We made it to Ohio! It was crazy last week and I am finally starting to come down from all that adrenaline. I thought that I would just write down everything that happened from last week until a couple of days ago. About a month ago we asked Rick's mom Lanelle if she could come out and help with driving. I figured that I could make it, but I would feel a lot better if she was there to help drive. And she ended up driving most of the way, which I was totally okay with.
On Tuesday the packers came and finished by around 3:30 or 4:00, and Rick and the boys picked up Lanelle from the airport an hour or so later. I went to my last Relief Society meeting in the Biloxi ward which was a multi-cultural night that I took a raspberry tart to (store bought) because I didn't have anything to bake with! I had a great time and after I visited my good friend Jill at her house for an hour or so.
On Wednesday, the boys, Lanelle and I went to get Tato-nut Donuts for the last time, and went to do some shopping. By the time we got back from driving around for a little bit, we found that the movers were just finishing up. They had finished by 11:00, which to me, was incredible. They've never been that quick before. We then started cleaning a bunch, and I was definitely getting stressed about losing a bunch of our BAH money for having a house that wasn't perfectly clean!
On Thursday we woke up somewhat early and we finished all of our cleaning and sat around waiting for the housing person to come by around 10:00. Thankfully all we had to do was pay for the blinds, since there were a few windows we couldn't find the right measurements for. We then spent some time in the BX and commissary before Rick had to go in to do the last of his out-processing. Lanelle and I went with the boys to get some frozen custard, and then we got a call that Rick was already done with out processing and he was in TLF already (Temporary Lodging Facilities). We joined him and went one last time to Sicily's, our favorite restaurant near Keesler.
Sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning a horde of ants found
there way into my overnight bag. Stupid bugs. Our departure time was
delayed a little that morning as I had to shake out all the ants I could
from each and every article of clothing I had in there. They even got
into the laundry bag of clean clothes that we had washed that night.
Anyways, the trip up to Ohio was BORING. Really, not a lot to see on the freeway, but lots of trees and such. We stayed outside of Nashville that night at a Drury Inn and Suites. It was my first time staying at a Drury Inn and I didn't realize how nice it was going to be. It was a little pricey for what we usually get, since I also made it a suite so Rick's mom could have at least a little privacy. The bathroom was huge, with a big tub, and the rooms were really nice. We had dinner at their little happy hour thing and it was good enough for us! We were tired and didn't want to get back in the car anyway.
We then put the boys to bed, who didn't do bad at all. They're always surprising me like that. And then we fell asleep quite quickly after. Drury Inns are so nice, I'm pretty sure that's where we're going to splurge and stay on occasion. So nice.
We got to Ohio on Saturday and someone from the office gave us the keys to our house. And....well, the house issue is for another blog post, with all the stress that it caused!
So we made it to Dayton, Ohio, and it's freezing cold. The end.