Moving along

Updates, as you may have guessed, will probably be a bit sparse over the next few weeks. I move in thirteen days!Things are going well thus far. Most of the important stuff -- cats, bank stuff, address forwarding and all those little details -- have been addressed. I wish I were further along in packing, but a great deal of my "packing" actually just involves throwing things out, so it's not as bad as it looks. The kitties have been microchipped and vaccinated for rabies. Aside from the usual debate about why I don't want them vaccinated for anything else, that went fine. Lilly went in on Thursday, Morsel went in on Friday, and Minx and Thundercat went in together on Saturday. Saturday was especially fun, as I had my nine year old niece, C, with me for the day. She was very helpful, opening doors for me as I lugged 22 lbs of combined cat weight in and out. After the vet, we got her some Chicken Nuggets (she's the sweetest kid in the world until her blood sugar gets low) and some water, then we went to see Kung Fu Panda. Which we both loved. I so love going to the movies with C, she snuggles up right next to you and doesn't hog the popcorn. Then we got her nails done -- she wanted me to get mine done too, but I explained that Auntie will wreck that manicure in about ten minutes what with packing and all, so we just did hers -- and then went to the bookstore, got some stuff, and then to Claire's where she got some earrings. A perfect Auntie-Niece Day. I'm really going to miss that kid. But, we're making plans to have her come out and visit. She is old enough, in theory, to fly alone. In reality, she's probably not quite there mentally, so she'll have to come out with my mom or brother or whoever.What else ... the car is almost set for her long trip. It occurs to me though, that in six years of ownership I've never once used the cruise control on it. What can I say? I learned to drive before we had that particular bell/whistle, and then for the longest time I owned cars which predated it, and I'm just used to not using it. I have no idea if it even still works. I guess I should try it.Today involves more packing, which I should get to, like, now I suppose. This coming week involves the final plotting of the route and booking of hotels. And shipping!More later!Elle