Ya know that saying, "But, it's a dry heat!"?....

Now we know why! The humidity here is 87%....the temp is 86. Our a/c is out...repairman coming Monday. We got some fans today and have the house open...just having the air moving is an improvement.

We had a busy day today....met with Steven's IEP team, enrolled Megs at school, went to the laundromat, etc. We're starting to settle in and met a neighbor today. They are happy to see we are normal....(well as normal as we seem when you first meet us)... turns out the prior residents left a lot to be desired as neighbors!

Our moving trailers arrive on Friday between 12-2 and the movers come at 2pm to unload it all. By Friday night, we hope to be sleeping on real mattresses! All in all things are good!

Does this mean we're Texans?

We made it to Midland, TX tonight....a few mishaps, including a fender bender (sorry Uncle Chris), some carsickness, some sibling arguing, and some exhausted parents. True to form, I forgot something VERY important...this time is was Steven's harness for the car left hanging on the rack at the old house.

Last night we stayed in Tucson. We arrived about 8:30 pm and Megan and Troy were able to fall asleep pretty quickly. Steven, however, had a HUGE bout of autism last night!!! He didn't like the change of scenery, wanted to go home and didn't understand why Mommy was making him sleep in this strange place! He finally fell asleep about 1:30am....and gave us an early start at 5:30am!

We hit the road about 7am and realized by 9am that we were missing Steven's harness. After spending 8 hours reminding him to "stay buckled", I devised a great alternative......we zip tied his seat belt to the buckle part. I wish we would have figured that out much sooner in the day! He was fascinated with his new freedom to unbuckle and taunt Mommy! But, alas, I WON THIS BATTLE!!!

We are currently relaxing in the beautiful 2 bedroom suite at Residence Inn that Anisa was able to procure for us! I threw in a load of laundry and we are all eating pizza and thinking how nice it's 8pm instead of 6pm (AZ time)!

We'll finish the drive tomorrow and we are all excited to arrive at the new house! Nobody besides me has seen it, so I'm excited to see their reactions!

Moving Day

It's moving day today! Our friends and family will be here in about 1 1/2 hours. We have a few little things to wrap up and the house will be ready to pack when everyone arrives.

Megan's procedures went well yesterday and we should have final diagnosis on Wednesday or Thursday. We will all leave AZ tomorrow morning and head to Texas!

PS. Remember when I said I loved my neighbors? Well, I really do! Besides being amazing and wonderful people, they also have unsecured wireless internet!!! I'm not having to do without my internet!!!

Next time I post, we will be Texans......ya all.

It's finally here!!!

Yesterday was our last work and school days for Troy, Betsy and Megan. Tomorrow is Steven's last day at school. Our moving trailers get dropped off this afternoon. We're seeing friends and family at Dave & Buster's in Tempe tonight. Tomorrow Megan will have her procedures at PCH while Troy starts packing. We will finish packing on Saturday, with the help of friends and family! The plan is to leave on Sunday morning and drive to Midland, TX. Whew! A busy few days!

Two Weeks left...

Two weeks from today we will be loading the trailers. Two weeks from tomorrow we will be hitting the road bright and early in the morning. It's hard to believe the time is almost here! We have lots to do in the meantime....seems like every day is packed with things we have to get done and we fall into bed exhausted.

We look foward to seeing anyone who wants to help us move!

Update--Mid April

We have been busy the past few weeks! We continue to pack a little each day and are down to the basics now! I'm finishing up my two master's courses and trying to wind down the school year. My last day will be 5/6. Kids' last day will be 5/8. We will be packing up on 5/9 and hitting the road on Sunday, May 10th.

In the meantime, we're also coordinating the utilities being turned on, buying our Texas toll tags for the freeway system and working with Steven's school to coordinate our first IEP meeting in Texas. The days are just flying by!

We're looking forward to seeing our friends on 5/7 from 7-9pm at Dave & Buster's in Tempe. We hope to see everyone there!

What a difference a week makes!

Last week at this time, I was frustrated at the house search. A week later, we have found the new house, registered the kids at school, previewed Steven's classroom, interviewed for a job and ironed out details of the move! WOW! No wonder I'm so tired!

The moving trailers will arrive on 5/7. We will load on 5/9 and leave town on 5/10 or 5/11. We will arrive in Texas on 5/12. We have Steven's IEP scheduled for 5/13. Our stuff will arrive sometime 5/14 or 5/15. We'll get unpacked and the kids will start school on Monday, 5/18. Since we are arriving before the end of the school year, Steven will qualify for extended school year part of the summer! That should help him stay in a routine and help the rest of us stay sane:)

We're trying to get back into our routines this week, but it's been challenging. Megan's school had a chlorine bomb explode Monday morning and lost power for part of the day on Tuesday. We also had to put down our kitty, Pearl, yesterday.