Bear Business: Bears on the move...

The day before we moved, we got the budget truck with a trailer to tow aaron's non-air conditioned car- decided not to put him through 4 hours (it actually ended up taking 6 hours!) of the 100degree FL heat... plus, then we got to drive together ;) Anyway... we got all our stuff from the 3 different locations around Orlando and by the end of the day we had the truck and both cars completely loaded down and were ready to go first thing in the morning (eagle 1 (brooke's dad) was making it very clear we were NOT leaving any later 8am... "early bird catches the worm" right dad?? hehe). Well, it's a good thing we did leave early because it definitely took longer than the 4 hours it had taken us when we drove up a couple times before... 16ft. truck pulling a stationwagon, plus a couple bathroom/gas breaks will definitely put a cramp in your time schedule... but really, we weren't in a huge rush. So, we made it up to Tally safe and sound and began the unloading process. On the journey with us: us in the Sentra, Eagle 1 and Lexee (my little sis) in the giant truck with the slickback (aarons car), Michael (my little, but big brother) and Haley (michael's gf), and Nannie (my Gma) and Cindy (Aaron's momma).... what a crew, huh?! And they all stayed over night in the new townhouse, people everywhere and tons of fun! After we got everything unloaded we ordered some pizza and we all huddled downstairs and watched a movie- What a day!

The next day we ALL packed into Cindy's mini-van and drove around Tally... the highlights were showing everyone the FSU campus including my building where I'll be doing research and 2 different FSU bookstores, the Capitol building, Governor's mansion, downtown area... and well, that pretty much sums up Tallahassee, haha. It was a great time with so many of us together... in fact, it included us seeing an older guy riding a bike down a main parkway in a thong speedo, and Aaron driving down a one way street right in front a Sheriff- Sheriff: "You're going down a one-way street buddy!" Aaron: "Yeah I see that, sorry, we're from Orlando" ... and here we go, it begins!) We were SO sad when everyone had to go (yes, because we would miss them, not because we knew how much unpacking and organizing was in store when they left haha). We were really so blessed to have so many people come with us to help and support us!

Now, for some pictures....