A Busy and Not Awesome Week

This is going to be a long one . . .

We began to look at rentals in the Northern Virginia area last week. Tuesday, the girls and I drove over at 2:00, picked up Kent at the metro at seven, and saw two disappointing rentals. Bummer. We got home close to 10 o'clock that night. Wednesday, around noon, I loaded up the kids, picked up Grandma, and we were off to Northern Virginia again. We saw three nice places, and I felt better about our prospects. We returned home around 5 o'clock. Thursday, I found out the place I liked best already had an application, so I loaded up the kids for the third time, around 2, headed over to Nova to complete the application and get a certified deposit check before the banks closed. I delivered the application at 7:30, and since the kids had spent the first week of summer in the car, I decided to spend the night at Blake and Jen's so the girls could enjoy a sleepover with their cousins and some fun. It was a fun evening, not a fun next morning when my car wouldn't start, and I had to call AAA for help.

Well, Friday was our anniversary, and Kent and I had plans to go out. The morning had been lame, but the evening, I thought, would be fun. Mom agreed to take the kids to the beach for a bonfire and story teller. I dropped them off at 7, and they planned to walk home afterwards. Less than ten minutes after dropping them off, Mom called and said I better come back because a storm was coming. In less than five minutes, the wind was blowing, heavy rain was pelting, and the thunder was so loud I could just picture my babies stranded and screaming. I actually had to pull over since I couldn't see in front of the car between the rain, hail, and tree branches blowing all over the road. It was terrifying. Thank God for cell phones and kind people. I called Mom, and she and the kids had found shelter in a stranger's car who had taken pity on Mom and her hysterical grandchildren. After the storm passed, we were reunited. The children were drenched. Our power was out along with most of the town, and it seriously looked like a mini hurricane had come through. The weekend was off to a great start!

Luckily, Saturday was better. We had been looking forward to a rooftop party to kick off summer Jimmy Buffet style with cheeseburgers and margaritas. It didn't rain, and the girls tore up the dance floor most of the evening. Thank goodness we had some fun. Kent and I will have to take a raincheck (ha, ha) on our anniversary out. And by the way, it's Monday, and we should find out today if we got our rental or not.