The drive from Amarillo, TX to Shreveport, LA was a piece of cake! The morning started off right with Texas shaped waffles at our hotel. (I never want to be THAT person who takes pictures of their food, but how can you not take a picture of a Texas shaped waffle?!)
The drive through the rest of Texas was pretty boring. Even our ride along DJs couldn't keep it interesting for us..
While driving through Texas, I was hoping we could make it to Dillon to find Tim Riggins and Coach Taylor, but unfortunately, this is as close as we could get :(
We made it safely to Shreveport Friday night without any hiccups :) The next morning we woke up and drove to Vicksburg, MS on our way to Hattiesburg to see the Vicksburg National Military Park.
We stopped to fill up our gas tank right outside the park and while Cody was filling up the car a cannon went off! From inside the gas station it just sounded like a loud boom, but when I came outside I thought I was going to have to peel Cody off the pavement. I guess cannons going off can mean different things for Iraq veterans.. poor guy :( (It's safe to say he was a little edgy for the remainder of the trip.)
When we got to the park, Cody very quickly informed the park rangers that they ought to have signs posted at the gas station stating, "FREQUENT BOMBINGS MAY OCCUR, BEWARE!" I really didn't think it was THAT big of a deal, but to each their own :)
We didn't get to spend as much time in the park as we would have liked, but it was still cool to see. It reminded me a lot of Gettysburg, the place is HUGE! 17 miles long of battle filed ground and monuments. I think Dad and Cam would love it! The park ranger was telling us people spend anywhere from 1 to 3 days touring there, but we made it through in 45 minutes and felt pretty good about it.
After Vicksburg we were Hattiesburg bound! After 3 days of being in the car, we were all ready to arrive at our final destination! We pulled in to Hattiesburg around 2:00 and met our landlord to sign some paperwork. Paperwork took a little longer than we had anticipated, due to our first taste of Mississippi speed. Let me tell you, people down here take their sweet time! Don't strike up a conversation with someone, unless you have some ample time to spare! Mississippians LOVE to talk.. SLOW! It's quite the change of pace, but I'm sure we'll get used to it. Patience is a virtue right?
We unloaded the truck rather quickly- thanks to the Bremner family helpers. By Saturday night, we pretty much had everything unpacked. I was pretty impressed. I don't know what I would have done if we didn't have Brum, Jennifer and the girls here to help. The girls helped me put together mine and Cody's bedroom while Jennifer put together the kitchen. Brum was in charge of cutting parchment paper for all of the drawers and shelves and Cody assisted Jennifer. It was a great team effort!
Sunday was a great day. We went to our new ward and met some very friendly people. I think we are really going to like our new ward! It is definitely different from any ward I have ever been in, but I think it's going to be good for us. Brother Hinten (the 1st counselor in the bishopric) was already talking to us about callings the second we walked in! The first thing he asked me was if I played the piano, then he pointed to the organ and a sister missionary was playing for sacrament meeting that day.. so I think I know what's coming! He later told me and Cody that 1 calling per person is unheard of in our ward.. their motto is, "the more the merrier" when it comes to callings so I'm sure we'll be busy!
The rest of the week has been pretty quiet. We dropped the Bremner's off at the airport Wednesday afternoon and really haven't done much since.
We mostly have tried to explore Hattiesburg and find fun things to do here, but everyone we talk to tells us there really isn't anything to do, but I'm sure we'll find something! Today we found TENNIS COURTS!!!
They are only about a mile away from our house and they are super nice! We started off our day right this morning with a tennis match and poor Cody lost to a girl.. but that's okay, he's used to it! haha.
One thing that is going to be very hard to get used to is the humidity! It's really not as bad as I thought it was going to be, but perspiration just rolls right off your body- I think that's where Alabama came up with the phrase, "Roll tide," but I could be wrong?
We are very grateful to be in Hattiesburg. It is definitely going to be quite the adventure, but we are ready for it! We love our little apartment! We are literally next door to the baseball field and across the street from campus. We are very excited for Cody and his new adventure in his doctoral program at Southern Miss. He's going to be great! My days lately have mostly consisted of job hunting and talking to Cody. I'm quickly realizing that we are going to get to know each other A LOT more over the next 3 years.. I hope I like him as much as I think I do.. Really, I'm not worried ;)
No comments:
Post a Comment