Our Journey to Alabama

As with any move, there are always glitches but little did we expect to have so many. "Something" was trying to keep us from getting here but we made it...exhausted..but made it.

Most of you know that we were trying to leave on Tuesday, the 31st. Well, that didnt happen! We didnt realize that we had so much "stuff" and by 1am on the streets of East Harlem, we were going through and begging people to take things! It was hilarious!

We had rented a mini van and bought a Dodge Caravan(used) to bring us here so we loaded them to the hilt with our things, Jason and the cats! It was like the Beverly Hillbillies goes to ALABAMA!

We ended up leaving on Wednesday afternoon....we got to Hershey PA and the car was sputtering a bit! We decided to stay overnight there...thinking it was a car that hadn't been used in a while and needed to rest! So, the cats, Jason and me and Russ ended up in a hotel room, eating pizza and going to bed early....we got up early the next morning and everything was going well until about an hour and half into the trip..the Dodge started sputtering again....then started knocking and so Russ traded with me and drove it off the interstate in Mechanicsburg, WV and it died in a parking lot of one of those lotto places that the south has(you..looks like a little house but inside all kinds of seedy people). We called AAA and they came and towed us to a mechanic and he gave us the devastating news. The oil well had cracked(a rock or something had busted it on the trip) and drained all the oil out and burned out the engine! So we were in a pickle.

They suggested we get a rental and it took forever to find one that went one way...when we did, we unloaded the Dodge, left it for scrap and reloaded the new minnvan. At 330pm on Thursday, we still had 12 hours to go....so we drove and drove and drove and ......... At 10pm , we just couldnt make it anymore and so we stayed just east of Knoxville and for the next 6 hours we all slept and got up EARLY to drive the remaining 4 hours to Bham! We made it, unloaded vans at 2 places and took the cars to the airport! Phew! We were exhausted!!!

We are now at Beverly and Jims and will be here for a while. The cats are at my sisters...we hear that Cassie has made herself at home and sleeping on my brother in laws head at night and Chloe is being her usual anti social self and hiding. What can we say...our personalitys stay the same no matter where we are!

Jason is okay. He has been biking and scootering around the neighborhood and enjoying the dogs that live here. He is about to BLOW though...he has been acting out some but we expected that! PRAY FOR HIM

Russ is going to be hitting the pavement tomorrow..ok...the phones...and getting some interviews set up.

Lisa will be starting to homeschool Jason tomorrow. This will be interesting.

For now....

PRAY:

1. For Russ to find a job IMMEDIATELY
2. For us to find a good car to get us around for a while
3. For Jasons transition to homeschooling and this new area
4. For Lisa to get over a bad cold that she has had this weekend. Russ and Jason are on the tail end of theirs
5. For financial provision



Until next time............