We spent most of the morning packing the rest of our gear & tidying up the house. Thankfully, the night before, Jenny, Greg & Carston came by & totally helped us pack the Uhaul. They did a superb job, fitting everything in and making sure all was set. We so could not have done it without them! Jenny and Greg came by in the morning to help with the remaining items, while Becca & I totally tried to get everything all set. Just after Noon we were on our way!

We stopped at the border to be “processed”. Like cattle we hearded into the office and waited. Mmmm Processed Soodz! We had no problems (YAY!) and we started driving east. We drove & drove & drove some more. Ooooo….we drove over the Mississippi River, which was uber cool! I never saw it before…now I can say I have

So OMG, we hit Chicago & wham! Deadlock! Traffic was crawling if it moved at all. It took us 2.5 hours to go like 6 miles!!! It was insanity! And ofcourse I ws the one driving through the chaos (you will read that arg, I drove through all the crap and J totally lucked out and got all the smooth sailing…grrr). Needless to say after that wild and stressful ride we were all ready to stop for the day!

Once free from the traffic jam, we found a place to stay for the night at Tinely Park, Illinois (just outside Chicago). The manager was sweet enough to make an exception for Charisma the cat & we woofed down some fast food. As a treat for Becca being such an angel , we all went swimming in the hotel pool. Becca had a blast swimming with both of us, since usually there is only one of us present when we go swimming. We all passed out for the night….(although the hotel pillows were terrible and J totally did not sleep well until he grabbed a towel from the bathroom and used that instead!)

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Ok So we have made it to Riverside. Actually we arrivied Monday night, but with unpacking, buying a fridge, setting up all the crap one needs to live, this is the first chance I have gotten to sit down and blog!!!

I am going to “blog” like I would have every night of the trip to give you all the dirt on the trip….Soooo, grab yourself a drink, sit back and enjoy the next few posts (I am writing them now so you may just have to wait a little )

chelle

So yeah…I packed….Oh my exciting life to blog about. Pack Pack Pack

Becca was an angel today about the whole packing thing. It was not until bedtime that she showed any signs of anxity. Not that you can blame the chica, all her stuff is disappearing into boxes, never to be seen again, well as far as she knows.

Ok, so there are a lot of things I am going to miss about living in Canada. But one of the major things is Canada TV. For those of you who do not know, Canadian television is control by a govering body called the CRTC ( Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission). Ultimately, it protects us wee little Canadians and our devoted Canadian created programing from being overwhelmed by the big budget (usually better) American programing. Now there are a lot of Canadians that believe that the role of the CRTC is overstated and that we should have the freedom to “choose” American television over Canadian programing. I am not one of those people. Don’t get me wrong, I love American TV, but there will always be a spot in my heart for Degrassi Jr High, Air Farce, This Hour has 22 minutes, Much Music, and all the other rockin Canadian produced programs. There are few Canadians (especially in my generation) that did not grow up with Degrassi & Beach Combers. *sigh* Two long years without CBC….CTV, OMG No Much Music. Although, a little MTV will be cool…..damn no Rick the Temp…..

I am off to veg out in preparation for more…….*drum roll* Packing

*sigh* I am exhausted……I packed, and packed and packed and packed today. Oh Oh! But the excitment lies in trying to keep Becca the One Year Old entertained while I prepare for our trek to another country. We did take a break and head over to the park for an hour so Becca could let off some of that steam….it worked kinda….

J is going out with some collegues tonight….so as per tradition I am going to climb into my PJ’s, eat snack food and watch mindless television

Only a few more days until we push off…..damn I cannot believe the time to leave has come….

w00t w00t! I worked my final shift! I am officially a Stay at Home Mommy once again. I have to admit there were some bonuses to going back to work temporarily. I was able to watch Buffy and Angel! I listened tons to Izzy, my ipod. But most of all I have a new found apprecaition for staying at home with my baby! I missed our care free days, attempting to decide between a trip to the park or the local swimming pool. Oh, one more plus….J was able to be Mr. Mom for a while. Now he has a greater understanding of what we do all day and was able to spend some hard core quality time with his daughter!

So OMG OMG OMG!!!! We are moving to California like this week. Please please do not ask me if we are all packed, because I will tell you now folks, we are so not all packed. But it will happen….LMAO it has to happen, that or we leave it behind, which really is so not an option.

Awwwww Becca…..she is so awesome. We were cleaning up the living room and she totally stood on her own!! Up until now the only time she would do that was when she was so distractd I could trick her into it. Now, unless she realizes she is not holding on she is totally initiating it herself! It is so cute! I feel terrible that she is on the brink of greatness witht he walking thing and we are going to strap her into a van and hold her hostage for five days *sigh* bad timing….

I am so frikin excited about going though! Back to packing and organizing I go……