Ways to know you are not in Utah anymore:
1. When taking the kids out in public, everyone looks at us like having 4 kids who are obviously brothers and sister is a stare-worthy event. Multiply by two when Karen and I go somewhere together with all 8 of our kids.
2. Tornado sirens are common-place. I think I could deal with a lot of rain, but adding a tornado siren ups the panic factor by quite a bit.
3. Walking on grass may mean being latched onto by ticks. I actually considered using the flea/tick medicine for Chewie on the kids. Decided against it.
4. Lots of green. Trees, grass, vines, bushes. Everywhere. I thought I was into living green things, but I'm starting to feel like the stuff is going to take over.
5. Putting on chapstick=dressing up. I've been wearing the same pants for a few days now. Having this job means deciding whether you would rather haul clothes and shoes across the country or wear the same things a lot. Guess which one I picked.
6. Having a car means I have borrowed it from Karen or it is early or late enough that Steve isn't using it for work.
7. We have no internet or cable at our apartment. The boys are constantly glued to the Wii or the same 7 movies I brought out here. We have memorized a lot of Kung Fu Panda and can recite it on demand.
8. We live in a two bedroom, one bathroom apartment. The boys share a queen bed and Kayla gets her own twin. Topher usually ends up on the couch in the living room because he is so excited to be with his brothers that he can't be quiet and go to sleep.
9. Crazy schedule. Eating out at 11 p.m. is normal. Steve works from 11a.m.-10 p.m. daily but Saturdays when it's 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m. and has Sundays off. Going to a movie means staying up until 2 a.m. When the movie is Eclipse it is totally worth it. (Four of the women from the office are going to the 12:10 a.m. showing on June 30th.)
10. The kids have had 5 sleep overs with their cousins and play with them every day. I think they'll have withdrawals when we go home.
I love your blogs! They are great!! Keep it up! Squeeze the grandkids for us, please.
ReplyDeleteUm. . . do you and Steve get to sleep on a bed?
ReplyDeleteHaha. Yes, we have a queen bed, but we invested in a foam topper to make sleeping bearable. It only came in a king and creeps over to one side of the bed so I have to even it out every morning, but at least we don't feel like we are sleeping on a board.
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ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a great adventure! Don't you just love the life of a summer sales wife? Some days I want to pull my hair out and cry at the craziness, and others I need to fall to my knees and cry gratitude for all my blessings. I guess for me the summers mean a lot of tears. I hope the tornato's die out and it can just be smooth sailing. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are all doing swimmingly. Isn't it wonderful have your family unit unified? Sanity reigns, even with tics, sirens, tornados, and all else that goes with living away from home. Please remember that people in Utah love you and send hugs.
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ReplyDeletelegend tells of a legendary warrior whose Kung Fu skill was the stuff of LEGEND!
ReplyDeleteIt's good to hear you guys are doing well.