Mosquitos and Flights

I haven't been bit by a mosquito in a loooong time, nor have I even seen one recently. But, today, as I type in Jared's living room, I am swatting them off. One even bit me under my eye while I was sleeping last night! Now it looks like I have a giant zit! I really don't miss it here.

Well, our flight was obviously canceled to London Monday night, but we re-scheduled for Friday. Flights started to go out today from Houston to London, so we should be good to go Friday. Unfortunately, we don't have a non-stop flight anymore. We are flying to Newark Friday afternoon, then flying to Bristol through the night and will be arriving there at 8:30 am. Then, we take a 2 hour train ride to London, and then a taxi to our hotel. I am sure we are going to be exhausted after almost 20 hours of traveling!

We are biding our time, but enjoying the last few days with family and friends! I am also hoping that Catherine Haskew has her baby while I am here! She is already 1 cm dilated! Here's hoping!

R :)

Made it!

We made it to Texas! We already miss everyone back in LA, but seeing family is a good distraction...

The drive went by pretty fast because we had a book on mp3, "The Historian". It was a great "listen". There were so many different characters and details that, at times, was hard to keep up. If I am reading a book and zone out, it is easy to just re-read the page, but it is difficult to rewind on an ipod.

We stayed at a Days Inn in Las Cruces, NM Saturday night, and then we got to stay at Jared's grandparents last night, who we haven't seen in 2 years, which was really great! They live in Bandera, TX, just outside of San Antonio. It was a little weird to be so far out in the country! It was nice to have a home cooked meal after 3 meals of fast food. I should have planned better to bring more food for the car that wasn't crap. My body really did not enjoy that! It is hard to think of anything that is more sustainable than peanut butter sandwiches, and those can get old, too. It really is a nice drive through New Mexico and Texas. Lots of cool rock formations and mini-mountains.

Anyway...we are really looking forward to time with family before we head out. Hopefully, it will be a nice relaxing week!

R :)

Moved Out

We are officially homeless! Except not really because we are staying with Katie and Andrew for a few nights until we drive to Texas on Saturday.

We got everything moved in to storage last night thanks to the help of our AMAZING friends who were literally throwing boxes in trying to make the 9 pm deadline at the storage facility. Apparently, if you are in the unit at 9 pm when it closes, the elevator stops working and you just get locked in. It was the first working day for the lady who checked us in and gave us keys yesterday around 5 pm before the office closed. I told her we would be moving in that night, and she failed to mention that there was a separate key you have to check out from her to unlock the large sliding door to get your stuff through. So we just had to go through the small door! I think I might have to go let her know she should tell people next time. But, there was a man I call the cart angel who just "happened" to be there with a key to get access to some large carts for moving boxes. If we hadn't had these, I don't think we would have been able to get the boxes downstairs in time.

It felt a little crazy yesterday trying to get all of the last few items packed, etc. and get the apartment cleaned after we moved all the stuff out. And yes, it is weird to be out of our "perfect" apartment we just moved in to 5 months ago.

Jared and I will set out on our 2 1/2 day drive Saturday morning early! First stop, Las Cruces, NM after a 12 hour drive, then the second night we will stay with Jared's grandparents who we haven't seen in a looooong time in Bandera, TX (close to San Antonio). Then Monday we will head to Houston. Can't wait to see our families and friends! We have "The Historian on mp3 which is 11 hours long to keep us company!

Well, we certainly have been prepping for this move for a while, but I am excited to see everything fall in to place once we get there! London in 11 days!

:)

It's really happening

So we are down to less than 2 weeks before we leave LA. There certainly are a lot of mixed emotions right now. We are very excited to begin a new adventure in London for a year, but are really sad to be leaving all our friends behind. I don't know what I will do without my weekly hang outs with Kimberly or my car rides to dance with Katie :( We are just going to have to skype a lot!

We are done packing everything in the house to put in storage on April 7th, except for a few dishes we are still using, as well as pictures and curtains. After we put stuff in storage and move out, we are going to stay with the Feistel's for a few days until we head out on the 10th for Las Cruces, then Bandera, then Houston to see family before we fly out April 19th for LONDON!

I am really excited for our going away party on the 9th at the Wolfe's house! Hope everyone can make it!

Robin :)

And the packing shall commence...

Tomorrow I really need to start packing. It seems so far, but I know it is not! We will be moving to London faster than we think! Jared and I have already been dumpster diving, but still need a lot more boxes since we are putting most everything we own in storage. I don't think we have fully comprehended this undertaking. In the past, we have moved our stuff without fully boxing and packing everything up. Just taking loads of stuff over to the new place. Well, now we have to make sure everything will be safe and sound for a year...

Any suggestions?
And yes, I am going to try and give away some stuff that we don't need...does this excite me....always! Will Jared be on board? Probably not! Hehe!

:)

Ode to the Impala

So many good times were had
Even though you were born in a land that was bad
I inherited you from my kin
And drove you there and back again
You hold a special place in many hearts
Your seats have even braved many farts
Road Trips have been had
Your plush seats and Cool AC have made many glad

Although your life is not at its' end
You have to leave me in two thousand and ten
I want to tell you not to worry
Your new owners seemed in no hurry
I hope many memories will be had by them
And maybe I will see you again
Even though my sadness wants to make me holla
For one last time I have to shout "Impala, Balla"!

V-Day

Hello,

Just wanted to share about my FUN Valentine's Day! Jared and our friend Corey surprised me and his wife Kimberly to a fun night out on the town Saturday. It was nice to share valentine's with some of our best friends!

First, they took us to The Standard roof top bar! It was gorgeous! There was a pool and bar on the roof of a hotel in downtown LA. We got to watch the sunset. Next, we walked to The Nickel Diner where we had delicious Mac and Cheese, a bacon and avocado burger, and to finish it off, red velvet cake! YUM! Everyone needs to go try this restaurant! Then we went to another bar where there was only a giant black door with a Lion Knocker on the outside. It felt like we needed to give the secret knock before entering!

Thanks guys for a wonderful surprise valentine's! It was wonderful!