We were supposed to leave at 8am...

8am: “Mom, it’s time to leave! But no one is packed, the house is a mess and half of our family is still asleep!”

Okay, we are definitely not leaving by 8. Let’s shoot for 9.

9am: Everybody is at least halfway packed. The house is a little bit cleaner, but still a wreck. How about leaving at 10.

10am: Everybody says that they are packed, but the ‘to-go-to-the-trailer’ pile keeps growing. The house is slowly getting cleaner. Let’s hope to leave at 11, but we are certainly not going to reach our original destination by tonight.

11am: Okay, I guess we aren’t going to leave by 11. Everybody has finally finished packing their clothes and personal items, and is now working on cleaning the house. Mom is finishing packing all the food for the trailer. Let’s hurry up, and go bust our buns and get this house clean! I think we can leave by 12.

12pm: Ok, we still haven’t left yet. The house is looking better. Everybody is taking a break to eat lunch. Hopefully we’ll leave by 1.

1pm: Okay, we are still working on the house. We have a bit left to do and then we just have to hook up the van to the trailer, and we can leave by 2!

2pm: So we still haven’t left yet, but I think we’re actually getting close, as Mom has started throwing miscellaneous things in random drawers and boxes. 

2:30pm: We are all in the van, and it is hooked up to the trailer and we’re ready to go! Now, if we can just get out of our driveway…

3pm: It took thirty minutes to get out of our driveway, but we made it, maybe just a little late… Hooray!
~Mary Anne