The Preparations Continue

Today is moving day! (for Andy anyway).  We have two very nice gentlemen in our house packing up all of Andy's stuff that he'll have with him in Alaska until we sell the house.  (And some of my clothes that I snuck into his suitcases).  Best money we ever spent.  Oh, and even better, we aren't paying for it! Thanks, State of Alaska!

That's me taking a sneaky iphone photo of the truck from the side of the house so the movers don't think I'm a psychopath. One step away from Ansel Adams, I know. 

After sticking his nose in their business (and their butts) for the last hour, Ripley has finally settled down.

Ripley has two modes: excited and dead.

So he doesn't get lonely with me staying in Oregon, Andy's going to be taking the kitties up to Alaska with him when we drive up in a couple of weeks and keeping them there.  This also saves them from having to live in dog land at mom and dad's for the foreseeable future.  Have I mentioned before how much fun this car ride is going to be?  To prepare for this epic journey with the cats, we had to get them checked out at the vet.  Thankfully our vet office did some research and made sure to get all the paperwork covered.  Enter Zeus' worst nightmare:

Zeus incorrectly believes that if he's not readily visible, he can't be subjected to the stranger danger. 

I wasn't able to get any pictures of Fro because she was "grumpy."  The vet had to tag-team her with a couple of vet techs in the backroom and couldn't even do the exam without some restraints.  Remember this when you see her at our house and make a comment about how friendly she is.  She is faking it.  When the vet brought her back into the room she was in the kennel and put down with the door facing the wall.  The vet then put a towel over the carrier.  Even with all of this, she growled the entire rest of the appointment.  Why yes, we will be taking that prescription for valium, thanks Vet! (And can we get a couple for us, too?)

With every item we check off the list, we're one step closer to the move!