Our 4 Year Move-a-versary!

On October 20th, 2011 Anthony and I packed up ALL of our belongings, 

Our three girls and Tank my snake into a 24 ft moving truck, a F150 pick up truck and my car

and said good-bye to our families in Alabama.

 

We made the 592 mile trip FROM HELL....

and moved to Arkansas...

 

Anthony was offered an amazing job opportunity from my God-father  that would allow him to change careers and allows us to become a better independent family unit of our own. 

We jumped at the chance and decided we would make the move. 

The trip ON A GOOD NOTE is about 10 hours long give or take how many times the kids HAVE to pee ;)

The move... well it was a trip from HELL.

 

My car was on the dolly attached to the moving truck captained by Ant and my snake tank. I was driving Ant's truck with the three girls in tow.

Our belongings were packed and ready to go, we did our good byes the night before at the in-laws and did ours with my family before we hit the road.

 

Things were going smooth, the kids were being good; we were just a cruising along til we reached the Birmingham area...

 

Ant called me because he saw smoke, he thought was coming from his truck.... I thought it was from someone else

And well it was from ours... smh...

The truck was DEAD...

So Ant decided we would take my car off the dolly, load up the truck and be good to go....

HA!

A mile (if that) down the road a belt on my car blew... FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC! We were stranded with 2 broke down cars, 3 kids and a snake, PLUS all of our personal belongings... I called my step-dad and he talked to Ant about what would be needed to fix the car... He said he would grab the part and meet us where ever the tow truck could take us.

Thank God for road side assistance, the tow truck took us to a Walmart parking lot where we would sit and wait for my step dad to come to the rescue. 

He made it there during hour 5 of being stranded I would say and him and Ant hit mechanic mode off the top!

The night was getting cooler and the car had no heat so I was throwing extra blankets on the girls tot keep them warm and Ant was trying to also keep the snake warm in the moving truck.

 

 

The guys got it fixed and after we topped off with gas we were back on the road. Since we were alreeady supposed to be at the new place at this time the girls were sleepy and slept the rest of the way thank goodness. 

We had pretty smooth sailing from that point and though we should have stopped to sleep we pushed through with red bulls and energy drinks. 

 

When we hit Memphis,  my breaks went out... 

yes I am totally serious... 

 

I drove  the last 158 miles from Memphis to Benton with no breaks. 

It was defiantly not something I would recommend or do again!

 

We made it to the new place early that morning and the rest is history. 

 

We have been here for 4 years and for the most part love it and don't see ourselves  moving like that ever again!

Happy Move-a-versary to my girls and Ant!