It has been a rough few days since Sunday but we have survived. I found out it is hard to move at our age unless you have a lot of help. We had help leaving by my son Charles and my good friend Kim whom I have known for 40 years. She cleaned as we moved stuff too the truck. I couldn't have done it all without her.
I didn't take everything. Only about half and that filled up a 22 ft. truck. So anytime I am feeling like being in the big city I can go stay a few days then back to small town life.
We didn't leave Fort Worth until late Sunday which meant I had to drive after dark which I hate to do, We didn't get to Sweetwater until about 10 that night. I had a lot of anxiety on the way. Then we pull in to Sweetwater and go to our house and find out there is no electricity. Pitch dark. What to do. I text Allen because he is the one we are buying the house from. He said his in laws would be glad to let us stay with them. The Gesins are really nice people. We spent the night there and next morning went over the house to begin our journey.
I have a son John who lives in Sweetwater so he helps us some but the majority of it we had to do. He was real busy at the time. We went down the water office and they said the water was still on in the last person that had lived there. So my son Allen had to call them and finally we got that straight. Went down to pay the deposit and had to have cash. So back to the ATM. We had to go to Higginbotham's about four times before we ever got the right stuff for the ice maker.
Yesterday we spent most of the day trying to get the internet on. ATT said we had to have a phone jack even though there would be no home phone. If they came out that would be another $99. My son John came over today and he did it. He had to climb under the house and he got very dirty. But he is a little man so he can work fast and quick. We finally got it going and I was so glad.
Still unpacking but we are getting there. I have a ankle that is swelling when I stand a lot on it for some reason. It is very painful by the end of the day. I had started buying new things for the house two months ago. So it was nice looking at what I had, some of it I had forgotten about. It will be very homey soon for Guy and I.
Everywhere I go I see someone I know. That is so nice after living in the big city and never seeing anyone I know. And I am so grateful for a lot of things. That I still have five fish left. Grateful for Kim and Charles helping us. Grateful for the Gesins helping us. Grateful for my son John and his girlfriend Amy helping us. Grateful I get to have both houses thanks to my son Allen. Life is great in Sweetwater... And on the way down here I heard a song about Sweetwater, Texas on my sirrus radio. Isn't it strange sometimes how things happen?
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