You + Me = Us

Our move... the equation.

One week with my mother in NY
+ just enough free boxes from Starbucks
- alone time
+ 2 rolls of packing tape
+ Tom and Melissa's oasis amidst packing
+ my amazing medium reading
x 2 helpers driving down on Friday
+ a 16' truck
/ parallel parking the 16' truck 8 times
+ one special moving helper with fur!
x Dad's mad packing abilities
- 2 sets of keys turned into the building super
x 3 vehicles caravanning
- Zane's 1991 Honda Accord seizing on the highway once we hit CT
x 3 people standing on the side of the highway for 1.5 hours waiting for a tow truck
x Dad's mad re-packing abilities
- 3 hours lost of travel time
/ a great Chinese dinner
+ Mom and Neil unpacking a ton by the time we arrived 3 hours late (squared)
- spending the weekend with Mom and Dad
+ spending the weekend with Zane's Mom and Dad
/ unpacking
x internet!
x cable television for the first time in 2 years!
x 200 channels
+ beautiful nature
- a trip to the Springfield RMV (=s DMV in normal speak) to get my car on the road
x 2 when we had to return after incorrect paperwork
- one flat tire on MY 2003 Honda Accord on the way BACK up
+ Zane's proven manhood of changing a tire on the side of the road!
+ Julie singing "What a man" by Salt N Peppa while Zane changes the tire
x 2 new back tires
+ no parents for a couple days
= We made it.