Craig’s friend Susan (and now mine as well) moved from Prescott AZ to Lafayette IN a few years ago to be near her only remaining cousins. It was a decision that made sense post Covid but it did not work out as planned for a variety of reasons. The winter weather was very isolating and COLD. Susan was resigned to making do because the thought of moving again was stressful. Six weeks ago Craig and 2 friends (Dan and Bill from Prescott and Kingman AZ) decided it was time to get Susan back to Prescott where she has more friends, the weather is much warmer and the support services for older persons are excellent. A perfect duplex was quickly identified in Prescott. The hardest part was Susan accepting the short term stress of a move for the longer term gain. Many things fell into place (no lease penalties on her current place and new landlord renting below market rate) and the choice became obvious. Over the past 3 weeks Susan has been packing and I have been assisting as a Project Manager although Susan is super organized and has required little support.
Craig and I are driving up to IN on Sunday and will get the moving truck on Monday and start loading. We are going to trailer her car behind the truck so we can both drive. Susan will fly to AZ on Tuesday after we are done loading. A 3 day drive after the stressful month of packing would be cruel and unusual punishment. It is a 24 hour drive which we will do over 3 days starting Tuesday. Susan will get to Prescott Tuesday night and stay with Dan until we arrive at the end of the week with her possessions. We will get her stuff unloaded and unpacked enough to ensure she is functional in her new space before we fly back to Indy on Tuesday the 25th to get our car and drive back to Nashville.
We did investigate using a moving company or pods but we wanted to be sure we could make the moving in process as easy as possible. The only way we could be sure we could be there when the stuff arrived was to drive it.
I am very much looking forward to the car trip and look forward to seeing that part of AZ. I have never driven a big truck with a trailer so there will be a bit of a learning curve. I may not change lanes very often. I am sure there will be a few blog worthy experiences on this adventure.
Stay tuned.
Tamara Unleashed 