This last week and a half has been horrendous. I finally got moms house that she had rented painted. It took A LOT of paint! I had one room that was dark red with black trim and a midnight blue cieling, one room that was pea green with brown trim and a dark purple (eggplant) wall, a bathroom that was midnight blue with black trim, and a living room that was brown with pea green trim and a burnt orange wall. WOW! It took took two coats of Kills2 Primer paint and two coats of regular latex (dove white) to cover all of that garbage. I also had to fix electrical outlets and a few light fixtures.
Jeremy was so funny. He loves to paint! 
He was one happy camper when I set him up with a roller and a paint brush and let him loose on the closets. I’m not sure whether he got more paint on the walls or on him.
After spending last Monday through Thursday painting and getting the house ready we started the move from San Andreas, CA. to her new home here in Reno. This was a calamity of failures. While I was driving over the pass between here and there towing an empty trailer my radiator on my truck sprung a leak! I had to turn around and baby it back here. So Saturday was a wash. Sunday we borrowed another truck and went after Church. We met a panel truck at her place in San Andreas to load. The Driver of the moving truck was no help as he has bad emphysema, so it was just me and Jeremy. My nine year old son is one heck of a mover. He jumped right in and moved boxes and packed them away with me. If he came to one that was too big he just told me so I could get it. He also learned how to pack a truck using every available inch. I got him to point out where he thought a box should go and we used that spot. If I saw a better one we would put it in his spot and then I would just ask if he thought it might work better in the spot I saw. We worked great together and he learned a lot. I am very proud of him.
He is in that in between stage of big boy and Boy. He’s going through a little clumsy stage and I think it’s funny. Seeing him grow and learn is the best experience in the world.
We got home at 2:30AM Monday morning and I barely was able to get up for work at 5:30AM. After the twelve hour work day I got to go unload the truck! Again Jeremy was there to help. I have tomorrow off and will be leaving EARLY in the morning to get the rest of her stuff, but I won’t have my moving partner with me and I will miss him. 
Wish me luck with the rest of this move. My butt is seriously dragging. 
