Tornado Central

Well, all of our belongings are now in the new apartment! Many thanks to Gabe and Phil for helping us move all our stuff. The entire move took MUCH longer than we had anticipated... We ended up leaving the old apt at 4:30am Sunday, with plans to go to our new one (in Edmond) to sleep a few hours. Kim got up to head back down to OUN to clean the rest of the old apt, while I packed for this week in MN and for the honeymoon. Well, the vacuum got clogged, so I went back down to OUN to help Kim finish up that apt. Needless to say, we each got about 2.5-3 hours of sleep.

What, it's 2:10am, and we're still 4.5 hours from home? We left OUN around 6:00 Sunday evening, and we've made it to Bethany MO at this time. My last tank lasted only 240mi, meaning that I got 16.4 mpg hauling the U-Haul trailer... Eek! We've stopped a couple of times to take cat naps, and I'm about to get some shut-eye here soon. If we leave near 2:45am, we can make it home by 7:30am. Kim's very tired, so we may need to stop at least once more. I have a feeling that we will finally pull into our houses near 8:30am. Perhaps it would have been more efficient to have gotten a room in Kansas City, slept for 6 hours, and left early in the morning (5-6am) to make the rest of the journey home. These piecewise / cat naps work to a certain point, but not too well if we are already sleep deprived over the past few days.

In other news... Hurricane Daniel is weakening, after persisting as a very strong Cat 4 hurricane. The latest NHC forecast brings Daniel as a moderately strong tropical storm right over Maui, Lanai, and Oahu by the end of the week. Wait, we're going to Hawaii soon... We're arriving in Maui Sunday evening, so the direct effects of the tropical cyclone should be gone. If it slows down any, we may be dealing with flight delays. I don't think Hawaii has had a direct hit from a strong tropical storm or hurricane for several years (perhaps a decade), so the timing is incredible (and entirely coincidental) that it occurs near our honeymoon.