How do i capture a month's worth of insanity and changes into a short blog?! Impossible. (for me, anyway.)
However, i am so behind on the blogging that I feel guilty for neglecting such big events, though they was not a moment to spare recently to even sit down and write about it! May has proved to be an insane month two years running. Last may was the wedding, buying a house, starting school after a decade of absence, and all the mishaps that come with moving one's life across country.
This may was almost a repeat of last year... with no changes in the "status" department unless you want to be picky and say we're no longer "newlyweds" since we survived our first year of marriage without any major trauma. (besides the occasional breakdown from yours truly, over huge events like not being able to find an important piece of paper--usually one due the next day--in a messy, tool-filled room littered with various construction equipment and boxes that had yet to be unpacked. THAT was fun, but survivable.)
So now, we are settled (mostly) in Houston for the next 10 months. In a little apartment we are very happy with. The GETTING to this point was epic, though. And a quick run-through:
It took 3 days to get to Houston from Waukegan, in a 16' Penske truck that was filled to the brim. I do not envy the early settlers who traveled for months on end, all their crap in tow, via wagon. Bouncy Penke truck and little SUV (and two pissed off cats) is better by a few degrees, but still not pleasant. Less so when we arrived, road weary and exhausted, to find that our apartment was not habitable. Slight panic. Ok... ugly cry in the lobby panic. I saw dollar signs flash before my eyes, cartoon-style, at the thought of keeping the moving van longer than we had it already... and our already strapped bank accounts were not looking promising at keeping us afloat for days while the apartment people "worked it out." Thanks to a bit of help (and encouragement) from dad and a visit to the managment the next day, we got out of the lease with only our application fee and a night's stay in a local hotel lost. Even still, we were back at square one with no place to go, and not a lot of direction. So, we hit up the internet, and started making the rounds to find anywhere within budget that would let us move in immediately. Within the next 12 hours, (and a lot of phone calls and faxes) we were able to secure a one bedroom in a spot we really loved. Smaller and a little more expensive than our first plan, it was STILL such a blessing to finally have a clean, safe, available apartment. :)
Although we still live in a sort of "box fort" and will probably be unpacking for a while longer, things are mostly settled, and tomorrow i begin my inernship. HURRAY! One year gone, just under one more to go, and i'll be graduated and on my way... and all of this has been well worth everything the last year has brought, for sure.
Just one more thing: i love the heat. And i sure did miss Texas.
