Leaving is harder than we thought

The last few days were a bit stressful and exhausting. They seemed long but at the same time it felt like time was running away. We started to get ready to move out of our house weeks ago. We posted items on craigslist and started to sell furniture. All of a sudden Pan did not have a bed anymore (which he used more for storing his stuffed animals than sleeping anyways cause he still prefers to sleep between mommy and daddy) and our futon was gone as well - so we did it Asian style and propped up blankets and pillows and ate and relaxed on the floor (which did not bother us at all as we love to dine like that and plan on having a sitting/dining area on the floor in our new house too). Then we put all our unwanted stuff onto the patio and people came to check it out and take it off our hands. We met a lot of nice people and had interesting conversations and most importantly got rid of stuff. Stuff, stuff, stuff...we found out we had definitely more than we needed and we were surprised how all that stuff got into the house in just one year. Well, it felt good to get rid of a lot of unnecessary things. Kind of like a cleansing for our minds. Although we did not as good as expected, because the last three to two days we had some moments we did not know how we would finish all of it and sometimes we did not even know where to start. Pan was very patient but he liked to unpack whatever we packed and he got bored with just packing, packing and packing. We are so lucky to have a wonderful neighbor like Mike who was there for us and helped us packing and moving boxes. Even though he has a son, a job and a dog he always found time to hop the fence and give us a hand. THANK YOU! It was also very nice of him to take all the opened flour, sweets, sauces, nut butters etc ;) The last day we were in the house we had three friends helping and clayton's dad and we finally had everything out in the Jeep or in HaRVey and it was time for me to clean the house. All leftover things were put into the front yard and onto the curb and we hope people came and gave them a new home. To be sure that HaRVey would ride smoothly and without troubles we had a mechanic stop by to give him an oil change on the generator and the engine and check his battery cause HaRVey did not want to start last week. They also fiddled with the altitude adjustment and checked suspension and shocks. We were all set and ready to go after saying our goodbyes and hugging our neighbors several times. I had Clayton back out the Jeep cause I had just my left side mirror to guide me (well and the windshield of course). Clayton went to our mobile home and said while I waited in our car until he would pass me so I could follow him. Well, he never passed. I walked over to HaRVey and saw Clayton fiddling with the driver's door. Our mobile home did not want to make it easy on us it seemed. After trying a couple more times Clayton decided he has no other chance but going through the side door and crawling over all the stuff that was packed (and believe me it looked likes big challenge). He crawled over our bikes and after a few seconds made it into the driver's seat. Again we thought we were ready to go but HaRVey did not start. We knew that our jumper cables were packed and somewhere and found them soon in the back of the Jeep and started HaRVey. I left to bring back some things to the library and Clayton and I wanted to meet up at the gas station. Arriving there Clayton was a bit worked up. When I left HaRVey was running but as soon as I was out of sight he died on Clayton. After a few tries Clayton figured out that he has to step onto the gas pedal before starting the engine - and so he made it to the gas station and we filled up HaRVey. Clayton took of and I followed him. We were heading to south Denver (Parker) to stay with clayton's parents for a couple of weeks before heading to the cold north. The one hour drive turned out to be way more because of road work and so we arrived way past 10 PM at my in laws. But we made it :)