12 Dec - Move In

After our farewells on the 9th and our last night in the Navy Lodge we ventured out Saturday morning to say farewell to our good friends the Wischmeiers who welcomed us to the island when we first arrived and are staying on for an additional tour. 

From there we gathered our 8 suitcases and our friends the Blacks, who we had welcomed to the island just three weeks prior, dropped us at the airport.  Our flight, with Pearl Harbor Survivors onboard who had been in town remembering the 70th anniversary, was smooth through Chicago and down to Jacksonville.

We jumped in a rental car and headed down to the house to get things opened up and buy some groceries.  Late afternoon we headed for a hotel to crash. 

Next morning we woke up in the pouring rain.  The trucking company was wondering if this was still on and the movers we hired told me it was.  Lifting pianos off a truck in the rain was going to be their issue so we pressed. 

Thanks to modern global logistics our container had arrived right on time.  Only issue was a hole in the roof which had let in a good bit of water, but fortunately doesn't look like there was any damage. 

We setup a little movie theater for the kids in the master bedroom closet and got to work....

.....sigh.  On the bright side we get to do this again in just 30 months!

 There's a sink back in there somewhere.  We should probably find it at some point.

 You always setup the kitchen first.  It's the quickest way to get on your feet and by this point you've been on a steady diet of Wendy's, Moe's and Subway.