we're here
Written by Mary Beth   
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
I know. I know!  I didn't do a very good job blahging about our trip here.  Go ahead.  Open the can o' whoop . . .

I need to be brief since sleep is beckoning me but I'm probably going to ramble on and on and be random.  Bear with me.

*Special note to all you English majors/teacher-types . . . Sorry for what's to come!  If I don't just get this down, it ain't gonna ever get written down . . . and to find time to proofread, etc . . . again, sorry.*

We got to the San Antonio area on Saturday evening to our brother & sister-in-laws house (affectionately called "The Texas Branch") and spent the rest of the weekend with them.  Due to the fevers some of our kids still had, while traveling, we missed out on staying with some friends along the way but we were grateful to find a motel to stay at and that the kids were getting better and were well by the time we got here on Saturday.  We got into our condo on Monday afternoon and got some much needed stocking up done (not totally done but we can at least eat & function for a bit until I get my act together).

God has provided a nice little home for us and we are grateful.  Definitely different than we are used to.
Just name a few things that are different for us:
- We're on the second floor so there are people below us (and, actually, above us).
- Our dog can't do the stairs very well and we've had to use the elevator a couple of times for her (she actually fell a bit tonight just as we reached the top)-- did you catch that?  we've had to use an elevator for our dawg!  That's something to write home about.
- Letting the dawg out to do her business entails getting all of the kids together just so she can go out and do her thing (if the greek god isn't here).
- The kids can't just go out and play (due to no yard and the heat).
- It's a two bedroom so we're being creative on sleeping arrangements.
- The DVD player works. (Yehaw! - not that we've used it much but . . . Yehaw!)

It's been really fun to get to hang out with the Texas branch and see them more than once every two years.  I was over there today watching most of their kids while Dan & his bro went to their training for their new business and while my sister-in-law went to Austin to kick some bureaucratic hiney (I don't know if that's really an accurate statement but I think it sounded cool).  I managed to stay sane while having a house full of 11 children (ages 12 and under . . . some of the kids being just about the same age).  Since I didn't get much sleep last night I was beyond exhausted.  Once all of the other adults came home we went to dinner at a cool restaurant along the river (well, it wasn't really cool because we are in Texas and all).

Speaking of the heat . . . umm, it's hot here.  I keep exclaiming (loudly) when we're out in public, etc. about how cold it is here. Burrrrrr.  Mind over matter, right? Riiiiight!

At early-seven-something this morning, as we piled our kids in the car to get to the Texas Branch's Haus, it was already hot and muggy.  Even the kids commented on that.

It has been an extra special blessing getting to be here for the sake of Irish Boy.  One of his cousins is about 8 months younger than him but they are like two peas in a pod.  A couple of years ago, when were out here, this cousin of his brought out an Irish Boy we'd never seen before.  He's never been the same since.  It's hard to explain but it was a really good thing.  Irish Boy just grew and flourished those few weeks back then so it's fun to get the two together again.

Irish Boy got his first pair of glasses.  He looks totally cute in them (they kind of look like they have animal print on them).  I still need to make a patch for one of his eyes.  He has loved his glasses so far.  He doesn't like to wear them all the time and I don't blame him.

Alright.  I need to stop for now.  Must. Get. Sleep.

Thanks for checking in.

- it's blahg! MB

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avatar Jill
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Yehaw! Glad y'all are havin' a fun time!
Thursday 26 August 2010, 02:02
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