9:30 pm Eastern Time, 6:30 pm Pacific Time, on the eve of the kids' and my departure to the west... Not sure how exactly I'll navigate the time change with the kids after we land, but that's likely something better left to deal with when the time comes.The truck arrived in Ventura this morning, and Y. and a childhood buddy of his who lives in San Diego unloaded it within a few hours. Now they are moving things around the house and trying to figure out where key items - like the TV remote - may have been stashed. I was less helpful to Y. in this particular effort than he would have liked...
A need-to-do item that we wish we didn't have to deal with right now is buying a second (used) vehicle... Y's first day of work is next Tues, one week from today, and it's in San Diego. We will need the use of a second vehicle by then, whether it's a rental or a new purchase. We typically buy private but have little time and a probable need to finance, so in this case we're thinking probably dealership buy. Would rather not rush into anything but don't really want to spend $300+ on a rental car for a week either if we don't have to. Irritating.
As I start to pack my bags for the plane ride tomorrow afternoon, I'm finding it funny the degree to which I overestimated the down time I would have in the past week. For example, I thought perhaps I'd read a novel or penning some notes, which is a bit laughable given how little free time I've actually had since I left the farm. How typical of me!
How bizarre it seems that tomorrow is actually the day we fly. I realized today that, if we don't return to New England till next summer, it will be the longest time I have ever been away from this area since my family moved here in 1985.
