Disconcerting Start

So I went to title this post only to find that I have previously used the title I was going to use before. I might be a little too predictable. Thinking about it a little more I can see that I really am. Emmuska pretty much has my responses to her questions or actions down to the correct intonation. I realized this when I was at the grocery store and she was asking me for things non stop. To which I would respond 'We'll see...' because it generally is forgotten and then I don't have to deal with arguing the matter over with a three year old (who is very good at sticking to her point and getting you confused on yours). Well after being asked about ten or fifteen items I stopped answering - at which point she started reminding me what my answer was supposed to be 'Mom, your supposed to say 'we'll see'' Sometimes I think she just asks questions because she doesn't know that you don't have to talk to prove you are still breathing. Then she expects answers for the same reason - to prove that you are still breathing. (At least she care about my welfare too...)

Anyhow the point of this post was to try and catch you up with the comings and goings of late. We are now safely settled in Mo. It will never cease to amaze me how much of a new culture one has to learn and understand in the same country. Things here are so different from any other place we have lived. To better illustrate that point maybe someday I will tell you about our 'neighbors'.

Our drive out here was punctuated by only a few mishaps. At the beginning of the venture my mom (she and Thom drove out with us to help drive so we could make it as straight though as possible) talking about how amazing it is that we could drive to Mo. in such a short time. It took the pioneers months to get from one place to the other and we complain if it takes more than twenty hours. I am blaming her for everything that happened after that point as she tempted fate with the statement. After driving all night we were somewhere between Rawlins and Laramie Wy. It was there that the truck decided to make the trip more fun by deciding not to switch between gas tanks - so it ran out of gas, while still having a full tank of gas. Mom and I were already ahead so we kept on going and picked up a couple of cans of gas then took it back to the truck. However apparently when a diesel runs of out gas it makes you jump through hopes to get going again. We did eventually get it started and headed again on our merry way after a delay of two and a half - three hours.

Well things were going well as we entered Nebraska. We decided to take a nice long lunch so that the girls could run around and relax and we could rearrange the seating and packing arrangements. After about an hour and half we got back on the road but stopped shortly (very shortly) because the truck had a cut in the radiator hose (or something like that) so Mycal and I drove until we could turn around, went back to the city we had just left picked up the supplies and went back to fix the truck. Once again we got it working just fine but it took us over two hours to take care of the problem. After another night on the road - including a couple hours of sleep, we finally pulled into our new place. Overall we were very blessed to have everything work out as well as it did. We managed to stay ahead of a huge storm almost the entire only catching a little rain in the last hour. We had time to get everything unpacked just before it started to really pour. However the drive took over 37 hours. After a couple days of rest we are feeling much better.

Mom and Thom headed back on Saturday catching a flight out of St. Louis. We really appreciate everything they were able to do to help. Now we are just trying to figure out the area. The base is much larger than either of the others we have lived near - (not including Hill AFB - I never really explored that one I only went on occasionally for appointments). Of course I have already found the craft store. I haven't had a chance to actually visit yet but plan on checking it out as soon as I can. More to follow on the area as soon as I'm able to get out more.