Travel Day 5...errands and checklists, lots of them. We had to pick up the finished tailoring, pick up the rental car and drop off the van for shipping, just for starters.
The car shipping was an ordeal! The van had to be super clean, inside and out...which after a road trip with 4 small children, during monsoon storms and bug season, meant we needed to find a car wash and vacuum.
This is where God brought us much laughter and levity in the midst of this stressful move. We found the car wash...had no quarters. Got quarters. Put a dollar in the vacuum. Nothing. Hubs then hits the vacuum to encourage it to suck and it gives a whir. He hits it again. It gives another whir. He hits it incessantly and voila! If he stopped hitting it, it stopped sucking. So...I frantically vacuumed while he beat on the vacuum. The harder he it, the better it worked. It was ridiculous!!! We laughed so hard! We got more than 4 minutes for our 4 quarters, but we were exhausted!!!
This was followed by a car wash and a trip to the police impound lot to have our gas siphoned down from a half tank to a quarter.
New experiences we never expected to have...
Thankfully, G&G had the kids all day! We did get to take a break from the running to eat dinner with them and go see the Gateway Arch.
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