Going Together!

We had a bit of a stressful time yesterday. We had found this nice apartment with a pond and an opening in early July. We both filled out the application, and I've been calling them at every step to make sure everything is in place and moving in the right direction. Yesterday I got an email that we needed to bring our IDs to the complex. I called to tell them we actually can't do that. The lady said that we can send pictures, but now the soonest available unit will be ready July 30th. We need it on the 20th. So all this work for nothing! We're back to looking again. 

I felt quite stressed about this. This was all at 7am, and I went to sleep for another chunk before doing anything about it. I had this nightmare we were at this busy hotel in Tallahassee and were asking people to help us find housing and nothing was working. It's stressful to move across the country to a place you've never been. 

The other day I was talking to Hyrum about this. (Sidenote, we just passed his birthday, and I'm so glad he was born!) I should call him more than I do because we always have such great talks. While we were talking, he asked how I felt about the move. He said that it's nice I don't have to move across the country all alone. I'll have a built in best friend. Hyrum is a very wise person. I am more excited than nervous or stressed about moving because I'm going with my two favorite people in the world. And we are going to be just fine. So much of our life is going to be just how it is now.

The last few months have been such a precious time. Nikki has been mostly home and Parley is so cute and perfect and growing so fast. And we've just been together. We celebrated Father's Day yesterday because Nikki was so eager to open his presents, and you can't go to Wingers on a Sunday. (Nikki got a Wingers cheeseburger the night Parley was born after being up for 48 hours and hardly eating anything. It's a special father meal for him.) 

We had a really nice day together. We had Wingers and looked at townhomes and went on a walk. Nikki was a champion dad, too. Parley had a tougher evening than usually, starting when I went running and showered and Nikki entertained a screaming baby all by himself. It's really nice to have two of us when Parley gets in these grumpy, evening moods, at least for moral support. Nikki is driving all of our belongings across the country and going to a big-deal strategy conference in July. He's going to be gone for 12 days, and I've been dreading it. Luckily, I'll be with my wonderful mom, but still. I usually cry being apart from him for one night, and that's before I had a baby. We'll be tough though. 

In Tallahassee, we'll have days together just like yesterday. Nikki will be a lot busier and less able to work from home than he is now, but he'll be back in the evenings and weekends. And I'll have my little boy! Also, I'll be able to talk to my family. Yesterday, I talked to both my older sisters and Mom. This week, I've talked with them everyday, plus I talked to my grandparents, Olivia, Dad, Carolina, and Hyrum. My family is the biggest blessing in my life, and I'll be able to talk to them just as well from Florida. 

Anyway, I spent a lot of yesterday looking at townhomes in Tallahassee. I was getting very discouraged looking at big complexes with gyms and pools and whatnot, so I went back to smaller places. On homes.com, I discovered that each place had a crime score. Most were 8 out of 10. 🤦‍♀️ I decided I wouldn't take anything higher than 5. I found this little section of northeast Tallahassee by the temple with scores of 2 and 3. They are about 20 minutes from campus, but I think it is worth it. I messaged 6 places, and one guy already called me back! He was real friendly and told me we can't smoke or have pets at the house. (Woohoo!) He warned me it is 20 minutes from campus, and I told him that was on purpose, and we want a really good neighborhood. He said that it's just the kind of neighborhood I'll be able to go on walks with my baby in. His daughter will be my neighbor, he's just down the street with his wife, and the organist from the local Baptist church will be our other neighbor. He's going out of town tomorrow but will be back on the 23rd and will give us a tour over Facebook messenger. I'm so excited!

We are going to be fine. I am so grateful for my wonderful family and can't wait to go on this adventure with them!