After a lot of praying, thinking, waiting, more praying, we finally decided on a law school. I of course was hoping for schools more within driving distance from my parents- i.e. Duke. Spencer really wanted to attend a school that would play BYU in football- i.e. Notre Dame. So after a lot of praying, a decision was made- Cornell.
Our apartment we found on Craigslist. We didn't have any extra funds to come out to Ithaca and decide on something so we did a lot of internet searching and researching through friends and alumni. We chose our place basically because it was the cheapest place around, but now we are finding little gems associated with that. Lots of LDS families (seriously like Wymount for Ithaca) It's also pretty close to campus and parks and shopping as well. Drew has lots of "friends" that have even asked for him to come out and play. I think some of the girls in the neighborhood think I am about 16. They knocked on the door and asked me to hold their jump rope. Later when I told them I had to go start making dinner they couldn't fathom the thought that I was the mom in the apartment.
Now for the car. We left the good ol' Corolla in Provo. Probably the place it will eventually die. But as for now my younger brother Nathan is driving around P-town wooing girls and taking them out on dates. That was the best little car I've ever driven (its the only car I've ever driven actually) We did the final cleaning and reminisced on all the many miles we put on it and the places we had been.
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| Spencer in a majestic shot on the banks of the Mississippi River (Please note the missing hubcap) |
We weren't exactly sure how far it would make it on our joinery to Ithaca so instead we did something completely crazy and bought a brand new Honda Accord. We flew to Atlanta to cut out about 20 hours of driving and made the decision there. My family headed south to the beach, and we headed north for New York. About 3 hours into the drive I decided we were glad we went we the leather interior after I spilled soda on the passenger seat.
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| Spencer and Drew at the dealership the morning the car got off the truck. |
And finally, here is drew in his new carseat. I use to have to hand him snacks as bribery while I wrangled his arms through the straps of his old seat. Now he goes in his seat without a problem, often falling asleep on even the shortest drives.
I might never get around to explaining some of the bad decisions on the last post. Basically when U-haul says that you have up to 2000lbs in a 5x8 box, you actually have about 1300 lbs because the box it self is included in the weight. So we ended up taking out a lot of stuff and selling basically everything we own. (Still have no couch or table or dressers or tv or desk or shelves) Also, the stuff you do actually ship better not be considered fragile (which includes Tupperware bins) because everything was crushed, shattered, and broken when we received it. which was another thing, the guy that delivers the U-box was out of town for two weeks. So we could have waited for him to get back or instead pay to rent a truck move everything out of the box, into the truck, drive the truck to our apartment then unload it again. Can you tell I am working on a nice long letter to send to U-haul? Maybe after we get some sort of compensation U-haul will turn out to be a good decision.
