Not entirely sure where the last few days have gone. Monday was certainly a blur, yesterday was very overwhelming but starting to feel normal. Today is a whiteout!
Saturday and Sunday flew by with getting the house ready for a little gathering of our friends and family. It was really emotional and very surreal.
Hardly slept a wink on Sunday night as head was spinning.
Our flight was Monday morning at 9am. Meaning we had to leave mums house at 5.45. I got up at 4 and woke the kids at 5. From then on, it all happened so quickly!
The only thing that was slow motion about that whole morning was saying goodbye to mum and mick, and daves parents. Tears were flowing everywhere including Lucas, and it was one of the hardest things we have ever gone through.
Once we were on the plane (after getting through security were my handbag strap snapped!!) Ollie then started saying he missed his friends.
I was a wreck. Every time i thought of home, i just wanted to turn back around and give mum more cuddles. Trying to hide tears from a 8 year old is very very hard! Not only that, but i was the only one out of the four of us who's inflight tv wasn't working!! So they were all content with watching films and playing on the games, but there i was a quivering wreck with nothing to distract me!
The kids were amazing. It was such a long flight, but we managed it!
Flying into Detroit and seeing the snow made the kids beam! All of a sudden i had to switch the emotions off and concentrate on getting through the other side.
We were at the arrivals being asked questions when we overheard the people across from us who were a band, they were South by South West? We recognised the name but couldn't remember any songs! We also saw a band who very very very much looked like Black Eyed Peas, or at least their lookalikes!
Getting the hire car was funny, its a huge people carrier with automatic doors and enough for 8 of us to sit in! Kids loved it. Seeing dave trying to drive it and keep calm after a long flight was very impressive.
So we are at this hotel for the next 12 days. The kids are sharing a double bed. First night Lucas moaned about my snoring!! That was inbetween Ollie being sick 4 times over the night. All over the bedding and floor!
Yesterday we went to see some houses and there were 2 amazing ones. One was on a lake, which if there wasn't a dog and kids to factor in, we would have signed the dotted line! Another one we saw was huge and you could fit just our little house in Andover into the basement! Fingers crossed we will be going to that one, but we shall see.
Today is a bit of a nothing day. The snow is coming down fast, and we have to change the rental car. Dave has gone into the office for the first time, so we are cooped up in the hotel for the morning. Which is fine. kind of!!
Kids seem happy, think they are a little homesick, Lucas is missing his best friend and Ollie has written a email to his teacher with his first words being i miss you.
Once we are in a house it will all be fine and we can get our routine again. Just a case of waiting at the moment! And we aren't a patient family!
Anyways, hopefully soon i will have some more news about a house etc. In the meantime it's now trying to work out kids friendly tv!!
Much love
xxxx
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