February 19, 2008--Moving

We moved yesterday. It was quite an adventure, actually. Our plans were to pick up the rental truck at 8:00am and our helpers were arriving at our house at a quarter to 9:00. One of my sisters came over to babysit, and Erick and I drove the car over to the trunk rental place. On the way there, the car was acting funny. We started to wonder if was even going to make it there. They had told us the pick up time of 8:00. Right before we left he checked the website and they had 9:00 listed. When we got there, the door said they opened at 10:00. We went to Wal-Mart to use the pay phone and called the 1-800 number, and they told us 9:00. We waited around until 9:00, called over there to make sure they were there, and drove back to the truck rental place. On the way, it started snowing really hard--almost a whiteout. I had suggested dropping Erick off there and going back home to let the helpers know we were going to be getting a late start, but with the snow and the way the car was running we decided not to. At the truck rental place, their computer system was running slow. It was taking several minutes to get from page to page, and they had about six pages they needed to get through. It took a full 45 minutes to check out the truck, but by the time we left, the snow had stopped. We headed back home. I was following Erick in the car. We had planned to take the highway all the way off, but suddenly he turned off onto a country road. I followed him, not really knowing what he was doing at the time. I guess there was a lot of stopped traffic because of an accident, but I coudln't see it around the big truck. We get down the road a bit, and all of a sudden I realize I can't seem to accelerate. The car had died. I rolled to a stop, put it in park, and tried to restart it. It woudn't turn over. I tried and tried. Erick turned around and came back for me and we went home. We gave the keys and title to his brother and told him if he wanted it he was welcome to get it. We just don't have the time to find out what's wrong with it right now. We were two hours late getting a start on loading the truck. By the time we got to the church, it was around 5:30. One of my sisters came with me, because she has a friend from Terre Haute who wanted to come see her. He came out and helped unload, as did at least half the church. I couldn't believe how many people came out to help us. It was incredible and they had it all done before supper time. They fed us, too. :) Today we came back to finish up this house. I'm typing with the keyboard on my lap because all of our furntiture is gone. They are going to try and get us internet access at the parsonage, but they are having problems trying to find a provider that services that area.