Um, you have got to be kidding me
Today, Craig was supposed to leave the ‘ville bright and early on his way to Omaha via St. Louis. I knew leaving was going to be difficult since he’s never moved out of Kentucky and now that his Nana recently passed, his poor mom has been totally dreading us leaving KY.
Around 10am, I get “the call” from Craig. I originally thought “the call” would be the somber, down-and-out call sounding something like, “hey babes. I left the ‘ville. It was difficult and I’m sad, but I’m on the road to St. Louis.” What I did not expect was “the call” that I actually got which sounded like “hey babes. I just fell down the stairs and sprained my ankle.”
You have got to be kidding me. Seriously, is this really happening to us?
Sure enough, while lugging his suitcase down the stairs this morning, he completely missed the last 2 steps and landed smack-dab on his right ankle.
So, our game plan for today changed slightly now that Craig couldn’t drive. His parents drove him up here and they arrived just after 6:30 CST. My pops looked at Craig’s ankle (Pops is a physician) and ordered an x-ray, so I paged my friend, Jill, who is an x-ray tech and she met us up at the office (which had closed already) and she shot the films. Took them back to pops at home and in the dim lights of the living room, he said they looked “ok.” They’ll be read by a radiologist tomorrow, but hopefully things are OK.
The mothership made a great meal and we relaxed a bit before we had to say goodbye to the Lotz ‘rents. They’re staying tonight at an area hotel, so we said goodbye at the house and they headed out for the night. About 10 minutes later, we get a call from the Lotz Mothership and she said that apparently Craig left his phone on the hotel bed when they dropped their stuff off in the room earlier tonight. So, we drove over to the hotel and grabbed his phone. This gave us a final opportunity to say goodbye.
It’s been a very long day and an exhausting last 2 weeks, so needless to say, I’ll be thrilled when Sunday is over and we’re all moved into our new residence in the great state of Nebraska.
I’d better hit the sack. I’ll awake in 6 hours and drive 8 hours to Oma-he. Wish us luck on our trek through the Midwest. Next blog will be posted from Nebraska!
Y’all really have had a stressful couple of weeks!
I hope it’s smooth sailing the rest of the way to Omaha, where you both deserve a couple of very stiff drinks!
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Comment by Heather | July 8, 2006
Oh my goodness…You poor guys! Hopefully the rest of the move will be uneventful.
Comment by Crystal | July 8, 2006