The Evendens

I just wanted to post and let everyone know that we are alive! It's been a long week but I've graduated, made the drive to SC and then had to say goodbye to my mom. I'm getting adjusted here, at times kicking and screaming. We do not have cable yet, or internet access, and our cell phones don't work at the house. So, as soon as I can find some more time on the computer I will post some pictures and update in further detail.

It's true, we had our ultrasound yesterday and we are indeed having a boy! I must say I was pretty shocked because I was SURE it was a girl....So, I took back the pink stuff I'd recently bought and bought some blue!

In other news, we are still pluggin' away. Joe has started work, no students yet but they have had orientation and teacher inservices. He will have students this coming Monday. As for me, I'm still trying to get through my last week of school and I've been kicking and screaming all the way through! I just want to be done....right now, not at the end of the week. BUT, if I can get all my work done today and tomorrow then I'm all done! It's looking like my mom and I will head out on Wednesday morning and hopefully drive straight though (15 hours) and get in Wednesday night. If not we'll take our time and make it there sometime Thursday. I'm finding that I kinda can't wait to get there at this point. I miss my husband!

The week has continued to be a whirlwind! We finally got totally out of our house here in Mt. Pleasant at 11:00pm on Monday night. What a way to spend your first anniversary! We stayed Monday and Tuesday night in a hotel in Mt. Pleasant while Joe finished up work and then headed to my parents house on Wednesday with the truck. Joe and his friend Rich (and the cats) headed out yesterday morning. They had a very long day of driving and some yucky storms in coming through the mountains in North Carolina. They left at 7:30 am and stopped around 10pm in North Carolina. Joe called every few hours to keep me updated and I heard a lot of meowing going on! They girls were not happy to be in the car or in a cage! They did settle down according to Joe and slept a good portion of the day. However, this morning he called to tell me that they were about 2 hours away from our new home and during the call realized that Grey, one of the cats had figured out how to open the cage and they were all running free! Needless to say, they were pulling over and I haven't heard anything since! This is all a totally new experience for Joe and I'm proud of him.

As I've said previously, the hardest part in all of this has been housing. We thought we had that cute little house below all set and then the guy backed out on us at the last minute. We seriously had less than 3 days and no place to live! Well, we resigned ourselves to pay a whole lot more to rent something, but the price just wasn't sitting with me and was keeping me up at night. So, we called this guy back and ended up getting the house below AGAIN. It was a very frustrating process. We found out that the house is in pre-foreclosure, which is where all the hassle was. We just found this out by chance so we are renting month to month for a lower rent that he originally had it listed for. We have decided that it's really expensive to rent there and we may want to consider buying in the near future and this house could be an option for us. So, like everything else that has happened in the last week, it's all fallen apart and then worked out for the better.

So, things should start to settle down soon. Joe will start work on Tuesday and my last day of work will be next friday. So until then I'm staying with my parents and just working and finishing up school. Not too bad. It's also nice to be at home with my parents and just chill with them for awhile. As always, thanks for checking in.