The Ups and Downs of moving

So I am sitting in the hotel room trying to get adjusted to the fact that we won't be getting our stuff till Tuesday now. So we are stuck here living in limbo until then. At least we get reimbursed for the hotel room so that won't be a huge deal. But I was hoping that we could have the weekend to unpack and get settled into our new place....oh well. I guess I should get started on our little trip to the East Coast.

We left Tuesday morning and drove till we got a little past Memphis TN. We stopped a few places along the way for resting up. But we got to our hotel around 4pm and we had time to relax, eat dinner and swim. Nothing eventful happened on that day. Which is just the way you like it when you are driving 1200 miles with two separate cars, one of which is our clunker car.

Wednesday morning we woke up early and headed out. Driving out of the hotel parking lot Corey took the curb too sharp and hit it, and some how his tire busted. I have a good feeling that it was a blessing in disguise. A tire shouldn't blow bumping into a curb and I feel it might have busted mid drive with Corey going 70 miles an hour. But we found a tire place right next to the hotel and they had us on our way in just 10 minutes. Minor set back. The rest of the trip was uneventful. We drove till Kingsport TN, and I have to admit TN is a huge state when you drive it length wise. I didn't think we would ever get out of it.

Today (Thursday) we drove up to Hagerstown MD where we are going to live. This drive was the shortest and the most beautiful drive. So different from OK, and I feel a little displaced right now. No place of my own and with four kids that can get overwhelming. But we have been blessed that everything went so well for us so far.

The hardest part for me has been the separation from my mom. The first time I left I was going to college and looking forward to being away from my parents and being independent. This time was different. I have loved living next to my mom for the past five years. We have become really close and I already miss calling her and seeing what we are having for Sunday dinner. I am sad to think that she is so far away from me. But I have to realize that I can't hide behind my mom's support anymore. I have to break out on my own and meet new people and start fresh. So tomorrow we go to register the boys at school. We are going to find our church and find the time we meet. We might even try to get up to Gettysburg sometime this weekend to look around. Hopefully when our stuff gets here I can find that cable and we can put it to use. It has only just begun for us.