The Road So Far...

[cue kickass rock music - shout out to my SPN fans!]

Okay so a LOT has been going on since the last entry. Let's just get to it...

As we figured, Mr. L's training in Altus was delayed. This put a small dent into our travel plans, but we tried to readjust however we could. We ended up not leaving Altus until Friday afternoon (5 days after we were supposed to start our trip). That alone would have been enough to make us a little edgy, but it got even better:

• Our government travel card was canceled. The Inn suggested we just use our personal credit card...for $4000! Uh, I just about had a heart attack. 30 minutes later and we sort of figured it out. At least enough to not put $4000 on our card.
• Mr. L decided to put air in our tires before the trip. Couldn't agree more. But something happened and before we knew it, the valve had blown off and we had a flat tire. Seriously? I think Altus didn't want us to leave. One hour later, we had a new rubber replacement valve and our fingers were crossed it would make it 1000 miles.

First stop was to see Joey in Little Rock. We had a fab time and even though we could only stay a few hours, we were so glad to see our friend. It had been almost a year since the last time we saw him and he's Mr. L's BFF from pilot training. It was awesome to get them back together (not to mention that my life is emptier when I don't have a second husband to feed ;)

We continued on our trip and discovered it was prom weekend (along with some festivals) in Memphis and there wasn't a single hotel room anywhere in the city or surrounding areas. Finally, at 4am, we came across a small backwoods town that had an Econo Lodge that was more than happy to check us in. 7 hours of sleep later, we were ready for our trip to the 'burgh.

Pittsburgh was ah-maz-ing. It's the first time I've been back since I graduated (4.5 years) and I just loved being in the city again. It makes my heart happy. We walked around campus, bought lots of new tshirts and trinkets and saw my Little and Nancy. We had Uncle Sam's for lunch, Rock Bottom for dinner and Bruegger's for bfast (I hadn't realized how much I was missing everything bagels and half&half in my life). Onward we went...

After quick stops to Dburg (to see the L's) and Etown (to see my parentals), we picked up Trudy (the new ride) and drove to our new home city.

that's a pretty patriotic photo montage

We arrived at Dover ready to embrace our new town. However, it wasn't ready for us. The base had misplaced our reservation, so we were relegated to a small hotel room that we were supposed to live in for 13 days. Just a mini fridge and a microwave, one bed, one tv, one chair and a bathroom. Not what we asked for. So, luckily for us, a local hotel with suites took us in for our designated military-paid time, that would take us to the closing on our new home...

Our first day in I took the above picture. Pretty much looked finished except for a few outside things. On the 9th, one week before our closing, I called the builder to see how everything was going. The first words out of his mouth were "we've hit a snag". Uh oh. Turns out a meter was placed in the wrong space outside and it was taking about 3 weeks to get the meter moved. This stopped the driveway and sidewalks from being poured and other important outside factors. We would not be closing on the 16th. This means paying out of pocket for a place to live (not in our budget) and canceling our furniture and fridge delivery, plus my parents were coming to visit the whole week and had already taken vacation which couldn't be changed. We were told the earliest we could move in would be the 27th. Needless to say, my sparkling personality went out the window immediately...I feel very lucky my husband loves me a lot because I've been been less than sweet for the past week and a half...

So here we are. Lots has continued to happen, the builder apologized, worked some overtime and  (fingers crossed, I realize things could still happen) we're closing tomorrow. I can't wait to get into our new home and see our stuff for the first time in 6 months. It will be just like Christmas in May :) Please Dover, can we finally have a win? I promise I'll control my spending and be a better person and all that jazz if you just let us move in tomorrow...thanks bunches <3