Whirlwind of "Adventure"

My life continues to be a whirlwind of “adventure”...if that’s what you want to call it.

This year, 2010, has been just so ridiculously wild. Never did I dream that I would go through some of the things that have happened this year. Since my last post about the break-in so many things have happened! I just have a hard time fathoming that the last two weeks have been as wide open as they have been.

I guess the best thing to do would be a timeline of the events of the past two weeks.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 – Theives break in to my apartment and steal our stuff. I cried all day. And Anna and I were afraid to sleep in our own bedrooms for a few nights.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 – The thieves are arrested!!

Thursday, August 26, 2010 – Anna and I went down to the police station. Actually to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Detective Squad and met with the detectives and got a few of our things back – gun, cameras, Anna’s CN Class ring....

Friday, August 27, 2010 – I called the insurance company to file our claim and had a complete and total melt down Friday afternoon. I sat at work and cried for about 4 hours. And I spent all day at work on Craig’s List looking for places to live

Saturday & Sunday, August 28 & 29, 2010 – I drove around for literally 8 hours each of these days looking at houses, apartments, condos, ANYTHING for rent. I had almost 6 pages of places that I was going to look. I narrowed down my list for Anna – who had to work over the weekend and she visited them on Monday.

Monday, August 30, 2010 – Anna and I settled on a new place to live. One that would be ours, not mine. When she moved in with me, it was supposed to be a temporary thing and then she would move out on her own. Well, after all this mess, we decided that we were getting along and it would work out for us to live together. My landlord was very gracious and let us out of the current lease at the old place!

Tuesday – Tuesday, August 31-September , 2010 – We moved into the new house. Anna and I moved as much as we could with our cars and then my parents came up to help over the weekend. And HUGE thanks go out to Anna’s friend that helped us Friday night. It was really a fantastic move. I don't know that it could have gone much more smoothly. Mom stayed until Monday and helped me unpack, unload, set up, and re-set up our new home. I like it and feel safe here.

It’s just been completely insane. I’ve been so busy since about the middle of July – I can hardly believe that it is September already. In the midst of all this madness, I have been blessed and reminded of God’s graciousness through my sweet friends – Ashley, Melissa, Joetta, Jessica and too many other to name.