Go Hawks!!

Sorry for the delay in updates. We've been so busy the last few days! We got to Tony's around noon on Tuesday. We drove for 31 hours, only stopping for gas and food along the way. It was no fun being in the car for so long, but we were glad to be here early on Tuesday instead of late that night. I think after three days I'm finally caught up on sleep and feeling normal again. I'm still not used to the time change though. I keep thinking it is later than it actually is.

Over the last few days we have been looking at lots of apartments and we've finally picked one. We will be moving into The Park at Irvine Spectrum on Monday. Our new address will be 9316 Spectrum, Irvine, CA 92618. I've spent two hours today getting everything updated. I scheduled to have gas and electricity turned on Monday, enrolled in renters insurance, updated our mailing address on all of our accounts, and am currently trying to decide on a cable/phone/Internet company to use. I forgot how many little things have to be done when you move! Next week we're excited for the task of buying furniture and decorating our new home!!

Our apartment is about 15 minutes from Laguna Beach, so we drove down there yesterday to check it out. It's absolutely amazing! This weekend we plan to spend a lot of time at the beach because the temperature is going to be in the high 70's! We're loving this California weather!

Anthony has interviews with two doctors today and one tomorrow, so hopefully he'll have a job lined up very soon.

Tonight we're going to a bar to cheer on the Hawkeyes! Hoping for a win to end the season on!

That pretty much sums up our last couple of days. Once we get settled in our apartment next week I will do better about updating this more frequently!

Go Hawks!!!!!!!

Pulling an all nighter!

We're currently 1206 miles into our trip and have about 700 left. In 19 hours we've driven through Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and now we're in New Mexico. We've loaded up on 5-hours and energy drinks to keep us going. We each did a 6 hour shift of driving to start, then we each did 3 more hours. Now Anthony is driving again so we'll see how long he can last before we need to switch again. Since we're down to 11 hours left, it seems pointless to get a hotel room now. We'll see if that changes a few more hours in though!

We didn't see any exciting sights today so that was a bummer. We did drive past multiple landfills though, so that provided some lovely smells in the car. I'm still hoping to see a few crazy attractions before the trip ends though. A few I have my eye on in Arizona are a tree shaped like a giant bra, a two-story tall muffler man, Finger Rock (which is a giant rock flipping the bird), and the world's largest cow skull. Exciting stuff!!

It's currently 13 degrees here in New Mexico and has been fluctuating between -1 and about 20 degrees. It's definitely got us missing the 40 degree temps we left behind in Iowa! We've seen quite a bit of snow/ice here too. Hopefully we'll be through all that soon enough. We're definitely ready for mid-70's and sunny in California this week!

That's it for now. Hopefully the next time I post it will be from the hot tub at Tony's place!!

Roadtrip!!

After cramming everything we could possibly fit into our car (see pics below) we are finally on the road to sunny California!! We left home at 8 this morning after a few tearful goodbyes with our family. We are so thankful for the help our parents have provided in making this move a reality as well as the love and support they have given us throughout our lives! We're looking forward to this next chapter in our lives, but we're going to miss everyone a lot too!

We have 30 hours of driving ahead of us. The plan is to drive as far as we can today then do the rest tomorrow. Hopefully stopping a few times along the way to see some quirky sights like the worlds biggest ball of twine or some other equally ridiculous attraction!

We'll keep posting updates as we go!