We made it! We survived our day of traveling and our first day in our new city. We've had a few bumps in the road but on a whole it has been pretty smooth.
Bump #1- Flight delayed. Plane changed. Travel to different concourse. Board plane 40 minutes late. Sit on runway for an hour in a hot plane, buckled up with tired baby who wants me to stand. BUT, the kids did very well on the actual plane ride. Especially considering they "slept" in a hotel the night before, were rudely awakened at 6 a.m. and rushed to the airport to sit and wait and wait and wait.
Bump #2- Time change! Kids up until 11 p.m. first night. Boo! We got them down by 9:30 tonight! Yeah!!
Bump #3- Maggie started spitting up bright yellow this morning. Found a pediatrician and took her right in. No other symptoms, she appears healthy other than the yellow yuck so we are keeping an eye on her.
Bump #4- We live next to an Old MacDonald's. Right next door.
Bump #5- They don't have Signing Times or Magic School Bus on TV here!! What?!? All hell may break loose tomorrow when we break the news.
Bump #6- This place is furnished. They said the kitchen would have cookware and bakeware. I'm not sure what to bake in my one casserole dish. NOT cookies. NOT bread. NOT a lasagna. NOT brownies. Seriously. I don't make casseroles because we don't eat cream of mushroom soup!
Bump #7- The bathroom smells. Bad. Kind of like mildew. Kind of like dead rodent. No evidence of either. Arthur doesn't mind the smell.
Our clothes, toys, sewing stuff and video games arrived safely today, along with our cars. We can now function because Rock Band is here. The place doesn't feel like "home" but I'm sure nothing would after leaving our awesome house. Daphne is having a bit of a hard time adjusting and even though she says she likes our new house she has asked to go "home" a couple times. Naomi is doing very well. I'm not sure she really understands this whole apartment living thing. She keeps asking to play upstairs.
I'm not very thrilled with our location but I'm going to put on my positive hat and enjoy it while we are here. I mean, not everyone gets to live next door to McDonalds on a super busy 2 lane road it takes 20 minutes to pull on to. We are excited to start getting to know people and learn the neighborhood. For now though, I think I'll stay inside. It is cold.
