Less than a week?

Well friends and neighbors, perhaps the only truly big event of the weekend was the reserving of a Ryder truck for moving my stuffage to Madison. So now it's official: on Thursday, we'll pick up our moving truck.

Don gets out of WVU on Friday, Aug. 8th, which is his birthday. He has decided to go to Kennywood that day with his friends, but is somehow pissed that we won't be home when he gets home on Saturday (we had planned on leaving Saturday morning). Drama!

Oh well. Since Don decided he'd rather go ride some rides and complain that we aren't there for his birthday, we may be packing up the truck on Thursday, and starting to drive on Friday, with a stopover somewhere and arriving in Madison on Saturday. After we get things moved in, and turn in the truck, mom and dad are going to vacation in Madison with me. . . . .

Ok, so this could be disasterous, yes, but it *could* also be fun. I mean, we'll stock the kitchen, drive around and check out the mall and surroundings. Hopefully on Monday we'll go to campus and I'll get my ID and *try* to get a parking assignment.

I could pretend that I'm unendingly fearless, and that I don't need anybody to strike out anew in the land of beer and cheese. . .but really I'm relieved to have my parents with me for just a little longer. I know this is one of those big milestonish events where THINGS ARE NEVER THE SAME afterward, but it doesn't really help to think of it that way. It's damn scary enough. And I'm scared, but of course excited. There are lots of fun things in store, and I'm ready to learn alot.

Today I bought bedding for our apartment, a final large tupperware container for under the bed, and a prepaid cellphone to keep in the car and be my temporary communication link until I get settled. Coverage is NO GOOD here in WV, but Madison will be a whole different story.

As I imagine it ALL will be. Seriously.