First Full Day Back in Mesa

27 July 2017

Well, we were back in Mesa again. Chelsea had just put the finishing touches on her Masters thesis and was officially done with ASU. She had been accepted to multiple doctoral programs, including ASU, but the finances varied dramatically, as did the cost of living. After a lot of research and discussion she decided on Florida State in Tallahassee. As a bonus she would be a couple thousand miles closer to us, and working with a major person in her field.

Chelsea had lived in the valley her entire life. Once she went to college at ASU she moved out of the house into an apartment in Tempe for a year. After the housing crash we were able to pick up a centrally located condo in Scottsdale that was cheaper than the rent for her apartment. She lived there for a few more years, finally moving home again to save money. At the same time Chelsea moved out, Madi, her cousin Faith and eventually a couple more friends moved into the condo.

Last year when Heather and I moved onto the boat a couple of Chelsea's condo roommates (now married) moved into the house with her. Later Chelsea's boyfriend did too. We had almost everything we owned in one parking space in the garage, and the convertible in the other. Other than the computer desk and a couple closets we were out of the house.

We were back in Mesa to move Chelsea to Tallahassee, move us completely out of the house and to a storage unit, then prepare the house we had lived in for 26 years for rental to people who were not related to us.

This was the first official day of moving. We thought we had been clear on the difference between packing and moving, but Chelsea had never moved farther than a 20 minute car ride away. We were leaving for Tallahassee in a little over a week hauling a 12 foot trailer which had to contain all Chelsea's worldly belongings, and her boyfriend Travis'. Very few boxes, especially filled ones, were stacked about yet.

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