I Can't Believe I...

My heart jumped into my throat last night. Mind you I have driven about 1,000 miles this past week but for some reason it was habit. I pulled out of the restaurant parking lot onto the wrong side of the road....ON MAIN STREET! How did I manage? If Max didn't freak me out and yell I'm afraid the headlights would be what gave it away.

We went to a Bass Pro Shop yesterday. I tried calling my Mom and Step-Mom to find out what tricks they used to get the testosterone out of the store. My Dad said that there was a restaurant there so it could be days. I'll have to note for future reference, saying "Starbucks is down the street" worked.

We are still in the state of confusion living out of a hotel. We should hear more about the house today. Hopefully it's good news so we dont have to hotel hop. Nothing seems to be falling in place like we spent the past 6 months planning for. Unfortunately the matter is not in our hands, it's in the other parties corner. The only good thing about this move so far is I have my family and everyone is healthy. Exhausted, but healthy....and we have FAITH!!!

VA alas!

We are in the good ol' US of A! We arrived in Kentucky last Saturday, slept, and went to Wal-Mart. WOW...those Kentuckians have their own language. I cant hardly understand them...eeks, only 5 days there and I'm speaking like them too...it's the only way to be understood. The buggies...I mean shopping carts, are larger then what I'm used to. You can fit 2 elephants walking side by side down every isle. Not that I tried, but that would be a great headline for CNN. I forgot how luxurious it was to shop without bumping into someone and saying "sumisan". Kalee wanted everything and Bear wanted to run. Now it's time to for the leash for that boy because the American culture is far different. As I was waiting for my flight out of Seattle I got a bit confused and responded to an agent "hi" (yes in Japanese) and felt stupid. Culture shock has not worn off yet. I am also shocked that I can READ the top toolbar line on the websites. I was kinda used to looking at that Kanji. I figured out how the man holding his hands up and watching TV means exit. Here e-x-i-t means exit. Funny how that works huh? Since we are on this sleep at 17:00 and rise at 01:00 schedule, Bear missed dinner regularly this past week. When he woke up, I nuked some leftover Goulash. First of all this "crunchy" hates microwaves. Too much research leans me one direction. Since I didn't want to wake up the whole house I opted for this method, ick. I get the heebie-jeebies thinking about it. I know I have mastered burning food on the stove but did you know I can burn food in the microwave too? Wow! Does that take Averi talent or what? Now if I can only get him on a better schedule. It's been nearly 3 years since I have driven stick and almost as long since I have driven on the right side of the road. I had a 600mile crash course and only used the windshield wipers as a turn signal about a dozen times. I met Max in Tennessee late Thursday and we stayed the night. By that time the kids were crashed out, so it was convenient to just get them in bed. When Kalee woke she said that the new house was too small, missing a kitchen and didn't have stairs. After laughing my butt off I told her that we were just there to sleep and shower and we still had 8 hours of driving to go. I felt so bad that I didn't have the heart to play on it like I could have.

Alas we arrived in Virginia last night. We are settled into a hotel and are trying to leap over the obstacles that have come our direction this past week. Moving is never easy and finding out tragic news while moving does not make it any easier....but we have faith!!!

Pino's Arrived!

Frequent readers,

These frequent travelers have finally made it to Virginia. We have a lot to take care of this next week. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as this past week has consisted of not just bumps in the road but mountains too. I'm also requesting prayers for Max's side of the family as their has been a death since our arrival here in the states.

When all is settled down I will get back to blogging. I have tons to share with you all! <3
Oh, and the kids have been great little travelers...but are still available to the highest bidder (please for your sanity have a park nearby).

U.S party of 4, U.S. Party of 4!

One wake-up left! About 5 hours to go and I'm blogging instead of sleeping. Go figure huh?!?!
Tomorrow is the BIG DAY. The day that will go on forever....be twice lived. We leave about 07:00 local time on Saturday (Friday night in the states), and arrive Saturday late night (East Coast time). Best of all it's a one way flight on a State bound plane!!!! Our last night here we went to the "O" club for dinner with 3 very special families. It was hard to hold the tears. Military has taught me that my family is not only blood, it's a family amongst itself. We have learned much...especially from these close families. We will miss you guys but we all know how it's a small Navy so never say Good-bye's....it's See-you-later.

Ima wipe my tears now so I can type a secret. NO! We are not expecting. I'll answer that one before the Mother-in-law asks. I know it's PCS time and that seems to be when it happens...but NO! We will be closing on a house in Virginia next week. YES! Did you know that amongst this moving drama we were working on buying? Can ya see why we have been up until 04:00 quite frequently? This means as we coast into Virginia the end of next week we will be signing papers. I have said it once and will say it again......I can not wait to paint! There will not be a white wall in the house after living in Military housing for the past 7 years.

Next Blog will be from stateside. Maybe if the kids are nice to me I can draft it in the air. Haha, that was funny in itself.