Sometimes I Write

We had a very safe trip to Colorado. No flat tires, cranky children, bad weather, or anything. We arrived on Wednesday, unloaded the truck and trailer, and crashed for the day! (BTW Nothing was broken.) We weren’t able to fit everything in the moving truck, so we rented a small trailer to pull behind the truck. Turns out it was too small and our neighbors made out like bandits on all of the stuff we had to leave behind. I thought I was beyond holding on so tightly to stuff. It’s like being slapped in the face realizing you’re back in Egypt when you’d convinced yourself you were in the desert halfway to the Promised Land. I’ll try to get over myself!

I had a great visit with my brother even though he teased me endlessly. I threatened to send him home by foot instead of by plane. He just laughed at me in the challenging way only he can. He was a big help and he needed the vacation. It all worked out great. He also took several pictures of the mountains he has come to love as much as I have. We even went out for our traditional Chinese lunch – just the two of us. I miss him being around to see my kids grow up, and I miss his teasing – though if you tell him that I will adamantly deny it!

We are busy settling in here at my in-laws who have been so generous to us and created a space just for our family. It’s just as much for their sanity too! It’s been hard getting acclimated this time, and baby Pete and I have been sick all weekend. Today Grampa Pete and Zoe have fevers too! Benny took Petey to the doctor this morning and he’s now on even more medication, this time for an infection in his eyes. He’s just been crying and sleeping and drinking – he doesn’t really want to eat much which is normal when you’re sick I guess. He’s miserable and that breaks my heart and makes me feel so helpless. Benny said today that Pete has been sick, broken out in hives, had severe eczema, or something to make him miserable 90% of his life. What an awful thought! Please God – make him well!

I haven’t blogged or emailed much since we got here. Between taking care of sick kids and myself, unpacking our stuff, and dial-up internet…I haven’t been in the mood! I need to be thankful they even have internet – it’s just that I got spoiled having broadband.

Benny just came back from town with Petey’s prescriptions, and he brought me chai from my favorite coffee shop! I’m lucky to be married to a thoughtful guy like him! He’s been loving on me and telling me I’m beautiful even though I know he’s lying! I have showered, but NO ONE looks good when they’re sick and miserable. Still, he likes me to hear it and I do!

I said I was going to post about the family that taught me how to say goodbye. Then I thought about it, and there have been several that have been teaching me that lesson. The details are awesome, but what it all comes down to is that they cared for my heart, shared something personal from themselves – not something that cost them nothing, and assured me that the relationship will continue even though we aren’t in the same state. I’d like to post the details, but some of them are private and I don’t want to leave anyone out and they think I’ve forgotten or am ungrateful. We had many friends make our departure from Wichita a pleasant experience. Thank you also to my blogging family for the many prayers during our transition.

Other prayer request updates:

The kids are still not sleeping through the night.

They did awesome at daycare while we packed the truck. Max especially was distraught when I told him he wouldn’t be attending Miss Janelle’s day care again.

The house hunting has begun and we have a few leads – so far too expensive!

I did receive encouragement by mail! YEAH! There’s nothing like seeing your name hand-written on an envelope by a beloved friend! I’m thankful for email, but I still prefer snail mail.

It’s sounds like my friend’s marriage will be ending soon. They are going to see a lawyer this week. My heart is broken for them, and for my family and how this will effect us. I can’t blog about this…Just continue to pray for them and us.

My posts won’t be so long now that I’ll be blogging regularly again. I’ve enjoyed reading my usual blogs for the past couple of hours! (In-laws are out of town for the day, so I can tie up the phone line for awhile.)