So, I survived! Yay, me! We are officially back in North Carolina. I would be more sad about leaving Georgia but moving means we are closer to getting Danny back! For those of you that have been following God's awesome work surrounding this deployment - He has come through again! Danny is coming home early! So, we accepted a house on-base and have moved up to prepare for his return!!! Can you tell I am a little bit excited!!!
Last Thursday I drove up with David and a U-Haul trailer full of the stuff we moved to Georgia. "The essentials" - I thought a lot of things were essential, apparently. But, when you are planning on living somewhere for nine months you want to have your "stuff".
We arrived to good old Fort Bragg right on time and signed into our new home. While doing the walk through, the lady discovered that our air was not working. No air? On the hottest day we have had so far? Yes, please! Sign me up! She sent someone out to check on it. I figured they had it covered.
We had arranged for several people to help unload the trailer, load trailers with stuff from the storage unit, and help put together the stuff that Danny would have put together. So, we all got to work! However, the air never got cold even after being checked. I called them again from our 94 degree house. The guy that came out this time said the motor was broken and it would take "some time". I asked if he could call me when he had an idea of what time. He said he would and we went on working - and sweating. We unloaded the last box right before the bottom fell out of a huge thunderstorm. At least it provided some breeze and clouds to cut the heat!
Once everything was in the house our very helpful (and very tired) friends went home. David and I still had not heard from the AC guy. At nine o'clock I was dripping sweat and poor, stripped-naked Benaiah couldn't sleep. I figured the man had forgotten to call and was going to come back the next day. So, I loaded up and went to sleep (and shower - thank goodness) at Barry and Lynnette's. Talk about falling in some one's lap. They helped me move in and now they let me sleep over. They have been a Godsend from the beginning. They better get a very big mansion on the other side of those pearly gates!
Oh, and yes, I left David at the house with some vague idea of where to find sheets and shower curtain liners. He and Belle (his dog) are tougher than I am.
The next morning I got back to the house to find the air on and COOL! Woohoo! The man had come back and worked until 1:30 in the morning to get it fixed. I was so thankful!
David and I worked on unpacking and setting up some "safe spaces" because that afternoon I got my boys back!!! There is nothing that makes me happier than my boys - and I was in desperate need of some happiness. I couldn't find anything I needed and kept finding boxes of "stuff" like maternity clothes and snow gear! Need those? I think not. (Insert crying fit here.) (Alright, go ahead and insert another one.)
My sweet momma stayed and helped me make the house feel a little more like home. We hung a few decorations and bought some groceries. Then, Sunday came. I went on my last run until Danny gets home (sigh) and they left. (You got it. Another crying fit.)
But after all the moving, we are starting to settle in. By settle in I mean the downstairs and boys' room are livable and the other rooms are full of boxes waiting on Danny's return. I just pretend they don't exist. :D We have already visited several playgrounds, played in the kiddie pool, met the neighbors on both sides, baked muffins, "play, play, played", and taken a lot of walks! Now, for the next month or so to fly by so I can get some sleep . . . I mean, see Danny! Hee hee!
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