Moving Part 1

I would like to say that we're half way done with our move, but since we're in DC tonight, that really only means we're about 20% done. Of course most of the move consists of the drive to Rochester, which we're doing tomorrow morning. Wohoo!
It's still weird to think that we're never going back "home" to Copeley. Don't get me wrong, our next place is going to be an upgrade, but there's something about that creek in front of our apartment with the rusty bikes in it that just pulls at my heartstrings. We'll miss it, so much in fact that we've already planned a trip to visit when we get back from Utah at the end of August.
We had a great last few days in Charlottesville, even if they mostly consisted of packing our belongings, heading to Kmart to pick up clearance bubble wrap and tape (15 feet of wrap for $.87... amazing!), trips to Goodwill, and dozens of trips to the dumpster. We got to spend quality time with our friends and since we had prepped so well for packing, we didn't feel too stressed about our move this morning. We saran-wrapped ALL of our furniture so it wouldn't get banged up, and stacked our boxes in our family room. We'll have to post pictures when we finally get our computer to cooperate. It's a little on the busted side. It was a sad sight, but it really made the move this morning go smoothly. We woke up fairly early to pick up our moving truck, helped our friend Ryan move some of big furniture to his new apartment and then he helped us along with Jamieson to move everything from our place. It took about an hour or so, but luckily it wasn't too hot today, and it was mostly overcast which was such a blessing. We got our last meal at Five Guys (delicious) and hit the road. It surprisingly only took 15 minutes longer than it usually takes us to get to Ben's parents house.
After a much needed shower we went out with Ben's parents, brother and friends to Hippie Fest. I don't consider myself a Hippie by any means, and I don't think the bands that played were big Hippie bands either. It was a lot of fun; we staked out a place on the grass, had a picnic and then the show began. Badfinger, The Rascals, The Zombies, and The Turtles were some of the bands that performed, even if most of the band members were dead. I was singing along to most of the songs, but it was hilarious to see some people bust out dancing. Some drunk middle-aged couple sat in front of us, and occasionally they would make-out and sip wine from their LED light stemmed wine glasses. They kept encroaching on our blanket, but they were drunk, so we couldn't do much about it. It was funny, yet disgusting. Anyway, lots of fun, but I forgot my camera to document it.
So this is just the beginning of the tale of our move... stay tuned for more posts about our new place. It should be a long day tomorrow, but at least some Missionaries called us from Rochester to let us know that they'll help us move in. Hopefully the move in will go as smoothly as the move out. Keep your fingers crossed!