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After much craziness..

We are in Texas! We left Marshfield around noon on Friday, February 21st and started to make our way to Texas. We made it to Albert Lea, MN around 5:30 that evening and planned to stop long enough to eat dinner, gas up the car and moving van and drive on a few more hours. One wrong turn into a "No Outlet" area led to the car trailer being wrecked when it turned into the moving van and in turn also crunched my car pretty good. It's mushed up to the point that it won't pass state inspection next month, so we are looking for a new vehicle for me. Back to the point, we stayed overnight in Albert Lea and got up in the morning (after a pretty nasty snow storm) we got going and made our way to Olathe, Kansas. Uneventful, save the insane traffic in Kansas City...it helped me remember why I don't want to live in a truly BIG city. Sunday, we had decided, would be our LAST day on the road. We were all tired and not wanting to spend another day driving, so we decided t...

For the sake of updating

I know that it has been too long since I posted last, and I'm not sure if anyone even reads this anymore (LOL) but in case someone does, here is the latest and the greatest. Jeff got back from his pre-mobilization training in Florida on Friday. We've had a great few days together, and are very grateful for the days off he has coming up. It turns out that he will be able to have 3-day weekends until the time of official deployment, so we will cherish that time together as well. There still is not a buyer for the house, but we have had an increase in showings and that gives us hope. My parents will be here in 12 days to help us with the last of the packing and loading up of the truck. Two weeks from Wednesday, Kamden and I will head back to Texas with my parents. It has come up so fast. It feels like we were just there for Christmas. There isn't a lot else to report just now, but seeing as Jeff officially deploys in about 3 weeks, expect to see many updates with regards to ...