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| The day the pod was moved |
I flew home on a Sunday and left the car with Anthon in Utah. His parents let us continue to use their truck until we left. I'm not used to driving the truck but I adjusted quickly and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. We went straight to Grandma's on Super Bowl sunday which the Broncos lost horribly and it was really a pretty sad game. It was Everett's birthday dinner at Grandma & Grandpa Richardson's house so we had lasagna and spaghetti and it was really good. Andrea made some cupcakes and we were actually able to sing Happy Birthday to Everett's friend Paxton too who is born just a few days within Everett. Both boys enjoyed it and Everett was able to blow out one of his candles but I helped him with the other two because he was starting to get upset. Blowing out candles is hard for small kids until they learn how to blow and not spit.
The first week without Anthon was super exhausting. I still worked my normal work schedule between the Boot Camp starting at 5:20 AM four days a week and going straight to Gateway Physical Therapy Mon-Fri. I had to get the boys up before five to go to Grandma's so I could teach the Boot Camp which made me feel really bad about getting them up so early and for Anthon's mom having to get up so early. So between the two jobs I worked over 40 hours meanwhile I was still trying to pack up things at the house and take care of the boys. Anthon's parents came over often to help and Rhonda from church came to help too and I was grateful for any help I could get.
On Feb. 8th my good friends Steve & Jen came over to help pack things and I am forever grateful to them. I don't know what I would have done without them. Jen and I taught at the same school last year. We were instantly friends partly because she was one of the only people that was taking time to chat with me and because I decided she would be my work best friend. Anyways, Jen basically packed my entire kitchen and many other things. Steve cleaned out the laundry, took apart the plastic playhouse for the boys and really organized the pod. We ended up packing up the beds as well. Steve strapped everything down and made it look Awesome! It was nice hanging out with them but also getting stuff done. We went and ate at Burger Place too.
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| Jen and I |
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| The pod after Steve & Jen helped |
I was able to get the air matress and pump out of the pod to have something to sleep on. I put it in the boys room the first couple nights and I slept on the couch for a couple nights. After I had a nice neighbor come and help me move the couches out of the house, the boys and I slept in the office on the air mattress. I slept on some folded blankets and the boys woke up at least once a night every night. It was not our best nights of sleep by any means. Eventually I moved the air mattress out into the living room and one night I got smart and pulled a large couch cushion from the couch outside and slept on that instead of the floor.
I had a couple listing companies come and meet with me to show interest of having them list our house. The first lady that came upset me within minutes of arriving. When we talked on the phone I asked her if the house needed to be cleaned up. She said no because the pictures she would be taking were just to show to the relocation company. When she arrived she made a few comments about how the house looked though and I was mad. I was working over full time, trying to pack and take care of my kids. It was just me there.
Bottom line it was a tough couple weeks without Anthon and I look up to those single parents who do it all the time or those that have spouses that are routinely gone for other reasons. The great thing is that we all survived in one piece and I had lots of family and friends to help and support me while we got things packed and ready to go.
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| Vin had a fall while playing at the babysitters |
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| Everett fell asleep watching Cartoons |
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| The boys and I stayed at Keeta's one night |
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