By June and into July we were getting down to the wire, where if a school did accept him, it would be a rush to get us there in time. One day I was in the shower, and as clear as day I had a whole plan of how we would pack and move somewhere quickly. If necessary, I decided Dave could drive to his school, I would stay and extra week or two and pack everything, and he could fly back and we'd drive there together. It was weird and I was wondering why I was planning this all, when we hadn't been accepted anywhere.
THE VERY NEXT DAY (Tuesday, July 5th) Dave came home and said that Touro University in California e mailed him and rejected him, but said they were sending his application to Touro Las Vegas. We hadn't even applied there cause we missed the deal line. The following day, (Wednesday, July 6th) Touro Las Vegas called him and accepted him over the phone. Orientation was that very day, so obviously we missed that. They told us we absolutely had to be there by Friday, July 15th, so he could catch the make up orientation. That gave us only 9 days. But we wanted to be there and moved in somewhere before Friday, so we planned on moving the Wednesday the 13th! Exactly one week to tie up all loose ends, quit our jobs, pack, load and get there. Allowing us one day to find a place (Thursday 14th and hopefully start moving in the same day or the following day and be done moving in by Friday at 3pm, cause we didn't want/have the money to pay for another day of the truck)
Somehow we did it. I'm not sure how, but we did. We both had to work until the day before we left. Dave had a ton of surgeries at the clinic and I had clients already booked a week out, plus I was teaching and the last day of class was Tuesday 12th. I would pack a little hear and there, but Dave seriously packed almost the entire house. I was too dang sick to really do much of anything. Getting to work was about all the strength I had. Over the weekend Dave hit it hard and did almost everything on Saturday. He was like superman, flying through the house, faster then a speeding bullet! Despite family wanting us to hang our with them all day Sunday, we managed to get a lot done.
Tuesday evening I went to teach class, while everyone came and loaded up the U haul! I am so grateful for everyone who came and helped! When I got home they were almost completely done! I was dreading the cleaning. I had tried to clean earlier, but the fumes from the cleaning supplies made me so so sick, I was thinking I would just leave the place dirty and eat the deposit. Davi came and cleaned the kitchen and that was a huge help! In the evening my cute little angle beehives came and helped move and also did ALL the cleaning! The cleaned the bathroom, the walls, the baseboards, the blinds and even the soapy grime off the laundry room floor! They were so great! I kept thanking Heavenly Father for sending them over to help me! I will never forget their example of charity and service. They were only 12, but they seemed to know more then most about Christ like charity. (We ended up getting our full deposit back, thats how awesome they did!!!)
That night we slept in an empty apartment on our air mattress. The place echoed when we talked to each other. The next morning, after a quick vacuum, we were off. I honestly don't remember too much of the drive. I was feeling really nauseated that day and it seems like I would just zone out while driving and then snap back and wonder how" how did I get here" It was weird, and I ate a lot of cheese sticks. The Holmgren's fed us in Cedar City. Our little 5 or so hour drive ended up taking closer to 8 cause the U haul had a trailer on the back, so it was slow drivin at times.
We stayed at the Fiesta Henderson (ha ha ha ha) I can't believe we stayed there. We got a really good deal for 2 nights but its probably the lowest class hotel/casino in the area. Oh well, we didn't know. The smoke about put me over the edge and the buffet gave Dave the runs! Ha ha.
Thursday was "find a place to live day" We basically found the school and started driving from there. Dave wanted to be close so he could ride his bike. We looked at several places and took lots of tours. Nothing was super nice or brand new (which I was hoping for) but we did find a nice place that is pretty roomy. So we got the paper work started some time around 4. Of course they do back ground check, and of course Dave passed right away, but with my "criminal record" I delayed the process...
Dave's parents had driven down to help us unload, and were just waiting for our call. By Friday morning we still hadn't been approved so we headed to the storage unit and completely unloaded the truck, turned it in and paid our bill. We were done by about 10:30 or so. We went back to our hotel for Dave to show and get ready for orientation at noon. AS SOON AS we pulled into the hotel parking lot, the apartment called Dave and told him we were cleared and ready to move in. HA HA HA oh the irony! Seriously! We JUST unloaded the truck!
Dave went to school. I went to the U haul store. Rented another truck and started loading. Holly and Dave came back and loaded the truck. (By now its noon day and bloody hot out side, probably close to 120 degrees) I was of course feeling sick as a dog and hardly able to lift a finger. They loaded everything. I pretty much sat there and watched. I don't think I have ever felt so helpless before in my life! I hated the situation, but was again so grateful to have them there and helping us when we needed it so badly!
Around 3 we met dave at the apartment with the U haul. The boys took over from there. They made a few trips and got us completely moved in. I was left alone for a while and fell asleep on the bed (ha ha never move when you're pregnant! cause you are worthless) Dave and his dad worked so freakin hard! And in a day, it was done. We had dinner with them and they were off. And there we were surrounded by mountains of boxes to unpack.
In the lovely state of Nevada, they completely shut off all gas and electric when tenant move out and it takes them about a week to get things turned back on. Normally that would be no big deal, cause usually people have a plan when they move and time to get things turned on. Luckily we were able to get our electricity on that day, but we weren't so lucky with the gas...no hot water for 5 days! Ha Ha it was THE worst. So we got a little creative. We would wait till night (when most people are in for the night) and go out to the pool and shower at the outdoor showers. I would take a little bag of soap and shampoo and sometimes even a razor. Thats right, I shaved outside in a nasty exposed shower. Ha ha we would laugh the whole time we were out there, wondering if people thought we were homeless. Of course you never really feel clean when you are showering in your swim suit, but it was better then freezing water! By the 5th day I was so excited to shower in the house! It was like Christmas morning for me.
Despite the crazy experience we had in getting here, we absolutely love it. Dave loves Touro and our ward is awesome! We hope to stay here for the duration of Dave schooling, but even if we don't we can look back on this and laugh and think of it as a fun time!
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