Road Trip: Boston to Dallas

After an eventful graduation week full of festivities, with the help of two great friends, Eric and Dave, we moved our stuff from our 490 square ft apt into a trailer that shipped our stuff from Boston to Dallas.  We left on Tuesday, June 9 and stopped in 5 cities visiting friends, attended a good friend's wedding, and went site-seeing before ending up in Dallas 6 days later.  We ended up driving ~2,800 miles going through 16 different states (MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX)!  Here's a run-down of our 6 day road trip...

Mon, 6/8:  Loaded up our stuff into the trailer where we had 5 linear ft of space and only 1 hour to fill it.  Thank goodness for Craigslist and Salvation Army or else we'd have a ton more heavy furniture pcs to move.  A huge THANK YOU to our friends Eric and Dave for helping us move our stuff out of SFP and into the trailer.  There would be no way for us to do it ourselves with such a short time frame.  And another HUGE thank you to Lisa's brother, Robert, for helping us move the stuff from the trailer into Lisa's parents' house (where we'll be living for the next few months while our house is being built).  

Tues, 6/9:  Left SFP Apt and stopped at Princeton, NJ to do a quick tour of Princeton University.  Jimmy has high aspirations for our children to go to college there.  

Wed, 6/10:  Stopped to visit our friends Tanmay and Reena Desai in Charlotte, NC where Reena cooked a fabulous meal for us!  

Thurs, 6/11:  Visited our friends A.T. and Leslie Gimbel in Atlanta, GA where we met Brutus for the first time.  

Friday, 6/12-Sun, 6/14:  Arrived in Orlando, FL for our friends', Renu and Deepak, wedding at the Gaylord Palms Resort.  Lisa wore an Indian sari for the first time!  We had an amazing time celebrating with our wonderful SMU/Dallas friends.  Some we haven't seen since graduation!  Congrats to the newly married, Renu and Deepak Dadlani.  

Sun, 6/14-Mon, 6/15:  Short stop in New Orleans, LA.  Lisa's sister, Linda, graduated from Loyola University in May 2005.  We hadn't been there since pre-Katrina and decided to check it out and eat some yummy beignets!  

Mon, 6/15:  Finally, after 42 hrs of driving and 2,800 miles later, we arrived in Dallas.  First stop...Babe's Chicken in downtown Cedar Hill where we ate fried chicken and spent time with the Panchasarp siblings and the Smith Family.  Lauren (3 years old) and Allison (1 year old) had grown so much since the last time we saw them in March!  

Tues, 6/16 - what will seem like an eternity:  Building our new house!  Jimmy has been meeting with potential builders and architects every day.  Our dilemma now is whether to do an extensive remodel or a complete new build that may take much longer.  The house will be demo-ed inside on Saturday, so we'll assess the structure and make a decision soon.  Stay tuned...