It’s official. All the x’s have been signed. Last friday was closing and since then we’ve been busy lil bees trying to get it all done as quickly as possible.
Friday -
A few of my friends, Rachel, Chelsea, and Pearl, were here helping us do some cleaning. Matt was busy running errands for most of the day, but the 4 of us got a lot done. Boy was I thankful for there help! We never would have been done in time w/o them! Matt and I kept working throughout the evening until we finally crashed at like 12:30 or something like that in the morning. We then had to be up early to do more cleaning!
Saturday -
Things didn’t go quite as planned, but we did finally get to the end. There was an early start by some and a late start by others which had us all on different sides of towns. Matt had went to the apartment to try to finish some packing, and I stayed at the house to keep cleaning and help the animals. I tried to leave with Matt and Cortez ran to the door and started pawing on it while crying. 
I went back in after that. (More on the animals at a later date.) This left me at the house with no way across town. Well not until someone came and picked me up. Matt’s parents, Dad, Sue, Clay, Kathy, Tammy, T.J., and Courtney helped us out that day. T.J. even mowed the lawn! What a blessing!
Everyone worked hard and late. We wanted the locks changed on the doors since we didn’t get to that on Friday so that’s where we ended the day. I don’t know how late it was when the last of them left, but I know it was way after dark already! Matt and I tried doing some more and finally went to bed after midnight again if I remember correctly.
Sunday – We ended up not going to church and just got up early to start cleaning and unpacking. We had a few visitors and got some of the work done. Matt went to the apartment on his own to clean there while I stayed at the house to clean and unpack.
Monday – We finished up the apartment with some help from Matt’s parents and turned in Matt’s keys. (We couldn’t find mine!!!! Thankfully they gave us until the end of the week to get them in, and I found them on Wednesday.) Also, when Matt did turn in the keys Kelly, the manager at the apartments, said that they had all (maintenance, janitorial, and management) already been up there and none of them have seen an apartment that was preserved like ours or as clean as ours! 
Kudos for us!
At this point we still have A LOT to do! We have more unpacking to do along with several lil jobs that need to be done around the house, and we still haven’t even touched the basement! We are both exhausted beyond belief and can’t wait to be done. I keep telling people that I feel like I’m living out of/in the largest most disorganized suitcase ever made! Hopefully we can get some stuff done around Matt’s 50 hour work weeks and my heavier than normal work week next week. My schedule finally slows down the 4th week of the month. Just in time to rest and start the classes that I want to take this summer more than likely!
