Mama's Corner: The Trip to NY...

We left on Tuesday, May 20th @ 10:30pm and DROVE to NY. Of course we stopped in MO. to rest and continued our road trip to NY. We got there on Thursday at around 11pm or so. Mom was still up and surprisingly uncle Franklin came down stairs to visit with us. We were exhausted and just wanted to sleep. Every bone in my body ached from sitting so long. It's a little over 2,000 miles to NY (one way). EEK! We got there and had a lot to do the next day. Mom had everything that was once locked up in a garage out in the back yard under some tarps. You can imagine how this looked from the outside of the house. It was enough stuff to fit in a 2 bedroom apartment and that's just what it was from. It rained for 20 days prior to us getting there though and not everything could fit under the tarp. Am I creating the screen for you? So, everything was soaked and moldy. Pretty gross if you ask me. We called 1800-got junk and they came to haul 99% of it away for a pretty penny. Then, we packed what was in the house and took off. We left Sat. night @ 10:30pm to get back on the road to our home in NM. Can you imagine how I felt at this time...? Tired and exhausted. Charles, did a lot and was exhausted as well. He was up and hyper and had the nerve to drive back with the exception of me driving for a couple of hours. We stopped in Mo again to rest in a really nice hotel. This time we had a cat with us. Yep, my mom wanted her cat to come a long, too. I held the cat in a carrier on my lap the entire trip back. This was not any fun. (You're laughing right now, huh? Yep, I thought so)! It's my fault, I'm just too nice. So anyway, the cat came a long to the hotel, too. We did get a little nervous when we hit Oklahoma, because there was a tornado warning. We figured this out AFTER going through some rain and hail. The sky looked so ominous it was really scary. We saw clouds circling like it was trying to create a funnel. Scary. I did get a few pics in here and there. Anyway, it was a 4,000 + mile trip and completely exhausting. I'll NEVER do that again. I did manage to find some cool stuff of mine though. As we were going through some of the boxes I found my old diaries from 1994-1998. I read some tonight and man was my life crazy. All my boyfriend issues. It's kinda funny now, but it's cool to go back and read what happened back in the day. I found my '97 year book from NJH, too. Craziness! Good times and bad times. That's what made me who I am today though. Right now I'm just trying to do the right thing. Now that my dad is gone, my mom has no one to support her. She was taking care of my uncle and that was it. Now it's time for her to move on and have his kids take care of him. Maybe she'll live a little. It's been two days now and she's really set in her ways. She loves to challenge me and bump heads with me (all without knowing it). I'm praying and trying to be a good daughter. She's been through a lot. I just want to make her comfortable and do my best to take care of her and the situation. How this will all work out...? I have no idea. I hope to bring her back to the Lord that she once knew. I'm sure she still does, but needs to walk with Him again. I know God is in control and that's how things should be. Today was a roller coaster, but I know everyday will be a little easier. We had a tornado warning today for NM. It was pretty scary knowing it was possible to see something out of it all, but nothing happened. Not even one rain drop. Isn't that something? I know God is watching over me along with my daddy. I know I'm safe. ;) Well, it's late now and I should be getting some rest. Tomorrow is another day, God willing. G'night and God bless you.

Labels: cell phone pics., driving, Moving, NM, NY, Travel