LA to Utah....

Good Tuesday morning from St. George, Utah a six hour drive from LA last night. Day one in the books. Where do I start with the move. Movers showed up ok truck was empty things looked pretty good. They got started and the games began. We knew we had some more than originally planned so we agreed to some additional cost, signed the paper and packing the truck began. Here is where the movers scam kicks in. At the halfway point the driver called Jodi and I over and stated after talking to his dispatcher they were going to have to charge us even more. Convenient, right at the point of no return. Not only it was more it was more than double the original quote. Needless to say I was ticked. Also, at the same point in time the car movers for my car called and said they will pick up my car the day after we left. So at this point my personality is not very good for the situation and Jodi's kicks in.

Jodi skills she has developed in her businesses really began to show. She just told the car movers, "no you will pick up the car today", it had been booked since May 15. Then she turned her attention to the movers. She wasted no time. She told the guy in charge stop everything and she was going to make some calls. She started her way with the sales rep that we booked with and worked her way up to the District Manager. Fast forward and about an hour and a half and she had the whole situation worked out and the actual cost for the amount of stuff we are moving was considerably less than the original quote we had received. I have been on the other end of the Jodi "isn't so happy" moments and I can tell you when I saw her switch into that mode I knew we were in good hands. It even makes me more excited to expand her business back in Minnesota, she is good!! I am very proud of her on how she handled everything yesterday, it was falling apart fast and she grabbed the reigns.

Movers and car were complete about 3 pm yesterday, then we finished cleaning. Can I tell you I will never have a big house again. 3 hours we cleaned after I had been doing it for the 3 days prior. Every time I turned around there was something or some area that still needed to be done. At 6:30pm I finished mopping the kitchen finally and then we packed the Tahoe. We left Redondo Beach at 7:30 pm and started the trek.

At this point the car ride could have gone two ways, good or bad. It turned out great. Getting started late we missed traffic and we breezed to Las Vegas in 4 hours even after a short stint through some one lane construction. Jodi again stepped it up. XM radio is the greatest, she cranked up the music, mainly the 80's channel and rocked our way to St. George, Utah a pretty town right on the AZ, NV border. One quick observation I noticed quickly being out of LA. Night and how dark it is, you don't get that in the bright lights of 9 million people in LA county. I saw the stars.....wow it was spectacular. We will put down some miles today to get us with in striking distance to home Wednesday. We miss our girls I am so proud of them they have handled this well.

Trucker Wanner in full effect........