Life in WY

Okay, Alan is on the phone with his family so hopefully, I can actually get a blog posted! A lot has happened over the last month, so here goes:

I'm gonna start with our road trip here. We left on Wednesday afternoon after being up until almost 4 Tuesday night and getting only a few hours sleep. Packing...ugh! We stayed in a hotel in Arkansas the first night. Arkansas was flat and bland. The next day we stopped in St. Louis and went to the Gateway Arch...incredible!!! We had a rough time there because Alan's pathfinder starting going schizo and wouldn't shift out of park. Considering all of our belongings were in a trailer attached to the pathfinder, you can imagine my panic! Thankfully, we found the instruction manual to the car and got it to shift out of park. We stayed in a hotel in Missouri Thursday night. Friday, we drove through part of Kansas, Iowa, and into Nebraska. We stayed at a KOA in Nebraska that night. We got there after dark, 25-30 mph winds, and we had never put our tent together before. Needless to say, it took us a good while to get the tent together and we didn't sleep very well that night. We got up Saturday morning and figured we would stop in the next town for breakfast. Too bad it was 10 when we left the KOA and the next town was 45 minutes away (i.e. breakfast was no longer being served). We had an early lunch instead and hit the road for Wyoming. I drove ahead of Alan and arrived about 2 hours earlier so that I could try and get a storage unit for our stuff, but everyone was closed since it was July 3rd (holiday). Anyways, I ended up not getting a storage unit so we had to keep our stuff in trailer an extra day. We drove around town and found a decent hotel with a good weekly rate and got checked in.

Sunday, we went to church services at Laramie church of Christ and loved it! Everyone was so friendly and we made some friends who took us out to lunch and for a drive through the Snowy Range mountains. On Monday, our first objective was to find a place to store our stuff. We found a storage unit and got our stuff unloaded and took back the Uhaul. We got a copy of the local paper and just started calling places about apartments. We looked at two that were okay, one that could only be described as a dungeon (I seriously almost didn't even go in, and I wish I hadn't!). The fourth apartment we looked at was incredible! When we arrived, we found out it was actually a three bedroom instead of two! It came with a fairly new washer and dryer and the kitchen was remodeled! We talked it over and decided that we couldn't do any better than this so we decided on this apartment! We started moving stuff in on Tuesday and we love it here!

Well, I'm getting tired of typing and it's getting close to dinner time so I'll write more later!

Updates

Only had time to update the layouts and stuff tonight...maybe I'll actually post a blog tomorrow :) We'll see!

Whew! What a month!

Wow! I am getting really behind on my blog! So much has happened over the past few weeks and I haven't had any time to write because I've been so busy!!!

We did find an apartment here and only had to look at a few until we found the PERFECT one! We got to move right in, but are still in the process of getting everything moved in and set up how we want it. Also, I had an interview a few days after we got here and I GOT THE JOB!!! I got an email this morning and I should receive the formal offer letter in the mail tomorrow! It's part-time, but I'll be making close to what I was making in AL working full-time, and Alan will get a discount on his tuition! How awesome is that?!? Anyways, I'm very tired from all of the excitement today, so I'm going to bed soon! I really will write more later and I'll post pics too!

We're here!!!

No pics yet because our computer isn't hooked up at home yet. We are here though! I can't believe it! No time to write much more right now, but I'll definitely post road trip pictures and pictures of our new apartment when I can!

Only a few more days!!!

I am getting so excited/nervous!! We leave in 6 days! I'm going crazy trying to coordinate seeing everyone one last time, spending time with family, packing, trying to prepare for my interview, finding a place to live, etc., etc., etc.

Whew!!! I don't know if I've got it in me to make it through a road trip too! I've been staying up late at night and not getting a lot of sleep. Last night I stayed up til 5 (would've been 4, but I started thinking about not seeing everyone and cried for about 45 minutes). I had to get up at 8 because I had a doctor's appointment this morning. It took about two hours at the doctor, then I went by Curves and got in a great workout. I stopped to get a Frutista Freeze at Taco Bell (we have some coupons for some free ones), at lunch at home, and packed up something I had sold on eBay. I thought I would get more done, but I ended up taking a 2 hour nap and then my mom came by and we went for a swim (no one was there...yay!) and then we went and grab Logan's to-go for dinner, came home and got ready for Bible study, went to Bible study, came home and heated up dinner and ate. Had to run by the pharmacy and get my prescription filled and now I'm about ready to collapse. Oh, did I mention I have a dentist appointment tomorrow at 8? In j'ville? Which means I have to leave here by 6:30 at the latest! I need to sleep!!! I need to pack!!!

Does anyone else think I'm losing it? Good. I'm glad I'm not the only one!

Seriously though, I am trying to stay calm, but I'm starting to freak a little. I'm just really worried that we are going to forget something or someone. Well, I really do need to go to bed!

Yard Sale

Just wanted to post some pics from the yard sale :) I love the show Clean House!

The setup

The crafty sign made by Alan and me :)
We added the "Make us an offer" when we started getting desperate to get rid of things on Saturday!

The Yard Sale Diva!!

The Sexy Go-To Guy :)

We made: $380.60!!!

Turned out to be a pretty good weekend!

And then the rain hit!!! Thankfully, it didn't hit till after we packed up!

There were a good many trees down from the storm!

And of course, the dummies who insist on driving in the mess! :)

Packing!!!

Okay, so the past few weeks have been CRAZY! We are trying to get packed up since we are moving in less than 3 weeks! At least we have more notice than last time (6 days)! We had a yard sale last weekend that went really well! We've also sold some things on Craig's List and eBay. Thankfully, we sold the washer & dryer (actually sold them for $25 less than we paid, so that was great!). We are trying to slim down the furniture we are taking with us so that we can rent a UHaul trailer instead of renting a moving truck because we would also have to rent something to tow one of the vehicles if we go with the moving truck.

I'm actually pretty excited about the move! I can't believe that it's almost here though! I'm really going to miss our families and all of our friends. I truly think that us moving to B'ham was God's way of easing us into being further away from our families. We have been blessed in so many ways! I think I've mentioned this before, but I don't have to get a job immediately after we move, so I'm excited about having the opportunity to really look and find the job that is right for me!

On a goofy side note, I have Christmas presents in our living room! Last year, we bought Christmas presents for 21 people (each other, parents, siblings, g-parents, and friends) and only spent $500, but it was about $2500 worth of gifts. Yeah, I'm that good at shopping :) Anyways, since we will probably be flying home for Christmas, the amount of luggage we bring back will be a concern, thus the amount of gifts. We could do gift cards, but we wouldn't be able to give near as much as me going shopping for gifts (since I'm so good at finding sales :)). Since shopping for actual gifts instead of gift cards is a more reasonable option, I am trying to purchase gifts now and wrap them so that I can keep them at my mom's until we come back to AL for Christmas. I'm already done shopping for Erika and Ashley :) and only have a few more things to get for my brothers! I'm pretty excited!

Well, other than that, pretty much all we are doing right now is packing!

Oh, this next week is my last week at work! I have a lot to wrap up before I'm done! I'm finishing two classes this week and doing post-assessments on both...which means more paperwork to complete! And I have two DHR sessions, which is also more paperwork! I am excited about Tuesday though...Momma is coming to see my office and we're going to dinner together! Monday is going to be a long day! Hopefully, I can get off a little early on Wednesday to make up for it! Friday morning, I think they are having a going away reception for me...I'm hoping I don't cry! Even though certain people I work with drive me crazy, I'm really going to miss everyone there! I'm not going to miss some people at the higher level (A&M), but that's another story!

Well, I'm going to try and get some Bible reading done and get a little more packing done before I go to sleep tonight so good night!