T-10 Hours

So, I have decided to try and keep a running blog of my move to Los Angeles so everyone would know how it was going. Right now all of my furniture is already packed up and on the way to California, I have but to follow it. At the moment the plan is to get up at about 3:30 tomorrow morning, pack everything up into the car, give the cat her sedative, then do a final walk through of the house before going to pick up Kaitlyn who has graciously offered to be my co-pilot for this trip and didn't even complain about the ungodly hour of departure. So, if all goes according to plan, here's our route:

Day 1: Detroit, Michigan to Tulsa, OK - 960 miles, 16 hours. Just past Tulsa there's a string of hotels, surely one of them will have a vacancy...right?

Day 2: Tulsa, OK to Albuquerque, NM - 650 miles, 10 hours. End of the first leg of the journey. Here we meet up with my friends in Albuquerque and give the poor cat a few days to relax and detox.

Day 3: Albuquerque, NM to Hollywood, CA - 794 miles, 12 hours. By this time I hope to have coordinated with my landlord to determine a time that I can meet up with her, finalize paperwork, and get keys to the apartment. My furniture is slated to arrive several days after I do.

My biggest concern about this drive is my cat. The drive, mind you, not the move as a whole. I have far different concerns regarding that. I worry about the cat because she hates being in the car, and I would really prefer to avoid sedating her if at all possible. However, if past experience is anything to judge by (particularly coming home from the vet earlier this week), she NEEDS to be sedated while we're driving otherwise she'll be stressed out and miserable. So, although it's not how I would prefer to go about things, tomorrow morning I'm going to get up and give her a pill to knock her out, and hopefully she'll be asleep or at least relaxed for most of the day. We will see how things go.