Saturday, June 7, 2008

Crisis Living!

Greetings from Laramie! You may be asking yourself, "Why is she in Laramie?" Trust me, I'm not too fond of being here either. It has been a long time since I've blogged and that's because my husband moved to Nebraska two weeks ago and took his computer with him. I've been so out of the loop! Scott came back late Thursday night and we packed our huge U-Haul Friday morning and headed out to begin our adventure in Nebraska. Scott's brother, Sean was driving the U-Haul for us and we drove our car with the baby. Well, to make a long story short, our U-Haul died somewhere in between Rawlins, Wyoming and Laramie. The U-haul died going up a hill. Scott got out of our car and went back to check with Sean about what was the problem and the baby is crying so I jump in the back to feed him. I look out the back window and all I see is the U-Haul rolling back down the hill (luckily it was on the shoulder of the road). It was a little bit scary, not being able to do anything and not being able to call him. All was well as the truck settled at the bottom of the hill. I drove back around the highway to get them. We waited an hour on the side of the highway in the rain for the "wrecker" to come get us and tow us away. Now back to being in a Laramie hotel. The shop was closed last night as it was 10:00 before we got there. So it is Saturday morning and we are waiting for the U-Haul people to move all of our nicely packed and organized stuff into a new U-Haul. It probably won't be until at least noon until we get out of here. We were making such great time too! Not anymore. We probably won't be able to get there until 9:00 or so. Anyways, I'll have to update the blog later with pictures. But I thought this was too good not to post! My mom calls my life, crisis living, as everything always turns out harder than it needs to be!

12 comments:

Kristin said...

Seriously, you two crack me up. I guess hiring someone to do all of it would have been easier. Hee Hee But then we wouldn't have these strories. Thanks for entertaining us. Good luck with the rest of the trip.

Mark and Tamarie said...

Kim, I can just you hear you laughing at the whole situation though. Good luck on your move! Have you guys sold your Condo yet? Mark say it up on Utahhomes the other day.

McKelle said...

Oh Kimmie that sucks, Laramie...fun! Glad everyone is ok though! Hope you make it safely!!

Michelle said...

Oh, we know that stretch of road so well. I'm so sorry! I hope that everything is smooth sailing for you from here on out. You guys deserve a break! Good luck getting there and getting settled. We look forward to your next post!

Katie said...

Oh my gosh, what fun! I can't beleive you are gone now! I'm sorry we didn't even see you before you left. Now we have 2 weeks and we are gone too. Yikes! I hope the uhaul situation worked out and you got to Omaha safely!!

Anonymous said...

All I can say is WOW! We are getting ready to move to SLC in about 6 weeks, so this post confirms that my worst fear about driving a u-haul was unfortunately a reality for you. Hope you got there ok!

Sheila said...

Oh my GOSH Kim!! Seriously what a trip! Hopefully you guys are all safe and sound, Laramie is better than like, some ghetto of LA I guess, right?? I'm sure you'll look back and laugh, if you're not already doing that. You've gotta laugh.

Ashlee said...

Girl, you do have drama in your life. And the funny thing is your not a total drama girl - it just happens to you. Best of luck and I hope everything else goes smoothly. I'm jealous - I have a feeling you're going to see my sister more than me now.

DK Johnston said...

this is great. Quite the adventure. Dan also has a Uhaul story...it broke down on him while moving his sister across the country. I was wondering what happened to you....glad that you are ok. we miss you guys!

The Runyons said...

Wow! Good luck! I hope you get settled in soon. The house you're buying is adorable too. Congratulations!
Tyson is such a cute baby. Good thing you worked out so much with volleyball so that you have the muscle strength to carry him around. You have a beautiful family!
Love you all!

Karlee Turner said...

I'm so sorry you had such drama on your journey...as if moving to Nebraska wasn't drama in and of itself :) Hope you guys are safe and sound in your new home, I'm sure you will love it and love relying on just your little family!

Hafen Crew said...

Wow you picked the best part of Wyoming to break down. So CRAZY!! I just love it. Hopefully my moving trip goes a lot easier. I'm NOT looking forward to it. Are you getting all settled in? Hopefully your cars survive the storms. I hear the hail is brutle. Maybe we'll see ya soon!