...it's an adventure, right?
Oh, I have so much I want to record and blog about, but also want to wait until I can get to "my" computer and share pictures as well.
And why don't I have access to "my" computer? Because it's still nicely packed in a box because we are still living in a hotel...Extended Stay something or other here in Plano, TX.
It's a fine hotel room...a king bed, a pull out sofa, a small kitchenette, a huge recliner (we had removed b/c we needed a place for Gracia's pack-n-play). We are packed in and surrounded by suitcases and other assorted belonging of ours...including our cats...but I guess they aren't really belongings...they are our sweet animal companions, right?
We have a TV and so the girls enjoy watching HGTV or the Food/Cooking channel...remember, we don't have TV programming at home...so they think it's great fun to watch Cupcake Wars and other "fine programming". However, they no longer think it's great to share a pull out sofa...but, in all honesty, they are doing well and have done a great job being flexible and going with the flow. We have visited the library in our new town and they loved it...wow, Mom, it's so big! They creatively use their imagination to keep themselves occupied when stuck in the hotel room and those Nooks that my brother gave them for Christmas have come in mighty handy :)
Gracia, however, is another story. She's actually done pretty well too...but she is teething and she's pretty much done with her pack-n-play...I guess I would get tired of sleeping on a cushioned board too. We've tried to make it more comfy, but sometimes she's simply not having anything to do with it. And, so, horror of horrors :) she sometimes sleeps with us. Yep, in an effort to not wake up the rest of the hotel with her screaming (and all of you who know her as a quiet, mellow kid...well, let's just say that she has found her voice) and to get some sleep ourselves, we have allowed her to sleep with us. I don't know...we may be setting ourselves up to have to break a bad habit...but for now, we are going with the flow and just trying to survive hotel living. I am hopeful that she'll get back into her better sleeping routine once these teeth finish popping through and once she's able to sleep in her crib again. Those teeth, though, sure are cute :) Currently, her two bottom teeth are coming in (they popped through in December), one top tooth broke the surface last week (somewhere in Mississippi), and the other top tooth is right there, very close to coming through...maybe I'll get my mellow baby back again after that ones shows itself :)
Steve started his new job on Monday and it is great...we are very, very thankful! So far so good...he's already up and running with chemistry and has made some compounds...I don't exactly know what that means other than he's happily "cooking" in his lab :)
So, back to the hotel situation. We knew the general area we wanted to be in here in TX, so we began working with a realtor checking out rental properties via the internet. Circumstances did not allow us to travel to TX ahead of time to find a rental, so our plan was to look at some houses we had already previewed via the internet once we got into town. We thought it would be fairly simple to pick one, sign a lease, and begin getting moved in. Well, it hasn't exactly gone according to plan.
The rental market is tight here and properties often have multiple applications on them...so you fill everything out and hope you get picked. We lost the contest on the first home we applied to. It was very frustrating because it was a three day process and by the end of it, I felt like we had just wasted time. So the process began again, Steve and I reviewed a bunch of places online, and then the girls and I went to see some of them yesterday. So, today we have an application going in on another home. Supposedly, this one does not have other apps on it currently...I am hopeful that they will give us an answer today instead of making us wait through the weekend. If you think of it, please pray for this to go smoothly...thanks so much!
Ultimately, I do believe God is in control of where we live and I do believe that He has all this figured out...and we do desire to be right where He wants us...but we have been discouraged and frustrated by the process. I've had to really look at what it is that has fueled those feelings in me. Some of my "reasons" are legitimate, I believe...I do want our family to get settled in our new home, I do want to get back to school with the girls, we do want to begin meeting people and making friends, etc. Some of them, however, reveal "issues"...I really value a plan and knowing what the plan is, I value feeling like I make the plan, and I don't like it when "the plan" does not go as I planned...wow, that a lot of "plan" :) I value security and comfort...I do not like feeling unsettled...some of these are probably simply our human nature and condition, but they are still "issues" for me, nonetheless. They are things I am thankful that our Lord lets me see...thankful that he puts up with me anyway...thankful that He cares and loves me and my family...thankful to know that He forgives me...thankful to know that His ways and plans are the best. He has been reminding me to look to Him, rest in Him, trust in Him...and He's been reminding me of this post.
So, here it is, Friday the 13th...and it's going to be a good day for my family :) The girls and I are off to find a laundromat...did I mention that I'm looking forward to getting settled?
Have a blessed day and a blessed weekend~
Rach
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