Well.....
It's been a while since I posted an entry here I thought it's about time I caught up. We have moved to Illinois. Zach started law school last week here at soothern Illinois University, or SIU. The Salukis are the mascot and EVERYONE has a SIU shirt on here.
The drive out here was horrendous. I entered my story in a housewife awards contest at mommasaid.net and I won! It will be posted this Sunday, 9/3/06. It was a crazy three-day and well over 22 estimated hour drive. I will NEVER drive cross-country with a baby/child again. Having Naomi nursing made things even more complicated since we had to stop ALL the time it seemed and it took forever and she didn't like nursing in the car AT ALL. In fact she was taking at least one bottle a day on the drive out here just because she wouldn't take enough in nursing. And then there was Cheetah- our cat. That's a whole other story by itself.
So, we've been here in Murphysboro in our big 'ole trailer for almost three weeks now. It feel like home more and more each day. Although some days I miss the mountains so much it hurts. The humidity here is kinda awful, it's so sticky sometimes but even that I think I'm getting used to. We have visited the library and taken advantage of their video and book resources. We have tried out a few different grocery stores and decided that Kroger is the closest and a good price with a sweet 10cent off per gallon of gas discount when you spend $100/month on groceries. We have been to WalMart WAY too many time to call ourselves not white trash and we have frequented the mall as many as 4 or 5 times! All in all not bad for the new kids on the block. I have made a few friends and will do my best to keep them and get to be great friends.
When I say "WE" I mean me and Naomi. Zach is super busy at school. He's out of the house be about 5:30 a.m. and then is home for the night and if lucky done with reading ect for the night by about 7p.m. It's been so far so good with Law School. Zach seems to enjoy it and is really putting 200% into his work. I'm proud of him.
Well, time to sound off. Naomi is sleeping and Zach and I are going to go to be early tonight.
-Trisha the mommy of one (and she's super cute too!!!!)