homeless, but not for long

good news: i found my camera! it was in hannah's bag the whole time. whoops. the real good news, though, is that we have a house and we'll move in on Friday!

i got to tell you, this has been the most difficult move yet. Hannah's activity level adds an interesting ingredient to the mix. Also trying to show the house while packing, which thankfully we didnt' do much (showing, not packing). Preparing to spend a week or so in a hotel, as well. The drive wasn't that bad, we drove alot during the night. Also, we had bags of discounted halloween candy i periodically through back at her. kept her quiet for a little. (actually, she had individual portions of various vegetables, edamame, black eyed peas, plain yogurt, homemade bread, ezekiel 49 pasta, and different fruits. i'm the one who kept eating aforementioned halloween candy. it's sad when you start counting how much you ate not by the serving size on the back, but by how much of the bag is on. not the individual bag, but the one you keep at the door for trickor treating.) it got really boring without patrick. but it had its advantages: no fighting about which music and how loud, where to put the airconditioner, tailing or driving to slow, where to stop for food, etc. Come to think of it, it was quite peaceful :-). We met up periodically to switch out food bags and books on tape.

We made good time on the trip, stopping in Ruston, LA for the night. we got there at 11, got hannah finally settled down by 12, and woke up to the fire alarm and traipsed out in the parking lot with everyone for a while. then she woke us up at 5.30, so we hit the road again. (which was 4.30, because of the time change.) we got here by noon, and started house hunting that afternoon. Long story short, we ended moving significantly farther away from the city than we thought. But, Patrick will soon be doing alot of work from home, so he won't have to commute as much. We'll be living in Frisco, which has about 98,000. without traffic, it's probably 25 min to dallas. with, who knows! yes, i've been to central market. they had 33 different varieties of apples on the day i went. and over 600 different cheeses. and all kinds of samples. we had pakistani food our first night here, which was a first for me. so i am enjoying aspects of a big city, but others will take getting used to. basically, the driving. when we first went up into frisco, we passed cows and pastures on the way to the houses. we took that as a good sign.

patrick's had a good few days at work, i think. he's jumped in with both feet. they have a show tomorrow, and another on saturday. i'm really proud of him, starting this new position and all the stress of house hunting and taking care of your family in a hotel and everything. we finally visited the office today and met the other premier "team members", as the say :-). we'll have pictures of the house soon. and i'll get a good hannah update soon, she's growing and learning new words and being a regular little stinker. she's charmed the hotel, though. it's an extended stay, so we see the same people at breakfast and supper every day. check back in soon!