Right so, we agreed to take the job, went to visit my folks, went back to our apartment, spent about a week packing and cleaning it, then went up to visit my husband's family. Then, his mom and sister came back to our apartment with us so we could use their van as a moving van (which we REALLY appreciate). So we loaded up, and drove to St. Louis, hung out and did some sight-seeing for a day, and then continued on to our new place. We're thankful to work at a boys' home, so there were lots of nice, able-bodied young men who could help us unpack the van and get it all into our apartment.
Ever since we got here, we've done a lot of training (read: following people who knew what they were doing around) on our on-duty days, and sleeping/recovering from that or getting settled into our apartment on our off-duty days. I've already said it about 6 times, but...I think we've got it. the latest touch: a TV and entertainment center. Though to be fair, part two of that is getting a couch. but, here's the main feature of our "living room":
We were even able to set up the lovely candle holder my cousin-in-law gave us for our wedding, but didn't have room for in our last apartment. It looks great, especially when it's all lit up. :) Anyways, definitely thankful to have a TV in our apartment now, because now when we go off duty, we can watch TV in our apartment, instead of having to sneak into the cottage to watch TV.
We've had even more additions in our cottage (due to our jobs and stuff, our apartment, is attached to a cottage. When we work, we leave the door open and basically have a master bedroom on steroids; when we're off duty, we shut the door and try to forget there's a house full of people on the other side.) First off, someone generously gave us a lot of Legos and some video games stuff, like a RockBand set, and a lot of video games. Anyways, while we were organizing some of those things, we realized some of the Legos were REALLY gross (...think what normally happens when you leave stuff in your attic for a while, like what might come and get it...), so we had to spend a day washing them and disinfecting them and everything. But they're all clean now, and the few kids who have come by have enjoyed playing with them, so I think we're pretty much set on that. :)
And a confession: we haven't really been sneaking into our cottage to watch TV. We've just been going in, because there was no one in our cottage! But, we can't do that when we go off duty any more, because yesterday, we placed our first boy in our cottage.
This picture is of the room we placed him in (before any of his stuff was moved in, so none of it can give him away...confidentiality purposes and all that. :) ). I thought some people might appreciate seeing his room or something as they were praying for him, and believe me...we ALWAYS appreciate prayer for our boys. This particular kid is pretty sweet, and seems to be making friends and adjusting well, but, we still just ask that you'd pray that the situations or behaviors that got him here would go away, and that we'd be able to show him that he IS loved, and help him work through those situations or behaviors. And...well, I think that might be all I have on updates from around here...personal or work-related.
Oh. well, I guess the last personal note is from almost a month ago. My mom and aunt were able to make it all the way out here for a visit, and we had a really nice time. It didn't end on such a good note though...we got a flat tire, and...man, we've had a heck of a time getting it fixed. But, such is life when you live on a 3 mile long dirt road. On the other hand, my wonderful husband did some research about getting us some thicker tires, and we got a very helpful response from a guy at Firestone, saying some characteristics we should look for, but they don't have any tires that meet the bill, and fit our car. But, he did say that we brought up an interesting situation (cars -- rather than SUVS -- who live on dirt roads), and it may lead to research and the development of thicker tires that will fit on a car/sedan. so...look for the Wright Choice tire in the future. :)
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