Yesterday was the long anticipated moving day where I finally said good-bye to the camper and was able to move into a place with running water. It's been a long time coming and I'm so excited to get settled. I kept a log of all that happened as I knew it would be an eventful day.

7:30 a.m. - Wake up to a barking dog. So much for sleeping in on my day off.

8:15 - Check my e-mail and Facebook and try to locate my package with FedEx.

8:45 - Finally decide to get out of bed as I am not getting any more sleep today. Pack a few more things and load clothes and toiletries into the car.

9:30 - The car is packed to the gills and I've done all I can do at the house so I'm off to Wal-Mart to get some necessities and cleaning supplies.

10:15 - Standing in a really long and slow line at Wal-Mart. Well, at least this is wasting some time so I won't get to the Quad before Matt leaves.

10:30 - Finally done waiting in line and I'm off to Starbucks to spend my last half hour before I can move in!

10:45 - Run into Sandy (no surprise) at Starbucks. She is supposed to be on her way to Florida but has been delayed. Talk to mom on phone about the day and wish she was here to help.

11:15 - Off to the Yellow House to get Windex.

11:30 - Off to the Quad!

11:35 - Get to the Quad and realize I left the keys in the camper.

11:40 - Get the keys at the camper and realize that I had a spare set in my purse. I hope this isn't an indication of how the day will go.

11:45 - Get to the Quad (with the keys) and run into Jenn, Jenn's mom, Matt and Irvin who are all headed out.

11:50 - Start the long awaited move in process!
12:05 p.m. - Set up CD player so I can have some music.

12:10 - Dance around the apartment just because I can and smile because the whole place doesn't rock back and forth when I do.

12:15 - Continue moving stuff. Run into Tyler, a boy I have met once before on a Super Friday, who stays around the corner. Start to wonder if I'm going to be moving all by myself.

12:30 - Cleaning the bathroom when Sara calls to ask if I need any help. Yay!

1:00 - Back to the Yellow House to get more stuff and meet Sara. She calls Mike to see if we can use his van.

1:10 - Mike arrives with Jonathan. Dingo, Davonte and Sara help me load stuff into Mike's van and my car.

1:15 - We all unload stuff at the Quad. Many hands make light work!

1:25 - Head back to the Yellow House to get some more stuff and drop Sara off.

1:30 - Realize there is more in the camper than I thought. Load up the car and make another trip.

2:00 - Work on cooling off and getting a few things organized. Wondering if I am going to last much longer. I don't remember the last time I was this hot or worked this hard all day long.

4:15 - Mary DeMarco and a team member stop by to say hi and see the place.

4:45 - Scavenge through boxes to find enough stuff to take a shower at the new place. I must have left my box of toiletries at the Yellow House.

5:00 - Off to the Yellow House to dry my hair and put on my make up.

5:30 - Put last big load of stuff into the car and head off to get gas and make a trip to Wal-Mart to get dinner.

7:15 - Back home and unload one more time. Wish I wasn't sweating because I've already taken a shower.

7:30 - More organizing and start dinner.

8:00 - Pizza is done.

8:05 - Anthonika (my new neighbor) arrives. I help Duane, Irvin and her unload all her stuff.

8:20 - Reheat dinner and watch most of The Devil Wears Prada. Traditional move in dinner is pizza and this time I added sparkling grape juice. I love my martini glasses.9:30 - Shut movie off and try to determine if I should go to bed or work some more. Feet hurt but I'm not really tired yet. Decide to do a few more things.

10:15 - Still not tired but lay down anyway.

11:00 - Still awake. It's going to take a while to get used to sleeping in a new place.

All in all yesterday was a great day. The clarinet I got on eBay arrived midafternoon and served as icing on the cake of a great day. Today has been spent at Target and Wal-Mart getting some new things and loading up on groceries. Tomorrow will be spent continuing to unpack and make my place look more like a home and less like something blew up all over.

This is the traditional move-in dinner. Pizza and sparkling grape juice. I'm not really sure where the idea came from, but it started when I moved into my first apartment back in Waukee.