Tuesday, August 5, 2008

We made it!

We drove straight through Thursday, July 31. We left Orlando about 11 am and had so much trouble with the kayaks as soon as we got on the interstate we thought we were going to have to leave them with friends in Gainesville. We figured it out and after taking 3 hours to get to Gainesville, the rest of our trip we made much better time. We arrived at our home about 3 AM Friday morning. Quite a wakeup call for Wade's folks at their hotel where they had the key, but they were happy to see us. It's great! Wade did GOOD! :) Wade's folks had already been here Thursday cleaning and lining drawers. They brought breakfast Friday morning and we got to work unpacking the truck when it arrived around noon. Thanks to Peggy (Wade's mom) who was unpacking boxes as we were bringing them in, the dining room hutch and kitchen were set up very quickly. Otherwise, I'm sure there'd still be boxes everywhere. My parents came this past weekend and my dad helpd us get a chain link fence around our backyard. We are so thankful for all of our parental help...don't know where we'd be without all of their help getting our house together!

I got a call Saturday, August 2 to set up an interview for that Monday morning. I interviewed and got a 4th grade position. I'll be teaching Reading/LA to my kids and another teacher's kids, and science to my kids. I had inservice and orientation stuff all last week. One more day of meetings today and kids come tomorrow! Again, thanks to Wade and his folks we got everything put into my room and unpacked last Monday afternoon and kinda set up so I didn't have to worry about that last week.

Rural Louisiana dial up is SLOW! :) I wanted to get a post out, and will try later to post a picture or 2. Wade might have to be in charge of picture posts once he gets into his office at school!

2 comments:

The Andersons said...

Hey Jessica! So glad you made it and got a job so quickly. Sounds like a good fit for your gifts. I looked up the pictures of the house...it's beautiful!!

Ellen and I were just talking about you today and hoping you were doing well. I'll check back on your blog later for more updates.

~Jenny

Jenn said...

its so great to hear about your new job and your awesome new house. We can't wait to visit!!!!