Mid-week moving, getting the word out, meet my new truck

Last night was an unusual one from our normal routine.  It started out normally enough with us enjoying dinner that Cindy made while catching up on this week’s Walking Dead.   However after we finished up the episode we jumped in the truck and headed over to Cindy’s brothers place which is about 10 minutes away.  It isn’t going to be his place for long as he recently sold it and will be moving somewhere closer to town.  He secured one of those moving pods which Cindy has been helping him pack.

The pod so far was packed with mostly smaller items.  Our role was to try to get some of the bigger, heavier furniture items in there. Cindy’s brother was supposed to help us last night but he hurt his back and cancelled.  I told Cindy to tell him we would still try to get the big stuff moved as last night was really the only night I had free this week to help.

We spent about 90 minutes getting the heaviest and biggest items into the pod.  I felt badly asking Cindy to lift stuff that in some cases were quite heavy and cumbersome.  We worked well into darkness and did a good job of maximizing the available space in the pod using tetris like packing skills.  However even with our efforts there is way too much stuff that is designated to be moved to fit in the space that remains.  Either some sort of ancillary storage is going to have to be obtained or more stuff is going to have to be donated or tossed. We got home around nine and wasted little time before we showered and hit the sack.

Cindy has really been getting some diverse experience with her new career in the fitness industry.  In addition to teaching a senior walking class for Healthways for a few months she has done some personal training,  started teaching classes at a local nursing home and also is supposed to start teaching at a female only gym in Bonita within a few weeks.  In addition she also has been an assistant track coach for one of the local middle schools which allows her to work with the entirely opposite age spectrum.  Her caring, outgoing personality makes her an ideal fit for any role that involves helping others.  It makes me happy to see her doing work she actually enjoys.

Meet my new truck that will replace my 99 Tacoma.  No I haven’t bought anything nor do I plan to in the immediate future.  However if things go as I hope somewhere around 12 months from now I hope to swing an Inferno color 2016 Tacoma.  They are super sharp inside and out.  A new Tacoma would probably outlast me.