The Move "Continued"

I swear that Echo is A.D.D because she will walk by something or check it out completely. Then either a few hours or a day later she will walk by the same thing and completely act like it had never been there before. Well that was how she was during the trip. There is only so much space in a rig and during three days of driving that cat went around that car and acted like everything was brand new everytime. I wish I could be entertained that easily. Well I guess there are days;) Then there is Sy the other cat. We tried to keep her locked up in her carrier and she about tore the dang thing apart getting out. So we let her out so she can roam around. What does she do? Takes one lap around the car and climbs right back into the carrier and stays there the rest of the trip. That cat drives me nuts....
As we were going along Branden thought of a really good idea of taking pictures of all the welcome signs for the states we were driving through. Our trip took us through Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas and then Oklahoma.
This sign really doesn't live up to what it is claiming...

She looks like she is having a ton of fun isn't she? They both did really well. We stopped every couple hours to let them out and for us to stretch our legs. It was funny though when we got Vanilla Prince wouldn't let her touch him in the car. He would try to skinny up into the corner so she wouldn't touch him. Now they don't care hell half the time they are sitting on eachother even when there is enough room not to.

The Move "Continued"

So we had a bit of a party at the arcade and had a blast. Once that was all over we headed out to have a bite with some great friends and then we were back at it. You know it's amazing how much it takes to get an entire house packed up. Even though we didn't actually pack the stuff in boxes it still takes a ton of work...

Then the day came to get loaded in the car and head out. It was a hard day. Up till that day I was OK. I mean I was keeping busy and so it all hadn't hit me yet that we are packing up out stuff and going to a completely different part of the country where we don't know anyone to start a new chapter of our lives. That's ok though because with new chapters come new adventures which give us more stories to tell.

I was very impressed with how the animals traveled. I was expecting them to be whiney and just a pain the butt. Even though we were driving 8-9 hours a day they did a great job. We bought a new rig just before the trip just so we could have room to get the pets and the lougage we needed. The reason for all the lougage being packed was just a few days before we left we found out that there was a mix up in the dates for delivery of our stuff. Two days before we even left for Oklahoma we get this call asking if we are going to be at the house the next day for delivery. Well no we arn't it is supposed to be scheduled for delivery next thursday! Well not acording to their records and since we were not going to be there the next time they could get the stuff their wouldn't be for another 2 1/2 weeks. So Branden had to live in a new house in a new town and state for almost three weeks without anything... Well that meant we needed a few more things than just a suit case and a few snacks.


So we found where our newest cat came from (her name is Echo). Branden thought this was funny so had to take a picture of it...

We took pictures throughout our journey. Now this is the end of May and while we were driving through Wyoming there was a hell of a snow storm. OK this is may and we are getting snowed on and not just a little. It was really cool driving out through the many states that neither one of us have ever been to. Granted it was all freeway driving there is still some cool stuff to see.

The Move

I know this is a bit late but here is what it was like getting moved. First and foremost it was awesome not having to pack our stuff. Since the military moved us all we had to do was get everything we wanted moved in one spot and they boxed it up and put it on the truck for us. Man I'll tell ya what I don't want to move any other way again. Though just my luck I'll get all spoiled and then have to move thirteen times without help;)... Here is what the living room looked like while getting ready for the movers.

During all of the fun of finding everything we wanted to take and not. Well let me explain that. Branden moved down to Oklahoma first for several months before I made it down. Mostly because I had some work in Boise that needed taken care of and also she is going to Texas for three months for training so there isn't anything for me to do in Lawton. So we decided to keep a few things in Boise for me and send the rest down to Lawton. Now that that's explained we decided to have a bit of a party before Branden took off and since I'm such a big kid I figured we could have the party at the arcade.

I am having problems getting alot of the photos to load so I will end here until I can figure out what is going on.

Until the adventure continues...

1 month in OK

Well it has been a while since I last posted any updates of our lives. Well in the last month, my work has gotten interesting. I have had a lot of interesting cases and challenges to deal with. But I have a feeling work will be getting better now. Overall though I am greatly enjoying what I am doing. I feel that I am making a difference for the animals and the service members who I am working with. Dale is still in Idaho. He went to Teen Conference, without me this year. He said the year turned out great but was not the same without me. Just last weekend for the 4th of July, he went home for his class reunion. I wish I could have gone but oh well. The sad news is that my Granny (mom's mom) fell last weekend over the 4th and ended up in intensive care. It looked at first that she would pull through but the doctors now only give her a few days left. I am taking some emergency leave to fly home for the funeral. The dogs and cats have adjusted to the new home very well. Echo is just loving having so much space to run around in. Speaking of animals, on my last post I mentioned a cat amputation that I would be doing. Well, the surgery went great. The stray cat was named Frank the tank and has been recovering in our clinic for the month. We think we have found him a home to be adopted to once I get back from Idaho at the end of this coming week. Other than trying to maintain a house and huge yard by myself, nothing to new has come up. Love all of you in Idaho.