August 17, 2026-Junior Move in Day for Reagan

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• This morning started off as a normal Monday morning. I did skip my morning treadmill walk-I should have done it, but I skipped so I could have a slower morning before school started. 
• I also slacked on the school thing today because I didn't work together with the kids; I just checked their work. Also, to make sure that Whitman finished his school work, I greatly reduced what he had to do though I did leave all of the hard things on his list.
• We weren't really sure of our plans, but after checking out some traffic cameras, Robby and Tony decided that we would attempt to visit Buccees on its opening day. 
• At 1, we left the house-three cars: Reagan's car, the Subaru, and the white van. The white van was completely loaded down so much so that Whitman had to move things around to find a seat in the row that we had tried to leave empty. The other two cars just had a few things in them. 
• There wasn't a lot of traffic getting to Buccees, and we were pretty surprised about how easily we all found parking spots. However, it was right around school pick up time so I think that is why the crowd was lighter. 
• We all found something to eat-Campbell, Keaton, and Whitman had a chicken finger box, Robby and I split a bbq sandwich, Anderson had a chicken sandwich, and I'm not sure what Graham had. Plus we all had drinks, and someone even bought some grapes. 
• We pulled our van next to the Wilsons and ate with them. Then we all got back on the road to Arkadelphia. We were a bit ahead of schedule so Robby and I pulled off to run an errand. That errand left us with a pizza which was eaten fairly quickly as we unloaded Reagan's things. 
• Reagan and Graham's cars both made it before Robby and I did. Reagan had already checked in, and they had moved the few things that were in their cars. We backed up the van, and then the kids unloaded everything. It took a few minutes to get everything up to the 4th floor, but thank goodness for the elevator. We would fill that thing up every chance that we would get. 
• There was lots to do-lower Reagan's bed, put the runs under furniture, hang her curtain, clean her light fixture (absolutely disgusting), hand her pictures, make her bed, unload bin after bin of things. 
• For the most part, in 2 and a half hours she had things the way that she wanted them. She still had some organizing to do, but we had done all that we could do to help. All of the kids but Whitman had already headed home, and yes, we had sent Graham early in the move in process to go and pick up Sonic drinks for us-we weren't that hot, but it's just a move in tradition.
• Reagan was heading to a swim party at a professor's house at 6, so we left to give her time to get there. We went to the other side of campus to see Brett's apartment. It is definitely bigger and newer than Reagan's room. We left there and managed to run another errand and snag another pizza before heading home. 
• Of course, we had to stop again at Buccees on the way home. It was much crazier with the line for the sandwiches stretching super far throughout the store. This time we left with cotton candy (Whitman), cookie dough (Robby and me), and beaver nuggets (Robby). 
• We came home, and sweet Campbell had the dogs outside. This was a long day for Marley in the kennel, and Campbell took care of her while she waiting on us to come home. We unloaded the van of empty bins, but many things stayed in the van since we will do this again Friday and Saturday.
• Anderson is now working on painting his helmet, Graham is upstairs on his xbox, Keaton has been napping, Campbell is working on a craft project, Robby is organizing his office, and I'm sitting on the couch!