Peach Pie and Mint Juleps

We’re here!! The trip was long and the truck was huge but we made it. On Friday we picked up a 16 foot Penske truck and a car carrier to bring down to Georgia. All together it was about 26 feet of vehicle but we had surprisingly few problems driving it. We picked stuff up from my parent’s house, Kristen’s house and my Grandma’s house which took a few hours but then we hit the road to Ypsi to pick up all of my stuff.

It was tough saying goodbye to our families. We’re so lucky to be so close to our parents and it’s hard to say goodbye, even if it’s only for a few months. But only a few tears were shed before we got on the road. It was great to get to see a bunch of friends in the two days before we left (Emily, Sarah, Laura, Benri, Kelly, Johnny, Laura W., Nate, Aubrey and Joe).

It took us quite a while to finish things up at my apartment but we were on the road by 10am on Sunday morning just Kristen, Baxter and me in the cab of the truck (and we got McDonald’s breakfast). As you all know, Ohio is by far the ugliest state in the union and driving through it is like washing your face with brillo pads but don’t worry, we made it. After we hit Kentucky the rest of the drive was really beautiful.

We drove over 500 miles on the first day and stopped at a hotel in southern Tennessee. We were totally beat and decided to order pizza and watch the food network instead of venturing out into Sweet Water TN. The next morning we dined on a continental breakfast that was fine enough to satiate even the pickiest homeless person and then made our way to our new place.

We arrived around one and did all the paper work and then we got to see our new place. Our apartment is BEAUTIFUL! The community is lovely, the apartment is huge and really well arranged, we are in a great neighborhood with tons of restaurants and we’re only four tenths of a mile from my church. There was a slight fiasco with moving the piano but other than that it was great having other people unload our stuff. We went out to dinner and had Indian food (which was amazing) and Mint Juleps (which were awful).

We’ve been slowly unpacking and settling in the last couple of days. We’ve been buying things for the apartment and making it feel homey. I went to a meeting at work and got to see my new office and spend some time with the Senior Staff at my church. Everything has gone so smoothly and Kristen and I are very happy. We’re eating peaches and peach pie and peach bread and peach sausages and peach omelets and peach soap and actually only the first two.

We won’t have internet for another few days so I won’t be able to post very often or respond to e-mails but please send us some love as I send a lot of love out to you.

A lot of photos to come, just not today.