life: move across country, new house in Maryland, new puppy...

The past two weeks have been incredible and jam packed. The hubby and I have been non-stop, moving and going. Today was the first "down" day we've had so I thought I'd update everyone on our journey across this beautiful nation. 

1. We drove for 10 days from Monterey, California to Maryland. 

10. 

Days. 

I pray to the sweet baby Jesus that I never have to do that again. 

I complain and I complain, but all-in-all I enjoyed the journey. God had his eyes on us the entire way and made the trip quite uneventful. We had a crazy U-Haul fiasco {read about it here}. There ended up being 3 different times we were on the side of the road because of a U-Haul problem. 1 transmission bust and 2 flat tires. Hubby-face kept his cool through the whole thing and I adore him for that. 

We stayed with friends in two cities and family in another. 

Seeing friends and family along the way made it more like a vacation than a move. 

2. We've been at our new house for one week now. 

Ever since day 2 we've been trying our best to get everything unpacked and set-up. The house is adorable and I am loving all the extra room. Yesterday, we bought a king mattress and then headed over to IKEA and bought a metal bead frame. We had been talking about getting a new bed for two years and I'm so glad we finally did it. It's perfect.

3. Hubby has been wanting a puppy for years. We weren't allowed to have one in California. Since we were moving he had been searching for a place that would allow dogs. This house does and we didn't waste anytime looking for a sweet doggie. We went to a ton of shelters, rescues, and humane societies. We fell in love with the Washington Animal Rescue League. Their facility was immaculate. They took good care of their animals. AND they are a no-kill shelter. Yesterday, we stopped on by to see if any new doggies had come and in...and...some had. We saw Jack and new he was the ONE! 

We picked him up this afternoon and it's been bliss with him here. 

This new chapter is turning out pretty sweet. 

God Bless

life: U-haul has ruined my move to D.C.....

For the past month the hubby and I have been packing up our entire life so we can move to D.C. 

We got all our things loaded into the Uhaul on Thursday and headed out on Friday after school ended. We got 80 miles and the transmission blew. 

 

We waited on the side of the road for 4 hours for Uhaul to send a tow truck that took us to the nearest hotel, which was in the direction we were headed. We wake up the next morning to find out that now we need to be towed 1 hour in the wrong direction because that's where the nearest Uhaul store is that carries the truck size we need. 

So we get there and guess what?! We have to move all our things out of the broken Uhaul and into the new Uhaul by ourselves. Nobody even offered to help. Oh, and did I mention it was the hottest day of the year!? 

My sweet hubby did most of the work and killed himself doing it. Around 4 in the afternoon we were ready to go. We made it to our destination that we were meant to be at the day before. 

Now to today's travels. We hit the road at 8 in the morning. Drove for almost 5 hours and then we get a flat on the Uhaul in the middle of Nevada. It's 111 degrees outside.

 

I'm done with Uhaul. We have been on the phone with them for the past hour trying to get a refund so that we can use another company that will move our belongings for us. 

Please save yourself the trouble and use a different company. 

Here's hoping for a better rest of the day and trip!

God Bless