Good-Bye Phoenix, Hello Benson!

Finally! We got the apartment cleaned out, packed the truck up and traveled to Benson!  Although, we have been downsizing all of our furnishings from a three bedroom, house with a pool…to a townhouse, down to a two bedroom apartment, then to a one bedroom apartment we had wayyyy too much “stuff”!  I’ve no idea who brought in most of it..! LOL!

The decision to go ahead and make this first leg of our journey was really hard for us.  My daughter, who is 5 months pregnant was admitted into the hospital to have some lab work done and to check on her kidneys.  We got the news today that, although her kidneys are a bit swollen, there is nothing else wrong with her that having a baby won’t cure.  They have confined her to bed for at least two more months so that the baby can grow and have a better chance of survival.  So in two months, we should be  GRANDPARENTS for the second time..!!!

The weather in Benson is great!  Nice cool breezes and the nights and mornings are actually cool enough to wear a light jacket!

We’ve unloaded the truck and are settling in.  Relaxing from the hectic last couple of days of packing and putting up with the heat in Phoenix! We are taking Maximus on walks and trying to begin learning how to slow down and not be in such a rush.  The latter which has been a challenge for me...but of course, it’s only been two days that we’ve been here in Benson.  I am sure that it won’t take me too long to reprogram my brain to slow down and take it easy!

We are making plans for the upcoming weeks, very exciting plans regarding our short stay here in Benson and our children! 

Stay tuned…   

El

Saying Good-Bye

WOW..! What an emotional couple of days! My last day at work was Friday, April 15, 2011.  I have been on an emotional roller coaster full of excitement about the adventure that is awaiting us! At the same time I am sad about leaving my colleagues and students I worked with for the last couple of years.  We spent so much time together that I considered them almost like family.  Our days were busy but at the same time full of humor and teasing, which made the day and week go much faster! Thank you Deb, Lance, Elizabeth, Jacqueline, Talia and Abel!!  It was a great pleasure getting to know each and everyone of you and working alongside you!

 It has not been too difficult trying to empty out our one bedroom apartment, the hardest part for me was cleaning out my closet! I can not believe all the clothes that I’ve accumulated throughout the years!! I am finding clothes I hadn’t seen in a long time and not because they didn’t fit, it’s just that they were buried deep! I have packed boxes to give to my mother so that she can either give to my aunts who live in Mexico or put up in a yard sale and STILL I have so much to go through!  I never realized how attached I was to my “things”, especially my clothes and shoes and make-up and well, I think you get the picture!

Today was the first Monday, of the rest of my life! Even though we had a super busy weekend with packing and hanging out with friends and family I was able to get up at six am without the help of the DREADED alarm clock.  The one whose snooze button I’ve been beating and cursing at every morning during the work-week!

Elvia

The adventure begins!

Now that Elvia has finished working and my projects are complete, it is time to get this party started.  Please click on "The Plan" above to see where we are headed.  Next stop, Benson AZ!

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Keith