The Adventure Begins

We have made our GRAND ENTRANCE into San Angelo, TX. Actually, our entrance wasn't that grand. We drove about 11 hours on Sunday in perfect weather and stopped for the night in Santa Rosa, NM. We had a great time and decided we liked road trips a lot. But Monday changed our minds just a bit. The weather was gloomy and we heard about lots of storms but it wasn't until we were 45 miles from our destination that the crazy storm started. We pulled off the road 4 different times because the rain was so heavy and the visibilit was so bad. Here's a little insight:

My mom said that she hear the name "San Angelo" on the national news for the first time when they talked about the dangerous storm from "San Angelo, TX to Denver, CO." I guess that in some places they had quarter-sized hail. I think Heavenly Father was watching out for us because if the little bit of hail hitting our windshield was any bigger it would have busted Bret's extremely cracked windshield and we would have gotten cut and then flooded! Luckily we made it safely and by the time we got settled in the weather was sunny and nice.

We were so nervous to see our apartment (for those of you who don't know, we had never seen ANY pictures as they had no website - potentially very sketchy but we had heard good things). However, the apartment was AWESOME. We were so relieved and felt like we definately got upgraded. It is still a 1 bed/1 bath but the rooms feel bigger, brighter, and newer. There is a real-sized shower, a real-sized closet, and a real-sized oven. We get the additional bonuses of two patios, a dishwasher, a disposal, a bathroom counter and a washer and dryer (which we had in our old place but still feel is a bonus).

Everything is clean and besides one spider, one mini roach, one potato bug and a small lizard, our apartment is pest free. (Bret found a tiny lizard in our apartment on the first day. It kind of freaked me out until I saw how freaked out IT was... then I just felt sorry for it.)

Our truck of stuff was supposed to come on Wednesday but came Thursday. Our friend, Dan King, who will be starting the same PT program as Bret and just graduated from BYU, was nice enough to come help us haul our stuff inside. We REALLY appreciated his help and know it would have been a lot harder without him. We got most of our stuff organized that night but there are still some things that haven't found a home yet. We keep wondering how and why we have so much stuff. I can sum it up in two words... Wedding Showers. Thank you to all the people who have filled up all our kitchen cupboards and closets. Sometimes I think, "When will we ever have a place to put all these silver bowls and fancy serving dishes?" But we feel so blessed and have realized that a lot of what we own was given to us by family and friends. Thanks for taking care of us!