I love when things just work out.
Especially with the Army, Q’s job and scheduling things.
A few months ago, before we moved from Alaska, my mom suggested that I come home and then fly to Hawaii with her to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday at the beginning of June. At first I said, “No, it’s too soon after we move and our stuff might not be here. I don’t know if we are even going to have a house yet. It’s just too much.”
And then I talked to Q about it, and the awesome supportive husband he is, he said “Listen, we may not have a house or our things and we will only have been in Georgia for 2 weeks, but it’s your Grandma’s birthday and you should go. I’ll handle everything.”
And with that encouragement, I booked a flight.
And then two weeks ago, we got the news that this week, the first week of June, Q would be incredibly busy doing “cool guy Army stuff” and there would be a few nights without him around anyways. And then we got our final boxes from Alaska on Friday. And it all sort of clicked. And here I am in LA while Q is busy doing work stuff.
We leave for Hawaii tomorrow and the jet lag just may kill me (6 hours behind Georgia time), but I’ll be with family and in the prettiest place on earth.
So sometimes, and it is rare, the Army and the scheduling of our lives tend to just click into place.
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Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I’ll be organizing the home, planting our garden and continuing to settle in.
Let’s not forget what this weekend means and celebrate and remember those soldiers who have fallen so that we can enjoy the life we live today.
This amazing American flag painted on wood is from Pottery Barn and is awaiting its new spot in our home.
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We have arrived!!! And are SO in love with our new home!
To back track a little….
On Tuesday, we left Branson at around 8:30 and headed out to Nashville to visit our friends JT & Pooja. We arrived just before 5 and I headed straight into classes for 5.5 hours (doing your masters online while traveling across country is not the easiest thing I’ve ever done). JT made us an incredible home cooked meal, which we have been missing so much, and we hit the sack. Q and I woke up at 4:30AM Wednesday morning with a mission: get to Georgia!
We truly had incredible timing as my car had JUST arrived from Alaska the day before. So we headed from Nashville to Atlanta, grabbed my car, and caravanned down to Fort Benning. Q had to do some work, so I grabbed a bite to eat and then we went in and signed the lease for our new place!
Our timing and the Army’s timing has been impeccable. Normally when you move, you head down to your new post, wait 2-3 weeks for a house and then your furniture/car arrive. We shipped half of our things from Los Angeles and half from Fairbanks. The Alaska items are still in transit, but our Los Angeles items arrived before we did. We managed to score a brand new house in the area we wanted the day we moved and my car was ready for pick up on the way. We are SO lucky.
And our new house is FABULOUS! We have a yard, a big kitchen, a garage and two stories (this coming from the couple who moved out of a small 2-bedroom Alaskan apartment). This morning Q had to say “babe, where are you?” and we both laughed because in our old apartment you ALWAYS knew where the other person was.
So the new adventure begins! Today cable, internet, and our Los Angeles furniture comes and we will begin to get settled into our new home!
Miles traveled : 4840 (800 on these legs)
Hours driven/on ferry: 996 (14 on this leg)
Catch up on the K&Q adventure here:
Road Tripping
Stop#1 Anchorage
Stop#2 The Ferry
Stop#3 Idaho
Stop#4 Nebraska/ Missouri
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Miles traveled so far: 4040 (1430 on these legs)
Hours driven/on ferry: 92.7 (19 on this leg)
Q and I hit the road running after Idaho knowing that we had a full day ahead of us. We drove through Idaho, the corner of Utah, Wyoming and most of Nebraska before stopping for the night in Lincoln.
On Monday, we woke up and headed straight to Branson, Missouri to visit Q’s aunt and uncle. We made a quick stop for some food that was not from Subway… and picked Chipotle!
We arrived in Branson in the afternoon and Q’s aunt and uncle invited the extended family to come over for a BBQ to see Q and meet me. As an only child, I never knew I could have dozens of cousins, aunts and uncles, but I do now! It was SO beyond special to me to meet everyone and feel so included in my new family. Q and I cannot wait to go back!
And tomorrow we finally arrive in Georgia!!!
Catch up on the K&Q adventure here:
Road Tripping
Stop#1 Anchorage
Stop#2 The Ferry
Stop#3 Idaho
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