The Path of Shalom
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Sep. 23, 2006
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Moving - Again!
Life is crazy around here again. Since we are staying here in this area
for Rick to go to grad school, we realized we did not have to stay in
this very small duplex apartment until after he graduates. Then we
found out about a 3bd/2ba mobile in the SW part of town. It is across
the road from one of the families in our fellowship, it has lots of
shade, a huge yard, a covered deck off the back and much more space
than this little place. Even though it is more rurally located, it is
almost a mile closer to the university. Our bedroom also has a bedroom
door, which is awfully nice after not having one since we moved out of
the mobile we were renting until the end of April. I think most of you
moms and dads out there would agree. The landlords are really nice and
are even letting us move in without a deposit. I am so looking forward
to moving, though everything is in upheaval again. It is even crazier
with it being in the midst of the High Holy Days and with the trip to
Florida this last week to get my son and bring him home.
Speaking
of the trip to Florida, it was really nice, though Arielle's baby did
not cooperate and be born while we were down there. Joelle and her son
got to go with me. Actually, we rented the car in her name because she
had the good insurance so we didn't have to buy the rental car
insurance, cutting the cost considerably for the trip. That means that
Joelle did all the driving and I was the navigator. Since she is a good
driver, but gets nervous with other peoples' not so great driving, it
was a wonderful arrangement - at least in my opinion. We had to leave
my youngest daughter home with Daddy since there was not enough room
for everyone coming back from Florida if she came with us. She loved
having all the daddy-time and going to classes with him and doing the
food bank with him. She even got to spend the night with a friend on
Thursday since that is Rick's marathon day at school. He has a stretch
of classes that go from 3pm until almost 9pm with only enough time to
get to the next class. That is besides his noon class and picking up
for the food bank before that.
We decided to drive all the way
home on Thursday, instead of stopping on the way home. We got home at
2:30 in the morning and then Joelle and I both had trouble going to
sleep because of the late night caffeine we had ingested (cappucino for
me and dark roast coffee for her) and so it was a short night for us.
We had to go get Gaelyn in the morning from her overnight and I had to
take Joelle and Tobey home in the afternoon. I got back just in time to
eat and get to our Erev Yom Teruah service. We had a great time blowing
the shofars and were back for our normal service this evening with a
yummy dinner, too. In 10 days it will be Yom Kippur and then in 4 more
days it will be Succoth. Yom Kippur starts on the night of the 1st of
October and we will be finishing moving out of this place in the
morning that day. We are already taking loads of boxes over, but we
will have help that day with pickup trucks and manly bodies to get the
furniture all moved over. That is going to be just wonderful after Rick
and I have done almost all the moves we've done the last 2 years all by
ourselves. (We did have help unloading the truck when we moved to the
last mobile and I was so grateful for it at the time.)
All I can say is that G-d is SO good! May He richly bless y'all with His shalom and joy!
Love and shalom,
Serena
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• Sep. 24, 2006 - L'Shannah Tovah
May Adonai be with you ever step of the new year, may you live in his blessing.
May He keep you safe as you transition to the new home.