Our oldest son, Kevin, has been accepted as a seminarian for the Arch-diocese of Oklahoma City which means he needed to move the contents of his two bedroom apartment back home. Rob and I had already scheduled the first week of July as vacation and instead of going to Maine (to see the lighthouses) or to Mexico (to visit the youngest son), we spent our vacation in the lovely exotic location of Oklahoma.
As Kevin has a gaming collection of software and devices to rival Gamestop's inventory and as there aren't any basements in Texas, we rented a climate controlled storage unit in Norman where he could keep his collection along with his bookcases and boxes of books he would not need for awhile. Our first day was moving into the storage unit.
Our 4 month old puppy, Rufus, came with us to supervise the whole moving operation.
Day 2 involved Rob and Kevin moving the large bedroom suite and the rest of his possessions down from a 2nd floor apartment to the u-haul trailer we had rented. The outside temperature was about 100 degrees and the concrete flight of stairs got taller and taller as the day went on but they finally got the trailer and 2 trucks loaded and Rob and I were on our way back to Mansfield while Kevin who had a meeting with the vocations director the next day stayed behind. I drove Keith's little red Ranger towing the u-haul. This was the first time I or Keith's truck had ever pulled a trailer but it went smoothly although it did take us 4 hours to get home instead of the usual 3. His 4 cylinder truck seemed to lose a lot of power on those puny Oklahoma hills and it was very embarrassing to be passed constantly by even the slowest of drivers but we made it back safely. Rob and I both tried to back up the trailer and as both of us failed miserably, we finally decided to just park it and they would have to carry everything up from the end of the driveway. Our good friends came over later and backed it up nicely to the garage door. Thank you Roger for rescuing us.
Day 3 - Kevin arrived home and he and Rob unloaded the trailer which was remarkably easier to do when you're not going up and down flights of stairs. Everything fit into his old room and all the boxes (his and Keith's) are on one side of the garage so I can still park my car in the garage. Life is good.
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When you are running out of options of where to keep your possessions for the meantime, storage rooms are just around the corner. Self storage is the best place to keep them safe. Glad to hear that you found a place that meets your son's needs. Solutions are always there, we just need to find them. Sometimes, it's the luck that comes to us. Life is good!
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