Pop quiz, mathematical hot shot. Travel 900 miles in a U-Haul at an average 8 miles per gallon x over $4 per gallon. What does that work out to? Well, if you were an outstanding math student in high school like I was (no, this isn't bragging), you'd know this calculates to: "holy sh*t, it cost so friggin much to move from Seattle!"
I knew what I was getting into cost-wise minus all that gas guzzlin. Ultimately, that was the worst part of that road trip over the labor day weekend. And if you think of all the things that could have gone wrong in our almost thousand mile transplantation, I would consider this a highly successful move. Thank gawd for the most awesome friends. I'm not one to ask for help so anytime I get a serious assist like this, I become overly overly grateful. There were six of us between the RAV and U-Haul on the road for over 16 hours. Plus the two meowing felines in the Toyota. I was never around the cats so I'm not sure how insanely annoying their never-ending crying went. But those guys seemed to make it through.
Once we arrived in Walnut Creek, our close friend joined in on the fun and our crew of seven powered through unloading the packed truck. You just don't know how relieving it was to get it all done. Sweaty, tired, exhausted, spent... etc. We were a disgusting mess but, over two weeks later, I'd say that was super worth it.
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