Update

Well, I am still trying to catch up on all the pictures we took during leave, but I decided to take a minute to go ahead and give you all an update on our move. So, here it is. We got to Washington on Monday. We were welcomed by pooring down rain and horrible traffic. We made it to post, thanks to our GPS without too much trouble. However, there was no lodging. We were all tired and hungry so we got a room a the first hotel Dave could find at a discounted rate of $150/ night! Well, the military doesn't pay that much, but we were ready to eat and sleep.

Tuesday, we wake up to more rain. Dave spent 3 hours in a housing meeting in an attempt to secure us housing on post. No luck, they offered us a house that would be ready in 3 weeks (military pays for 10 days in a hotel) that was 3 bedrooms and1200 sq ft. The lady was simpathetic to our large family and discouraged Dave from taking it because she siad it would been too small, but because we have 2 boys and 2 girls, that is the best she could do for us. Lame I know. Better yet, you aren't even allowed to look at the house. How insane is that!! Well, they arm him with papers and say good luck finding a place. So instead of looking for a house, we look around for a cheaper hotel. One the army will pay for and that has free WiFi. Well, we found one. So, as the kids settle for bed, we scoure the internet for houses. We find about 6 we like and set up the GPS to take us out the next day.

Wednesday, we wake up to more rain. But we are on a mission, we spend all day and I mean, ALL day, driving around looking for a house. We come across several we like, call about them, just to find out we spent all day looking at houses that have already been rented but not yet taken off the website. How annoying! We found one house and even viewed it. Loved and it and the owner told us that when her husband gets home we can work on the details. When he gets home, he said he told someone else they can have until Saturday to decide on the home. We got discouraged knowing that we can't wait that long to hear back from them. (Secretly, they weren't impressed with how many children we have, even though they can't say that) So, we spend all night looking on the internet for more houses. We come up with 12 more and a game plan for the next day.

Thursday, we wake up to sun. A beautiful ski. It is going to be a good day. We drive around so much. All day in the car again. We are going crazy. The kids are going crazy. But we found a few we liked. Set up appointments to view them on Friday. And call it a day.

Friday, we go to view the first house. Liked it ok, hated the realtor, and were concerned because the neighbor told us all the previous tenents complained that the utilities neared $500 every month there. We took a real nap in the afternoon for once and set out to the next house. Oh we loved it. It is a little small, but is all brand new and in a wonderful neighborhood that I would feel safe in while Dave is gone. It is only about 15 minutes from post. We should move in next week, but the lady doesn't want a lease, she is just doing a month to month thing which makes me a little nervous, but we are happy that we almost have a place.

So that was our week, next week, we are car shopping, signing up for school, checking with transportation for our goods, and Dave reports to work. I am off, but just wanted to elt you all know about our week.