Marching Through Storage

Before going to the storage unit yesterday, we decided to make a change in the plan. We feel a lot more comfortable just moving the things we will need for our apartment in Vista rather than moving everything into a new storage unit in CA. That enables us to downsize the space here in Surprise - to save $50 per month - and totally eliminate the space in CA. So if, for any reason, it doesn't work out in CA, we won't have to move everything back again. Other advantages with that plan are that Josie can drive a smaller rental truck and the costs to move will be lowered which keeps us within our relocation allowance.

We made all of our phone calls in the morning and sent all the emails required to change the plan. The approvals are all in place and we are set to go. It doesn't make the job any easier to go through everything and decide what goes, what stays, and what gets given to Goodwill or thrown away. We spent from around 1 PM until after 6 PM going through as much as we could for the day. The manager at the storage facility was again accommodating as he set us up in a smaller space, very close to where we are now, and gave us a super special price since we are long time customers. He also allowed us to use their dumpster out back for all our trash which is not a service provided to all tenants. They are also very happy that they are not losing a customer.

Following our day of "sorting", we stopped at Sam's Club across the street to purchase a new paper shredder. We brought about 8 boxes of files and old papers home to shred. It was also a convenient place to have dinner - pizza.

It's back to the storage unit this morning and there is a good chance we can get through the rest of the unit today and be done with that phase. There are other things we would like to do before leaving on Sunday for training. Josie would like to visit her brother in Phoenix who suffered a stroke a short time ago and there are other people we would like to visit that we worked with over the last few years. We also are looking forward to having dinner and spending an evening with George and Cheryl tomorrow night.

Just a note about gas prices here - they are about $.20 per gallon higher in AZ than any other place we've traveled since we left KY. I don't understand that, since AZ was always among the lowest gas prices before we left almost 3 years ago. I'm sure that they are still lower than the prices in CA, so we can't complain...