We're in Chicago...

...Or rather a suburb of it. What a crazy couple of days. Monday, the movers came and packed us up in about 3 hours. For anyone who has never experienced the bliss of having someone else tenderly packing up everything you own and shipping it to your new destination only to unload it for you there, I don't think I can express how awesome it is. Thank you, Midway.

Speaking of which, I start Monday, and I'm pumped.

Back to the move, we had expected the mover to not show up till next week with our stuff, but Monday found out he would be in Chicago Thursday morning (today). We had to shift our plans forward a day because of it, but sleeping in my own bed tonight is worth the extra driving. Monday night, we stayed with some good friends who offered us a guest room in leu of the floor of our then empty home. My wife got to bed at decent hour but my buddy and I were up (too late) playing a little World of Warcraft.

Tuesday we decide to have some cleaners, carpet cleaners, pressure washer, and mower (as I gave away all my yard stuff because we'll be in an apartment to start in Chicago and don't have no where to store mowers and weedwackers). We were trying to get the house ready for the realtor to show the house a couple hours after we hit the road.

We drove to Chattanooga the first night and got in about 11:00pm. Wednesday we got up and around and headed out and got our last taste of Chic-fil-a for a while. The don't have them up north....alas. We arrived in Naperville about 11:00 pm thanks to gaining an hour in the drive and found a place to lay our heads for the night.

Thursday morning we got to the apartment complex to find our mover already there and my car had been unloaded. We moved into a third floor place with no elevator, so it was slow going for our movers on this end. I rolled up my sleeves for a bit and gave them a hand so they could finish up a little bit quicker. They were very nice guys and I can't imagine doing that for a living. My manual labor muscles have gotten a bit soft in the years behind the monitor.

It's been a wild few days and I'm gonna wrap this up for now. Looking forward to monday....

Writing from Charlotte...

My wife and I are in Charlotte visiting her fam. We came for the 4th which was good company and good grub. Tomorrow we're heading to Chicago to find a place to live. Then next Monday, the movers come...crazy. I'm pumped about the new job and can't wait to get started.

Saw a couple of movies this past week. Last Wednesday, a buddy and I went to see War of the Worlds. I'm glad we went to the 6:30 show because when we came out the line was out the front door of the theater. The movie itself was pretty darn good- however pretty disturbing. I don't recall seeing a recent movie in which so many people died. In that first scene of mayhem, I was slack-jawed and couldn't believe what I was seeing. Bloodless mayhem is a rarity, but it was perhaps more freaky then any scene of bloody gore could have been.

Then a couple of days ago I went with Lauren's fam to see Batman. I had pretty high expectations from my brother's rave reviews but I have to say that it still surpassed what I expected. Great characters, great action. By far my favorite Batman actor and film. From seeing the prerelease stills, I thought the Batmobile was gonna be cheezy. But I gotta say it was pretty sweet in action.

Heading to lunch now with a buddy from SCAD who hails from Charlotte, so I gotta jet. If you got a sec check out the great thread on CG Talk with the very insightful and witty Victor Navone.