my god, it's full of stars: athens

Oh womp womppppp. I hate making stupid posts like my last one. Lapse in judgement. I'm fine now. PMS PMS PMS.

There is a TON of snow on the ground in Athens!!!

This is pretty insane for Georgia. We have stomped through so much snow in the last two days. We also made some new friends! A guy got his car stuck on the ice by the entrance of our apartment complex so Bailey helped him get it out. His name is Will & his wife is Carrie & it turns out they have a daughter who is 3 (Ashlyn) and a 19 month old son (Tommy). So they came over to hang out. Several drinks later we were at their house having dinner. They're pretty rad.

Today Carrie came over and said she was going to attempt to drive to Taco Bell & asked if I wanted to go. Uh, of course. I'm a fatty.

It was an adventure.

We got stuck on ice in the complex (our neighborhood is impossible to get out of right now!) but got pulled out by a truck full of good ol' boys with a rope. (That's the best part of living in the south.. every time you get into trouble on the road there is always a truck full of dudes who are willing to help!)

We made it to Taco Bell.. and it was freaking closed so I called Bailey and he called the other Taco Bell and confirmed that they were open. LOL. I'm realizing how dumb and fat this really is as I'm typing this out.

We started to drive there & passed a man who was hitchhiking because his car got extremely stuck. Carrie's backseat had two carseats & he climbed right in. We had a 40-something year old man sitting in a car seat. lol. He was legit though & we took him home. He was so grateful & nice.

Finally got to Taco Bell & ordered! And then when we got back to our apartment complex we had to help another girl out of the ice. She had just gotten her license a couple of days ago & was driving in this crap!!! So I parked her car for her & she walked back to her apartment. hahaha

Definitely a FKU story.

Anyway, we're enjoying the snow. It's like another planet outside. :D

We are moving to Athens, GA on November 13th. AAAAHHHHH

We signed a 14 month lease on Sunday. Holy crap. I'm so nervous / excited. Happy / sad.

Happy:

--We can not WAIT to get out of this god-awful town. Can't wait to be somewhere with culture and shit to DO, restaurants that aren't part of a shitty chain, live music everywhere, art everywhere, beautiful scenery, other young families all over the place, and just.. not a shitty military town in the middle of south GA.

--Casey & Galen both live there.. so Bailey and I will have a close sibling right there already.. And Maddox will get to know his aunt & uncle even better.

--There are young children all over our new neighborhood.

--I'll be working again!

Sad:

--Leaving Mama & April and being 4 hours away. I know it's only 4 hours but now that I have a child, that seems like a million miles. I never minded being far away so much before. I'm going to miss Mama just dropping in randomly & Maddox yelling "MIMI!!!!" when he sees her car pull up outside.

--Not living RIGHT NEXT DOOR to April anymore. She is like, my built in best friend. :[ What am I going to do when I have a breakdown, or she has a breakdown, or I need some cornstarch or sugar or bacon or whatever I forgot to buy at the store?

--PAYING RENT AGAIN! Boo. That was the best part about living in a house that my Grandaddy built.

--As excited as I am to be working again.. I am not looking forward to missing Maddox all day. :[ I'm also terrified of putting him in preschool. He needs to be around other children more though.. I have to keep telling myself that.

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Anyway.

We went up this past weekend to look at houses, duplexes, townhomes & apartments.

We ruled out houses & townhomes pretty fast because the houses we were seeing in our pricerange were pretty ghetto lol.. and having a giant steep staircase as a main part of a townhome doesn't seem like the best idea with my clumsy child running around never looking where he's going.

We ended up finding an apartment complex that we LOVE. It has a playground (which is seriously like a 30 second walk from our front door.. yesssss), a gorgeous pool, fitness room (which is where I will be taking my fat ass at least every other night), and some other crap. There are a ton of kids! That makes me so happy. I hope Maddox likes his new house.

OH AND, we will finally have a dining room again. No more eating at the coffee table together. LOL. I'm also looking forward to having counter space in my kitchen again! :D

Blurry as hell because Casey apparently couldn't handle our camera.