The hotel in Huntsville included breakfast, so we ate there. I had checked for places with U-Haul trucks and we compared costs, but, in the end decided that I would probably need a 10 foot U-Haul. Only, there weren't any one way 10 foot trucks available in Huntsville. We finally found one in Albertville, which was on the way to Boaz, so we reserved it and then went to look at the storage bin. The 10 foot truck would be fine.
So we drove down toward Boaz. We had to call again for more specific directions to the U-Haul place, Tobacco Outlet Unlimited, but we found it and rented the truck. Then we drove on down to see Mom. She was eating lunch. Her hands are so bad now that they have to feed her. But Kay and I took over and did that. She wanted to eat in her room, so we moved down there. She really isn't eating much, but I did get her to finish her peach cobbler.
We spent some of the time looking at Anna Kathryn Lynn's (Terry and Rebecca's new baby) birth announcement and talking about her and Carah Cathleen Lynn (Scott and Virginia's new baby). It took quite a bit to get her to figure out who everyone was was. For some reason, she was really fixated on which kids were adopted and which ones weren't. After lunch, a lady came to do her nails and, since we had a lot to do, we left.
We picked up the truck on the way back from Boaz and then headed toward Bill's. Kay wanted to get Mom's Jazzy, an electric wheelchair, for Jim and I wanted to get Wynell's vase. Bill was there and tried to discourage us from taking anything. The lamp that Kay wanted was moved from where she had seen it the day before and it took a while to find it. We found the trunk (which isn't worth much) easily, but we couldn't find the vase. Bill told me at one point that he thought we wanted to sell it. I don't really understand why he would say that. The last time we were there, we pointed out VERY CLEARLY that it was to go to Wynell. We had talked about it for a LONG time - the pattern, its value, the need to store it inside, not in the storage bin. I don't quite understand why he put us off the vase so much. But we decided that we would have to ask Teresa about it, instead, so eventually, we left and went over to the storage bin. Bill didn't come along, as he had to take Emily to basketball practice.
So, even though it was getting dark, Kay and I went to work loading the truck. Several plastic tubs, quite a few boxes, a desk, a bureau, a tall mirror, a heavy oak table, a Stickley chair, two more lamps. A lot of work. After we were done, we went out to dinner and then we went back to meet Bill and Teresa after Emily's practice.
Teresa seemed tired and distracted and didn't really talk to us much. When she had finished unloading the car and putting things away, she did finally find the vase for me. And then we left. All of us were tired, I think.
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