We have started a new chapter in our lives and so far it's not going the way I thought it would. I was really excited to move, not knowing what was ahead of us. Sometimes things just don't always work out the way we want, but we just keep on doing our best.
It all started with getting our stuff ready to move to Philly. It was a HUGE pain. I thought we didn't have much, but I was wrong. We had to leave a lot more of our stuff in storage than we expected, but looking at the stuff we brought with us, I guess I am ok. We loaded and up and as we pulled the trailer around St George, we got a little worried. We had never pulled a trailer before so we thought we were a little heavier so decided to leave the heaviest thing we had, our super heavy marble top table. We left Sunday morning and I was still a little scared. The trailer kept swaying side to side, but once Jahvel got the hang of it we were good. The trip was long. We drove all day and pulled over every night about 9:30 pm at a hotel to sleep. We did this for 3 days until we finally arrived on Wednesday at around 5 pm.
*funny story: As we were entering Pennsylvania, Jahvel told the girls that he had forgotten something back in St George and that we had to go back. Velani immediately responded "You're going back alone!" Jahvel asked her why and she said that it was a long trip and she didn't want to go back because it wasn't her "thing" that was forgotten.
The girls were good and I understand how tiring that trip was and I am surprised by how well they behaved. They did fight a bit, but I don't blame them. We all got cranky once in a while, but it sure felt good to have finally arrived.
That is until the following day when reality finally hit. We went out to look for a place to rent and didn't have much luck. Everything is so expensive and UGLY!! I began to feel sad and "homesick" I actually missed St. George. The only place we saw that has been by far the best place yet is a little further than we wanted, but because our student loan hasn't been disbursed, we can't do anything.
We are staying with a very nice family who kindly let us stay in a mother in law suite they have. The only bad thing about that is that we only have until the 20th because they have rented this place out. We feel frustrated and sad that we still don't have anything yet.
I will keep you posted on what happens. I know things will work out and that we just have to have faith, be patient and keep looking.
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Reality set in for me the next day when I knew I couldn't just call you to bring my babies over. I miss them a lot!!!!! But like you, I just hope time passes quickly. I'm not wishing my life away, I want it back. But in the mean time we need to make the most of it. I'll keep praying to Heavenly Father to keep y'all safe until the time comes for us to be together again. Love you, my girls and "los papis".
PS. Loved the story about Velani not wanting to go back because it wasn't her "thing" that was forgotten. That's my girl.
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