3 days to move!

WE DID IT!

We moved!! YAY!

We moved on Thursday all day. It is so hot but we had some very awesome helpers so we were able to move from the old place to the new in just 5 hours, loading and unloading.

What a mess moving is! I thought we would be able to finish in 3 hours tops but, once you start moving things around its amazing the stuff you find and how much a person accumulates!

(I couldn't help but laugh at myself when I realized how

I must look as I was walking thru the parking garage pushing this-

no wonder people were looking at me like I was pitiful)

We moved all of our belongings into the new place but we hit a bump..... the place had not been cleaned!!!

On thursday evening after we unloaded at the new location we dropped the moving truck off at U-Haul, we grabbed a bite to eat so by the time we were actually "home" and ready to unwind it was late. I decided I was going to clean the upstairs bathroom so we could shower and go to bed... so I did and we showered and fell into bed exhausted. Scott worked on Friday but I stayed home to unpack.

On friday morning I woke up ready to work but instead I discovered the place had not been cleaned... I was on the verge of freaking bc I opened the oven and it was filthy- YUCK! Talk about grossing out!!! I was furious but I composed myself and placed a call to the property manager and graciously explained my frustration. The propery manager assured me the place had been cleaned but since then they had fired the cleaning company so to rectify the situation she sent a cleaning service over to clean within the hour. I was very pleased with the way the property manger handled it but, we lost a whole day of unpacking while we waited for returned calls, the cleaners to come and then for everything to be cleaned. Oh well, at least it was clean.

After alot of work Friday evening and all day today we are finally moved in.... well, with the exception of the guest bedroom. We have to go pick up the bed from storage before we can fix that room up but overall, we are settled.
This evening I was able to enjoy a cup of coffee at the table and watch 6 deer grazing across the street - So relaxing!! And the sunset was beautiful.

The down time was great after the past exhausting 3 days! It was also nice to stop, sit and regroup before we have youth service in the morning.

Even though my kitchen gets smaller with each move and the property is a bit older - I think I am really going to enjoy living on this side of town.

Not to mention Scott loved leaving the house at 7:55 to make it to the office by 8 am. We are only about a mile from his office so, it is a great blessing after all his years of commuting from Round Rock to Central Austin.

We have a pretty BIG week ahead of us this week so please pray for these things:

1- Camp begins on Thursday (please pray for all prep work and Scott's absence to go smoothly)

2- We need to go clean the old apartment before Monday so I guess that means we need to do that Sunday after church (wow, just realized thats tomorrow)

3- We need to take all of the baby items to storage this week but in order to do that we are going to have to re-arrange the storage so that it will all fit.

4- Rest... we need rest before camp starts so that we will leave to Summer camp with the youth refreshed and ready to receive whatever he has for us!

Have a great night! More updates coming soon.... I think life is about to get to be "normal" again. It has been a long time coming.............

-missa