officially began today with the arrival of our portable storage unit.
My husband continues to amaze me. He is recovering from a cold. It was raining all day. Yet, he tirelessly carried box after box out to the storage unit and packed everything with care. I was busy boxing our remaining items and stayed pretty dry. I am truly amazed at the progress we made today. I am proud of ourselves for beginning the packing and purging process over a month ago. We have one more day of packing and loading and then we'll be nomads with only the clothes on our back.

Our October itinerary is packed with action so check back often to read the story of the day.

For those who like to read the last page of the book first. We'll be unpacking our PODS unit on Halloween. Not because it takes that long for the PODS unit to get to Oakland, but because we have adventures planned until then!