Well, here it is. We're in El Paso! Yikes.
The farther south I go, the ruder the drivers are lol. I suppose that makes . . . well, no, that doesn't make sense. The cities have gotten bigger, so that's probably what it is.
It took a lot of patience to get through this move . . . Brock and I definitely both short-circuited on it a few times. We ran out of time to clean the old house, had to sleep on the floor the last night there (OMG was that a hard hardwood floor), and then get up bright and early for a long long drive.
Our first night we stayed in a pet-friendly hotel. The house we wanted - it took a while to arrange it. And I mean awhile. At least, from what we're used to. We didn't get into the house until the night after we had gotten to Texas. That first day in El Paso was a very very long one for all of us.
All four of us (including the kitty and pup) were squeezed into our little car for most of the day (since check-out was at 11). The only comfortable one was Othello, and that's because his crate was just big enough for him. Zulu actually got so tired of laying down that she would lean back and prop her head on the top of the backseat lol.
Moving in became another push to endurance. *laughs* It was also a big test on my . . . grace? Is that what you'd call it? Hmm. Idk lol. It definitely felt like an obstacle course the first week and a half . . . really, up until a couple days ago when I finally got the right boxes unpacked lol.
When we moved, we tried to take with us all of the things in our refrigerator that we couldn't absolutely throw away on the spot. So we got a gigantic cooler, filled it with ice, and towed it along with us. We expected to have the house the night we got into Texas. Oh no. Definitely not. When we finally got into the house - that food was DONE. We tossed it into the garbage, and patiently waited for the garbage to come. Lol. We missed it. We hadn't gotten up early enough (apparently the garbage man comes at 5 am). So now we've had about three days of rotting food roasting in the sun next to the house. *plugs nose* It smells . . . revolting. Yum. Guess we still had to buy food lol.
Internet? Yeah, we only just got that last night. We're renting an old house. As in, about a 100 years old. . . . so it doesn't have a phone jack. The landlord said that it actually isn't possible to install one in this house. We didn't realize that, or the fact that we needed one, until a couple of days ago when we were supposed to be setting up our internet on our own. Oh jeez. So instead, we had to have a technician come (for another hundred dollars) to set one up, outside, for us.
Oh. I'm sure you wanna know how I love this weather?? It's actually not as bad as I had expected. Yes, the temps have been between 86 and 116 since we've been here, but it hasn't been so bad. For a few days, the 86 and 90 felt more like 70s to us. Ya. I know right? I think there have been maybe one or two days tops where we have had clouds. Otherwise - completely (and I mean completely) clear blue skies. :)
So now that we are somewhat settled, I have the task of changing our address with companies, calling my student loans to let them know my new address and that I'm still going to school, etc. *pouts* Ya, still working toward that bachelor's. Makes me jealous of everyone who got to graduate from undergraduate this semester. Oh well lol.
So anyway, my stomach is calling for a snack (oh ya, did I mention Brock and I have been going to the gym - where he has successfully tortured my muscles? lol.) and I would like to finish reading my book (Dracula, which isn't as horrible as I'd thought it would be). So - I hope your summers have all started off to wonderful . . . starts. Maybe that's "gotten" huh? Lol.
