Vermont = Heaven, Kansas = Hell!

First off, I do need to say that Mathew & I realize how truly blessed we are to have such amazing kids & such a strong & fabulous marriage. Most people wouldn't be able to get through all that we've been through in our life together & make it through intact let alone everything we've endured these past 15 months. We're grateful for that much.



But WE. HAVE. LOST IT!



We're now beginning week 6 of living in a one-room hotel and after a day of screaming & crying (mostly myself...) we had to have a "Come to Jesus Talk" with the kids as Mathew says (I still don't understand what that means! lol). We sat down with them and talked about how we all have to work on how we interact with each other right now. That even though we're one of the strongest families I know, we've all let the stress get to us & have forgotten how to show each other respect. The kids have forgetten how to listen, they've started to fight like cats & dogs, Mathew & I have jumped to yelling & frustration waaaay faster than we ever have before, and basically we're just not handling all of this very well anymore. So we hugged & we cried & we doled out the love, & all breathed a sigh of relief. And the boys even decided to sign "contracts" detailing their own expectations of themselves (I'll listen to Mom & Dad the first time, I'll be respectful & kind to my brother, things like that. Super cute by the way). So everything should be better for a little while now right? WRONG! Within 20 minutes my son completely lost his mind because we asked him to put his pajamas on & not sleep in his swimming trunks. This is what he looked like:

Well... so much for that. Looks like we're all going to just be in hell until we get to finally escape.

Kansas has pretty much been craptastic for us. It always seems like things just fall apart for us here. And right now, with all of this god-awful heat, absolutely nothing is moving forward with our house here & that's really adding to our frustration. But right now, everything seems to just flow really well as we make moves toward Vermont. It seems like God really is pushing us in that direction; like that's where we belong. We're headed back there in a couple of weeks for part of our vacation & to close on the house & we've been making some calls on figuring out the details on how Vermont works. First of all, they want to put the purchase of our house in the paper because apparently the town will be really interested to see that someone is finally going to rescue that (potentially) beautiful house on the corner. How funny! I guess they always publish home sales, but when we asked to not make ours public she discouraged it since we would be the town heroes! lmao! ;) We also have been making calls about how to transfer our businesses, tag our cars, and handle all of the other state stuff, & everything there is so much easier than it is here & everyone is so willing to help you. It's just really refreshing. So for right now, it seems to us that any interaction we have regarding Kansas has been pure hell. But Vermont has been so great! I think someone's trying to tell us something, don't you? ;)

And on that note, I do have a phone interview with Dartmouth Hospital tomorrow afternoon. I'm really nervous! Wish me luck! :)