In Lexington - at last
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." This Dicken's quote is accurate for my move to Lexington:
Friday: I got a call from Jennifer, my new house mate - the house in Lexington and her car had been broken into. Apparently, the UPS sticker from my printer delivery tipped them off no one was home. Printer was not stolen.
Sunday: The van the Schaaps so kindly lent to me for this trip so I wouldn’t have to rent a van got broken into Christmas morning in front of my Chicago apartment. The back window was completely busted out.
Monday: Just south of Indianapolis the Schaap's van "check engine" light came on. I got off at the next major exit and at the top of the ramp, the van died. Got it started again but every time I came to a stop, it died. Luckily there was a firestone right at that exit and they were still open. We rented a hotel to spend the night in Indi.
Tuesday: By noon the firestone folks still had not ran any tests on the van, so we rented a Budget cargo van, unloaded the Schaap van and transferred everything to the Budget van and went on our way to Lexington. We got into Lex 23 hours later than we originally anticipated…
Wednesday: We have to take the Budget van back to Indi (couldn't do a one way to Lex) by noon and pray that the Schaap van is fixed by then so my mom and Ana can return to Chicago. Otherwise, they have to come back to Lex with me to wait for the Schaap van to be ready… keep your fingers crossed!
Although it sounds bad, it was so ridiculous, that we actually have had a good time. We have not been too stressed or worried (there were definitely moments though!). Help from Jim to pack the van in Chicago was a life saver, the van dying right in front of firestone was a great blessing, the firestone folks were really nice and they helped us unpack and repack the vans, Jennifer here in Lexington had a great meal prepared for us when we got here, Mr. Schaap didn't even bat an eyelash when we told him about the break in and the busted out rear window. Now we just have to figure out how to get Ana and my mom home! ;-)
Hope you enjoyed these tales from the road… and I hope everyone had a great Christmas.
Friday: I got a call from Jennifer, my new house mate - the house in Lexington and her car had been broken into. Apparently, the UPS sticker from my printer delivery tipped them off no one was home. Printer was not stolen.
Sunday: The van the Schaaps so kindly lent to me for this trip so I wouldn’t have to rent a van got broken into Christmas morning in front of my Chicago apartment. The back window was completely busted out.
Monday: Just south of Indianapolis the Schaap's van "check engine" light came on. I got off at the next major exit and at the top of the ramp, the van died. Got it started again but every time I came to a stop, it died. Luckily there was a firestone right at that exit and they were still open. We rented a hotel to spend the night in Indi.
Tuesday: By noon the firestone folks still had not ran any tests on the van, so we rented a Budget cargo van, unloaded the Schaap van and transferred everything to the Budget van and went on our way to Lexington. We got into Lex 23 hours later than we originally anticipated…
Wednesday: We have to take the Budget van back to Indi (couldn't do a one way to Lex) by noon and pray that the Schaap van is fixed by then so my mom and Ana can return to Chicago. Otherwise, they have to come back to Lex with me to wait for the Schaap van to be ready… keep your fingers crossed!
Although it sounds bad, it was so ridiculous, that we actually have had a good time. We have not been too stressed or worried (there were definitely moments though!). Help from Jim to pack the van in Chicago was a life saver, the van dying right in front of firestone was a great blessing, the firestone folks were really nice and they helped us unpack and repack the vans, Jennifer here in Lexington had a great meal prepared for us when we got here, Mr. Schaap didn't even bat an eyelash when we told him about the break in and the busted out rear window. Now we just have to figure out how to get Ana and my mom home! ;-)
Hope you enjoyed these tales from the road… and I hope everyone had a great Christmas.
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