#florida bound

[leaveherwildliketheflowers]

10 hours down, 3.5 to go. I love the West Virginia mountains and South Carolina BBQ, but the beaches in Florida are calling my name. This time tomorrow I will be sitting on the sand, staring out into the ocean and *hopefully* starting to cleanse my soul.

Oh, and it was 38° and snowing when we left Ohio this morning compared to 75° and sunny in South Carolina 👌🏻

[mystoryfortheaudienceoftheworld]

Road trip time! 🚗💨

@hrstories1234

[theworldoffostering]

We spent most of today cleaning. I doubt that we rival @that-girl-erin’s depth of cleanliness, but I took all the cushions off of our couch and vacuumed it. Then I took the couch apart and swept under it.

I deep cleaned the girls bedroom which was a mess. All three of them are messy. I had the kids wash the living, dining room, and kitchen floors once I had swept everything. I picked up Baby’s room. That leaves mine and H’s. I probably won’t get to his, but I’m sorting through nearly two years of foster care paperwork for NB that I was keeping in my closet so that will be thrown or filed depending on what it is. I need to scan a few documents first so that we can make changes to insurance and medical files. Once that’s done, I’m hoping to sweep and call it a day. I’m on my second of what’s shaping to be 4-5 loads of laundry.

Work is basically done for me. I’m so grateful! All of the major grading is complete. I’m waiting for exams to come rolling in, and then I will be calculating final grades and submitting them. Hopefully that will happen on Tuesday or Wednesday. I’m already prepping my J-term class, but not too much because enrollment is down so far and I don’t want to put the work in if the class isn’t going to be a go.

We scheduled the big van to have new tires installed on Tuesday. If I weren’t waiting on that, I’d probably have already gone to Florida. Ms. 6 has to work on Monday and Tuesday. Myself and two of the kids have dentist appointments this week too.

I’m trying to decide if if DH should return to work ASAP, or he should stay home on FMLA and then fly back from Florida for work at the end of this week and into next week. My other option would be to drive down with the kids solo. I feel like maybe I could do that but I’m not positive. DD will still be in her virtual PHP which means someone has to wrangle all the kids enough so that it’s not complete chaos in the car. I also could not drive straight through on my own so then I would have to figure out stopping and the potential COVID risk. I’m sure I will decide about two hours before heading out of town.

[wecallthisliving]

I’d go anywhere with you as long as you promise to hold my hand extra tight ✈️ @to-be-al0ne

[pearltrees]

Fed, caffeinated, ready to board my plane, and always annoyed at people who talk very loudly at the airport early in the morning. See you in three hours, Florida!

[flukesandflorida]

A dolphin-filled sunset in Shivers Bay. The best way to end a long day of field work on the river!

“From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!” (Psalm 113:3)

[jessiiboo]

Just living

[darkwing-katy]

Okay, so there won't be an update of Second Chance tonight, but I promise, it will be uploaded in the next few days! Life has gotten really busy for both me and my beta, and while I have the chapter written, she won't be able to look at it until her schedule allows it. I'm sorry for the delay; I know everyone has been asking about it and looking forward to it. I will add that I'm moving to Florida on Saturday, so the chances of there being a longer wait between updates while I get settled there are very high. It's a crazy time for me that's mentally and emotionally draining for me, so I just ask that you please be patient with me. I will finish this story.