Moving on...

Well, this is it. 

Today is our LAST day in Charleston.

I can't believe it. It seems like we JUST got here yesterday. It's been SO much fun, and school has been VERY challenging, but we've had some wonderful experiences and a great time!! This time in Charleston has allowed us to grow even closer, which I didn't think was possible because we were already so close. It's as if we've fallen in love all over again, but this time for new, different reasons!! Very exciting. 

I'm spending the day boxing and wrapping and stuffing and packing....blah, blah, blah. THIS is my LEAST favorite part about moving. If we've got to do it, I just want to be done with it and back in the upstate with it all unloaded and done. 

We decided to spend Saturday being "tourists" in the city (since the semester really hasn't allowed for us to do many "Charleston-y" things) and had a GREAT time!! We ate at touristy restaurants, went to The Market and the Christmas market in Marion Square, went to my favorite Candy Shop, and just took in as much of the city as we could for one last time as true residents. We'll probably try to grab a quick, cheap dinner at a favorite place of ours close by the house tonight, for old times sake.

In Charleston Place Hotel with one of the beautiful trees....we look a bit awkward because the guy who took the picture was so random and I wasn't sure if I should smile or what!!

Being that my parents are SO awesome and always doing more for us than they should, my dad rented us a Penske truck for our move. We'll pick it up tomorrow morning at 9 AM in West Ashley and then Jonathan's Dad and Papa are driving up together to be our 3rd driver back (in addition to Jonathan driving the truck to the upstate, we also have both of our cars to drive back so we had to have enough drivers). We plan to have everything packed, so they'll help us load it all into the truck, and then we'll head on out. Hopefully it won't be too late in the afternoon so that we can unload it all when we get to the upstate. We hope to leave Charleston around 1 or 2 PM. 

So, that's it. This part of our year of traveling is complete. On to the next adventure...Genoa, Italy. Oh, I am so excited.