Finally
August 9th, 2008US Steel contacted Fred Friday afternoon before he left his office to inform him that they would send the movers in the next few weeks to finish packing our house and moving us to Birmingham where Fred will take over the Temper Mill. He and I are running down to Birmingham next Saturday so we can meet with a realtor about rental houses because we don’t know the area yet that we would feel comfortable living in. Once we get a six-month rental on a house, we’re driving back up so that we can attend the closing on our home that following Friday then turn around with Meghan and Nevin and drive back down to Birmingham.
Nevin has already been invited to a “spend the night” with his favorite cousin, Dylan, the weekend of September 12 for Dylan’s sixth birthday so Meg and Nevin will probably spend a few days in Florida while they’re down in south Alabama. Naturally, Nev thinks that moving to Alabama means lots of birthday parties, and he’s mostly right. All of the little cousins in Pensacola want him at their birthday parties so he’s ecstatic to have family all his own.
Fred’s thrilled that the wait is over, and he’s finally worked on the garage today so that Todd could move all 62 boxes I already packed out of the house where we were beginning to bump into them. He’s called all of his family and planned time in Florida with them.
Ian called last night and is looking into investing in an oyster farm with his friend, Jason, down in Cedar Key, Florida. He sounded really pumped about it, and Fred and I told him to go for it . . . life’s short.
Meghan’s just geared up like there’s a fire lit under her. She’s ready to finally leave Indiana and start a new life for her and her son.
And I’m ready to sleep for a thousand hours then awaken refreshed. Finally.