We spent the weekend in Oak Park getting everything ready for the moving truck next weekend and tying up loose ends. I took Friday off, so I headed up after work on Thursday afternoon. My to-do list not only included packing and shopping, but watching the DVR – very important since we had to return it on Saturday morning – and eating all the things I will miss once we are gone. We headed to Five Guys to have one last cheesy bacon dog for dinner on Thursday night, then proceeded to sit around and watch recorded episodes of Sarah’s House (HGTV), our very favorite show as of late. Friday was more productive. Jord and I got up and started packing. We finished five boxes by 9am! By about 11, we cleaned up and headed out to test drive some cars. This wasn’t part of the original plan, but Jord had found some online that he was interested in. We tested a Prius and a Jetta. Love the Jetta! We stopped for lunch and went back home to continue packing. We lost steam fast, and ended up watching more DVR for a bit. When Sarah got home from work, we ordered a Whole Foods pizza – so good! – and finished up a few more boxes. I then tortured Sarah by watching three hours of recorded Mad Men to get caught up. Went to bed early in preparation for the long day ahead…
Saturday was our designated shopping day. The three of us were out of the house by 8:45, with our first stop at Comcast to drop-off the DVR. Next up: IKEA! Sarah and I both had a long wish list, so we tried to remain positive and focused, usually a difficult task when shopping there. We didn’t find everything we were looking for, but both left somewhat successful. Quick lunch, then we headed out to Naperville to stop at the Crate & Barrel Outlet. We found so many great deals and ended up spending too much money. That wasn’t the only problem: the car was packed to the brim and we had to put Sarah’s seat down to fit everything in. She was stuck in the back, “like a gypsy” as she described it.
And we weren’t done there! We drove over to Oak Brook to find the last items on our list. We definitely had to stop at Anthropologie – they have the best selection of knobs, and come to think of it I should have been looking for some for the dresser I’m going to refinish. Sarah bought a great selection for her own refinishing project, and I found a fabulous clock! Well, Sarah found it and I was lucky it was out of her price range so I nabbed it. Sorry Sarah! One quick stop at Restoration Hardware to place an order for our house numbers, and we were done. Back at our apartment, we still had things to do. Unfortunately, we had to unpack the car in order to take a load to Sarah’s new place. We donated one of our dressers to her cause, so we packed that in the car along with her purchases and made our way downtown. Sarah quickly learned her new reality of parking in the city, having to circle the block a few times before finding a tight spot. She’ll be a pro at parallel parking in no time! Dropped everything off and went back to Oak Park in search of dinner. We had Fuego Loco one last time and called it a day.
I had planned to get on the road by 9 on Sunday morning – after all, we had a slew of things to get done once back in Davenport – but that soon turned into 11:45. Lots of last minute packing and cleaning so that next Saturday goes as smoothly as possible. We filled the two vehicles – Jord was driving my dad’s Envoy and I was in our car – with all the small packages and fragile items we could manage. Three hours later, we were back at home and unpacking the car. Kathy and Tootsie arrived, and we started removing carpet. We still don’t have an arrival date for the floors, but we want everything to be ready in case it miraculously shows up this week. Removing the carpet was a relatively simple task and only took about an hour. We still need to remove the staples and nails before we’re completely done. Luckily today was trash and recycle day, so we put out 4 rolls of carpet that are 4’ long for pick-up. And they will only take it on the recycle day, which is every other Monday. They have very strict stipulations! 
So now Jord has moved in with me at my parents’ house and started his job. We’re officially here! Just one more back and forth next weekend to move all our things, and we’ll be in the house. We have a lot to accomplish this week – cross your fingers we get it all done!
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