Life thus far..

So, it's been a week in Abilene. What we have learned so far:

- Life is made up of three things: Waking up, Working all day, and going to Wal-mart
- Buy bug spray. Lots of it. The mosquitoes are terrible here.
- Oh, and Abilene is also spiderville. We've counted about 25 since we've been here. (And this is not cool. If there is any type of animal, vegetable or mineral we shun, it is any form of arachnoid. Eww.)
- Take water everywhere you go-- it's always 300 degrees outside
- Packing tape can fixes almost anything!

Other than that, we've been pretty boring this week. We opened our last box yesterday and breathed a sigh of relief. Blake has been wonderful about transferring all of our moving information and taking care of all the fine details. I have been busy beautifying the house and trying to make it into a home. Other than that, nothing big.

We tried out Southern Hills Church of Christ today. It was great, but it really made me miss GCR. It's weird to walk into a "church" and not know anybody. I haven't felt that in over 25 years. Still, we hope that we will find the place that God wants us to be. We still miss our friends, though.

Love you, and please come visit soon!
Laura

Moving Day.....

6 a.m. - The alarm violently shakes me from my slumber. Reluctantly, I wake up to find that it's moving day. Time for some sustenance. Only one place to go... can I hear a starts with a J and ends with umburrito? With somber faces we took in our last meal and posed for a loving goodbye picture to remember the beauty of a large sausage and egg burrito at a moment's notice. We will miss thee.

8 a.m. - Last minute packing and box sealing. Boxes are the bain of our existence.

9 a.m.- A large red truck and trailer enter our driveway with three movers. Let the moving begin!

12 p.m.- Truck dead. Blake performs his magic and heals the battery miraculously. What a man. On the road for the trek to Abilene. Blake rides solo, while Sam and Laura sing tunes of joyfulness in perfect harmony.

1:00 p.m.- Sam decides she wants to live in Big Spring and leaps over Laura's seat in a mad rush to make her break for it at Dairy Queen. After a massive race and some mad football skills, Sam is recovered and goes quietly back to car. After Laura is revived, they return to the highway, with dog tied to seat of car.

3:00 p.m. - Pull up to the house. Movers nowhere to be seen. Last known location: exiting highway as Blake continues to Abilene. Movers eventually show up and perform great feats of unloading, taking off doors and fitting refrigerators through hallways. Angels really do walk on earth.

5:30 p.m.- Movers drift away to provide another miraculous service to other new homeowners. Box opening begins, and we continue until sunset.

12:00 a.m.- We close our eyes to wake to another day of cardboard and trips to Wal-mart. Goodnight, Abilene.

-Blake and Laura (and Sam)

A Place to Live?

First off, thank you for all the wonderful going away parties and gifts. Y'all have worn us out with your love! We appreciate all the sweet notes, hugs, presents and mountains of food you gave us. We will definitely be getting a gym membership to walk off all the extra calories.

In other news, the house is packed, I'm done with PT school and we have already turned in our cable box/internet stuff. We're ready as ready can be and can't wait until the moving trucks get here. Sam (our dog) acts like she knows that some kind of change is coming. We're a little worried about her reaction once everything begins on Saturday. She loves car rides, but we're concerned about this one because it will be the longest one of her life.

Anyway, we're excited about getting to Abilene and starting our "new" life. I will post pictures of wherever we end up living as soon as we get there. :)

-Laura