Tired.....

Holy hanna. I am so tired! I feel like I need to sleep for a week to catch up! I've been back and forth to and from Illinois 3 days in a row...whew!

We went down to Aurora on Saturday and found Josh an apartment. (He always yells at me when I say that - because it is mine too!) Anyways. We found one, looked through it, said yeah we want it, signed the papers and it was a done deal. Then we went home and started packing like crazy to get ready to move him down there the next day.

Sunday we finished packing, loaded up the trailer (Thanks again Mom and Dad for letting us borrow it!), covered everything with plastic and tarps...and then went to Jeff and Shari's house for Casey's 5th birthday party and to celebrate Father's Day. After a quick meal and dessert, we rushed home to see what damage the torrential downpour caused. Thankfully, not much. Just lots of puddles. So we took care of those and were on our way.

That didn't last long. We should have known right away it wasn't going to be the best trip...based on the fact that we had to stop by the time we got to Wal-Mart 2 minutes down the road already! Anyways. We stopped there, fixed the tarps. Started going. Got to the entrance ramp on the highway. Stopped and fixed the tarps. Got to D Ave. Stopped and fixed the tarps. Got to Mattawan and stopped again. At this point we were feeling so discouraged. Not to mention the fact that we left at about 3:30, and it was 6:00 and we had only made it about 35 minutes away. Josh called his Mom and she said she would come meet us with her van and help us get down there. Problem was, she was in Wayland. So we had to wait about 45 minutes for her to get there. While we were waiting we unloaded the trailer so that when she got there, we could load stuff in her van and on the trailer and not have to worry about tarps anymore. She got there and we got it all rearranged and figured out and were finally on our way around 7:30.....not cool since that's when we planned on getting to the apartment!

Once we got there around 10 we tried to quickly (and quietly) get everything unloaded and at least up the 3 flights of stairs to the apartment. Between me, Josh, his Mom, and Gabe and Ashlynn, we got it done in about 30 minutes. We were on a mission!! After that we headed to the local Wal-Mart (I will NOT be returning there....it was worse than the hillbilly one here.) to get a shower curtain so we could take a cool shower since it was 8000 degrees and a million percent humidity! Gross. So by the time we got back and got things situated enough to get to bed...it was about 12:30. Not exactly ideal for Josh having to start work the next morning at 8am, but he managed.

Monday morning we were awakened with the sun in our bedroom...like for real, it might as well have been right in the corner because it was soooo bright....at 5am. Nice. Then we fell asleep again and I was awakened again with the worst charlie horse I have ever had in my entire life!! And it still hurts, 2 days later! Ouch. So then it was really time to get up. Got Josh all ready and off to work and I got to work myself. The apartment is newly remodeled, and part of the deal of us getting in a day after signing the lease was that we had to clean it ourselves. So it was dirrrrrty. The people who remodeled it didn't waste any time with at least trying to keep it neat. So I scrubbed it from floor to ceiling and then got to work unpacking. Josh called and said he could take an hour lunch, and that I should meet him...so we met in Naperville at BD's (a taste of home!) and got to chat for a little bit.

After lunch I went out in search of a grocery store and lo and behold, I found 2 very exciting things. A SUPER TARGET and a MEIJERS right across the road from each other!! Oh glorious day. I was so excited. So I went to Target and got a few things for the apartment that we needed and then went to Meijers to get some food to stock up on. Spent a ton of money....goodness, moving is expensive, but got everything we needed and it's almost feeling homey now. As much as it can for now at least.

After Josh got home from work it was sadly time for me to come back to Otsego. I left at 6...but really it was 7 because of the time difference, which I totally forgot about or I would have left earlier. It was fun though, because I had to drive my Dad's truck and trailer back, and I have never done that before. I was kind of nervous at first, going through the busy parts and with all the toll stops, but after that it was pretty easy driving. I like being up high in a truck! It's pretty nifty! I had to drop the truck and trailer off at my parents house, so I didn't get home til about 12:30. I was pooped! I collapsed in bed and I was out.

Picture Break!
Here are some pictures of the new place....
Fishies!! I loved this...I couldn't resist it :) And Josh liked it too!

The living room....it's boring for now, but it'll do.

Other side of the living room, and into the dining/kitchen area.

Kitchen! I love it, minus the fact that there is only 1 drawer! Nice big cupboards though, so that helps.

Other part of the kitchen. Josh's fancy dining room table! Haha. Hey, you do what you gotta do. He probably will never use it anyways, because he always eats by his desk.

Hallway. The bathroom is the first door on the left, then the bedroom, then the office.

Blue bathroom :)

Bedroom. The bed is not set up because it got a little wet in the moving process, so I had it sitting with a fan on it trying to air it out before I made it up.

Huge closet...love it. It's so empty though with only Josh's clothes!

Josh's office...I wasn't going to tackle putting the desk together, so you'll just have to imagine it for now.

Yesterday at work I was useless. I was so tired and I didn't feel well from being so tired, and the people I work with were driving me insane! I had asked to get out early so that I could go see the Twilight Trilogy with Nicole and Laura. Mandy signed up to work late for me, but as usual, she decided she couldn't/didn't want to the day before and left me high and dry. So there was a bunch of extra drama going on that I was so not in the mood for any of it and she's lucky she still has a face because I was about ready to rip it off! I ended up getting someone else to stay late for me, but she wasn't happy about it and neither was I. Oh well.

So that brings us to last night. Twilight. New Moon. Eclipse. All in one fabulous night! It was great. I dozed off a few times, but I didn't miss anything important so it's okay! Nikki and I even painted her car with "Eclipse....Or Bust!" on the back and then Team Edward on her side in the front and Team Jacob on my side! Yeah, we're that cool :) You're jealous. I know.

Today I finally got to sleep. Not much though. I got home and in bed around 4am this morning...and then had to be up by noon because Josh's Mom and sister came over to help me plant some flowers in the back and do some work in the yard, so that was nice. I don't particularly enjoy doing that...but I like to look at the pretty flowers :) Have a look:

The grass that's miraculously still growing after all that rain washed half the seed away.

Walkway...I am going to get black plastic and put it down the put rocks and stepping stones here. But for today...all we got done was this, and I was too tired yet to continue working on it after Kathy left!

The pretty flowers Ashlynn and I planted today :)

Little bit closer. Turned out pretty good I think :)

Okay well I think that's about all for tonight...I'm thinking I'll go find my bed and get cozied up with a book and fall asleep here pretty soon.

Goodnight! :)