Trevor's Big Move Out--Part Two

Alternate Title - The Craziest Day

Robert, Trevor, and I drove up on Saturday to move a few things in before Trevor moves in. We rented a U-Haul Truck to pick up a new mattress, along with the *perfect* couch that Trevor found on Craig's List. As their U-Haul was following me back to Trevor's, a bunch of my brake warning lights lit up my dashboard, and I was able to make it the last few blocks to Trev's.

Meanwhile, Robert and Trevor managed to manuever the oversized sofa up Trevor's stairs and over to his landing. Unfortunately (understatement), the sofa was too long, too wide, and too tall to fit through the door even with the most expert pivoting. 

While the couch was stuck at Trevor's door, I arranged for a tow truck to take my car to the Honda dealer, which was the only place where I could get a loaner car at 4:45 p.m. on a Saturday. The only other option was Ubering to Dulles Airport 12 miles away. So I went with the tow truck driver, who got me to Honda with minutes to spare. And I asked him if he believes in Jesus. "Yes, ma'am!" I told him Jesus sent him to take care of us.

At the dealer, I met the wonderful Jasmine who'd helped me on the phone. She was wearing a "GREAT LOVE--Ephesians 2:4" t-shirt. This prompted another conversation. 

While I make arrangements at Honda, Robert and Trevor got the couch back in the U-Haul and headed to Salvation Army to donate his perfect couch.   The donation location had closed, but the manager told Robert he wouldn't see anything, so they unloaded the couch and left it.

Thank You, Jesus, for showing Yourself when we needed You. Not the best of days, but really, all is WELL.

I picked up my guys at the U-Haul store in my loaner car--a brand new Accord with less than 200 miles and all the bells and whistles. We found comfort in a yummy pho restaurant before heading home.

Trevor's Big Move Out--Part One

 Trevor's focused his job search on the Fairfax, Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Roanoke areas. He has had a surprising number of good prospects, been a top candidate several times, and been disappointed a time or two when an offer didn't pan out. 

But in October, he was hired for a Technical Writer/Editor position for Leidos up in Manassas. With all of the strangeness of the pandemic, he was interviewed over the phone twice, yet never even on video, and was offered the job! So a super exciting time for us, with a short turnaround of just over two weeks to get set to begin the new job.

He'd already been studying apartments online, and he and I went up on a Monday. Before his leasing office appointments, we stopped to get a good look at the Manassas H-Mart and grabbed lunch to eat on the go later in the afternoon. The first apartment he looked at was PERFECT! We toured a similar apartment, since "his" wasn't available to view, and once he signed all of the papers, we parked in front of his new building to eat our lunch. When we saw the maintenance guy leaving the apartment, Trevor asked if we could get a look inside. The guy was SOOO nice and welcomed us in! It was gorgeous, second floor, lots of windows, light, and trees!

Balcony looks over a wooded area.

His balcony is the third from the left.

 

A super sucessful day, an encouraging start to his new life, with a stop at Kung Fu Tea for a perfect ending.