Monday, July 30, 2012
Utah
We love being in Utah - the only problem is we miss Dan A LOT! It has been just over a week and I have no idea how I am going to last 11 more days! And poor Jax asks all the time where daddy is and he says he wants to go home. This coming from my son is a SHOCKER! Jaxon is a social butterfly and wants to be out doing things and be with other people all the time and he NEVER wants to go home - so every time he asks to go home it breaks my heart. First because we can't - and second because next time we go home it is to throw all our belongings in a truck and drive away forever. I have been trying to explain to him that we will have a new home, but I don't think he fully understands. Being around family though has been WONDERFUL! I love and miss both mine and Dan's family A LOT so it has been great to get to be around them. I have also loved that my kids get to play with their aunts and uncles and grandparents!
Also - we found where we are going to live when we move! We found some apartments in Alexandria, VA (only 10 miles away from Georgetown University's Law School in D.C.) and we just signed a 10 month lease. We are going to be there for a total of about 17 months but we only signed a 10 month lease just in case we hate it LOL. It is always scary doing things online but we were able to talk to a member of the church who lives there and she says they are fine so we are going for it. We know they aren't going to be anything special because they are much cheaper than most everything else we can find - but they are big - our 3 bed 2 bath is 1350sq ft so we are excited about that. We will be paying TRIPLE in rent what our mortgage is in Lubbock... just to give you an idea of how freaking expensive it is over there and this is the cheapest thing we could find that wasn't a total HOLE haha! I feel ill every time I think about how much money it is. And they don't have washer/dryer hookups or anything so we will have to use the laundry facilities in the basement.... I feel like we are going backwards haha and I am REALLY not looking forward to paying to do laundry but oh well....it is all ok, we are very excited for the experience we are going to have living there and for Dan to go to Georgetown so it will all be worth it ;)
Oh - also, I mapped from Utah to our apartments in VA and it is a 32 hour drive - but because we have to go to Texas first and THEN to VA - it is going to be a 42 hour drive! AHHHHHH! Luckily we will be breaking that up into 4 or 5 days but I probably won't EVER want to get in a car again after that - neither will the kids. Good thing they have the metro to get us places!
Well that’s all for now - just wanted to update "my records" of what is going on in our lives right now.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
I can do it... I can do it... I can do it
Well it has been VERY busy around here. Right now I am packing to go to Utah (I leave on Saturday), packing up our entire house to move to DC right when we get back from Utah. Trying to finish things with my "propery management" job, working for my dad, oh and being a mom.
On top of that - the other day I was in such a hurry to leave that I pushed the garage door opener and then just started backing out instead of waiting for the garage to open. I usually don't do really stupid stuff like this but it just shows how truly scatter brained I am right now. My brain is going in so many different directions...it is hard to just stop and focus on one thing which I think is really hurting me right now. ANYWAY - so on top of moving expenses... we also have to get a new garage. We could have just repaired it... but the model that we have is no longer being made so it is really expensive to get parts so it was only $50 more to get an entire new garage... obviously that is the better choice since we would have probably had to spend more than $50 getting paint to either repaint the entire thing or spending time trying to find an exact match of paint.
Then a day after the garage fiasco...Dan went to take a shower and the water didn't turn on.... what the? So I called Lubbock Power and Light to find out that our bill hadn't been paid and they shut the water off! What the crap!!! I had us set up on an automatic bill pay but about a month ago our credit card number was stolen so we had to shut that card down... well I thought I had switched everything over - but aparently LP&L fell through the cracks. ARE YOU SERIOUS? I was able to convince them not to charge us the $55 fee to turn it back on - but we were without water for the majority of the day. SERIOUSLY?!?! Just another thing to show that I have not been myself and cannot handle this much going on!
The garage and water were just two things that I really did not need to happen. It's hard enough leaving our first home that I love and the people here that I LOVE in such a short time...but then having things like this happen when we are getting ready to go just seem to make it that much worse.
Anyway - things are looking better now - we had a garage sale which was a huge success. We got the house ready for posting and so we are living in a normal living environment again. Now I just have to pack up the rest of the house before Saturday... no big deal right?
I just have to keep reminding myself that it is all going to be worth it and I can do it, I can do it, I can do it.
On top of that - the other day I was in such a hurry to leave that I pushed the garage door opener and then just started backing out instead of waiting for the garage to open. I usually don't do really stupid stuff like this but it just shows how truly scatter brained I am right now. My brain is going in so many different directions...it is hard to just stop and focus on one thing which I think is really hurting me right now. ANYWAY - so on top of moving expenses... we also have to get a new garage. We could have just repaired it... but the model that we have is no longer being made so it is really expensive to get parts so it was only $50 more to get an entire new garage... obviously that is the better choice since we would have probably had to spend more than $50 getting paint to either repaint the entire thing or spending time trying to find an exact match of paint.
Then a day after the garage fiasco...Dan went to take a shower and the water didn't turn on.... what the? So I called Lubbock Power and Light to find out that our bill hadn't been paid and they shut the water off! What the crap!!! I had us set up on an automatic bill pay but about a month ago our credit card number was stolen so we had to shut that card down... well I thought I had switched everything over - but aparently LP&L fell through the cracks. ARE YOU SERIOUS? I was able to convince them not to charge us the $55 fee to turn it back on - but we were without water for the majority of the day. SERIOUSLY?!?! Just another thing to show that I have not been myself and cannot handle this much going on!
The garage and water were just two things that I really did not need to happen. It's hard enough leaving our first home that I love and the people here that I LOVE in such a short time...but then having things like this happen when we are getting ready to go just seem to make it that much worse.
Anyway - things are looking better now - we had a garage sale which was a huge success. We got the house ready for posting and so we are living in a normal living environment again. Now I just have to pack up the rest of the house before Saturday... no big deal right?
I just have to keep reminding myself that it is all going to be worth it and I can do it, I can do it, I can do it.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Heading East
So if you haven't already heard.... we are moving to Washington D.C.!!!
Back in Feb or March of this year, Dan applied to the joint JD/LLM program at Georgetown University and just found out that HE GOT IN!
This means he will attend Georgetown for his third year of Law school and also be able to take classes to get his LLM which is a Masters of Law in Taxation.
We waited and waited and waited and never heard anything. As the Spring semester was ending... Dan called and they told him they wanted to wait for his grades to come back from that semester before they reviewed his application. At this point we were both thinking it was a VERY slim chance he would get it... not because he didn't do well this last semester... because he did - but because it had been such a long time since he applied and we just figured they wouldn't wait that long to tell us.
Anyway - July 3rd we were hanging out as a fam at home and Dan grabbed his ipad to pull up a game for Jax - he decided to check his e-mail. I was at a different part of the house with Addy and I heard Dan say, "oh my gosh" so I looked over and he looked up and said, "guess who just go into Georgetown!" I will forever remember the look on his face!
We were both obviously VERY excited but we wanted to make sure it was what our family should be doing so we decided to take a day and think about it. The 4th we decided to try and not think/worry about it and just have fun as a family like we had planned. Today - July 5th we had a family fast and had both our families fast with us to make sure this was something we should be doing. We got our answer and are going! As scary and stressful as it is to move across the country in about a month - we are very excited for this new chapter of our lives!
WAY TO GO DAN - WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!
Back in Feb or March of this year, Dan applied to the joint JD/LLM program at Georgetown University and just found out that HE GOT IN!
This means he will attend Georgetown for his third year of Law school and also be able to take classes to get his LLM which is a Masters of Law in Taxation.
We waited and waited and waited and never heard anything. As the Spring semester was ending... Dan called and they told him they wanted to wait for his grades to come back from that semester before they reviewed his application. At this point we were both thinking it was a VERY slim chance he would get it... not because he didn't do well this last semester... because he did - but because it had been such a long time since he applied and we just figured they wouldn't wait that long to tell us.
Anyway - July 3rd we were hanging out as a fam at home and Dan grabbed his ipad to pull up a game for Jax - he decided to check his e-mail. I was at a different part of the house with Addy and I heard Dan say, "oh my gosh" so I looked over and he looked up and said, "guess who just go into Georgetown!" I will forever remember the look on his face!
We were both obviously VERY excited but we wanted to make sure it was what our family should be doing so we decided to take a day and think about it. The 4th we decided to try and not think/worry about it and just have fun as a family like we had planned. Today - July 5th we had a family fast and had both our families fast with us to make sure this was something we should be doing. We got our answer and are going! As scary and stressful as it is to move across the country in about a month - we are very excited for this new chapter of our lives!
WAY TO GO DAN - WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!
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