I thought I'd post a quick update while the kids (and Ben) nap here in our hotel room at POP Century Resort.
This has been a whirlwind week (plus some), but things are good with us. I had a lovely send-off with my fabulous B&N co-workers on Saturday the 7th. That same day, Ben's mom flew in to help with the girls while Ben and I finished packing up the house, which was an absolute disaster. Packing, I mean. We seem to have underestimated the time it would take, so we ended up crying uncle and calling Two Men & a Truck to save the day. I honestly do not know how we would have gotten it all done without their help. They managed to move everything to storage in just over 3 hours. Even with their assistance, it took a gargantuan effort on our parts to get it all done. We had hopes of leaving just after Ben's last lecture, but we didn't depart Champaign until nearly 5pm on Wednesday. We drove to our usual stopping point of Sikeston, MO and continued on to the MS Gulf Coast on Thursday.
Ben's mother, Terri, took the girls and I to see Disney on Ice on Friday morning, and the girls had haircuts in the afternoon. After a nice visit with Ben's grandmother, we managed to throw our stuff in the suitcases and finally got to sleep around 1 o'clock.
We woke up at 4 a.m. and left at 5:30 to drive to New Orleans for our 9 o'clock flight. Only the excitement of Disney was keeping me upright at that point. I honestly have never been more exhausted, but we made it here, thank God. The girls are having an absolute blast, and none of us want to ever leave. Avery has been such a brave girl, riding Expedition Everest, Soarin', Test Track, and Mission Space. Carsyn has loved seeing the princesses and riding Dumbo. We've had a great time, and I'll go into more detail in another post.
That's all for now. I apologize if none of this makes sense. We're exhausted, but in a good (read: Disney) way.
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