Mothers' Day and Moving

Wow! Two weeks ago feels like ages. A lot has happened in a few short weeks. Tony was due to fly out to North Carolina on May 10th after I finished my final. However, I somehow found that I could exchange his ticket so he could come in on the 8th. This way we could have a few days together before ‘the big drive.’ Thankfully his work was gracious and let him have these two extra days off. So, I picked him up at the airport Saturday. We spent that day just hanging out and catching up. Sunday was Mothers’ Day. I had been heckling Tony that I wanted a Mothers’ Day card… I guess my constant reminders worked because he found me a mother-to-be card. It made my day!! We went to church together and then we went to the Fayetteville Rose Gardens. We had gone every year we had been in North Carolina, so it was really special that we got to go again this last time. The weather and the flowers were both so beautiful.

Next we went to get some gelato at a local place. Next I attempted to study for my final the next day. That didn’t work (thanks to the obnoxious girls at Barnes and Noble) so we went out for an early dinner. To finish out the day we got to meet up with some of Tony’s friends. It was quite a perfect day. Monday brought the end of the semester; I finished up my final final and said goodbye to my classmates.

I returned to the house to finish packing. Tony got to spend the morning with Jon hitting golf balls and hanging out. When Kandice got off of work we all met up at Chilis where we had gone the first time we all met. We enjoyed a great dinner then set off for Jon and Kandice’s house. The plan was to catch a little sleep and then leave in the ‘morning’ (aka-3:00a.m.). However, plans changed when schedules to meet up with our friends down in Georgia didn’t coordinate. We decided to leave Monday night. Kandice quickly packed her bag, we all said goodbye to Jon and the three of us hopped into the car at 9:30p.m. Tony kindly took the first shift driving while Kandice and I tried to get some sleep. We made great time and got to Texas around 2:30p.m. the next day.

We had some good times, but a sports car with three people and a bunch of luggage for 19 hours is a little rough on the bum, and cramped on the legs. We were very blessed to have a safe and speedy trip. We’ll miss all of the great friends that we made in North Carolina.

Love, Melanie, Tony, & +1