Thoughts on Moving + Our First Days in Las Vegas

We've officially reached that point in the move where we're just tired of it all. Tired of the lack of normalcy, tired of not having our stuff, tired of eating on the floor, tired of not having bath mats, tired of not having trash cans, tired of not having our routine, just tired of it all. I just went back & re-read my blog posts from June 2014 {like THIS one} when we moved to San Antonio, and I felt like every last word of it rang true for us for this June, too. ;)  The moving out/camping out isn't so bad on the front-end of the move, but by the time we reached San Antonio & this time Las Vegas...we've just been run down from the whole process & are more than ready for the normalcy to return...but that's still quite a ways off. The movers started packing us up in SA on June 6th, and here we are 14 days later still living in complete disarray. Our stuff got held up in MS during our last move, and the same thing happened to us again with this move--our stuff got held up in TX. Our moving truck was supposed to have finally left Austin on Friday, but who knows if it actually did or not. ;)  Fingers crossed, our stuff will be arriving soon!

As it turns out, everything that was an issue for us during our move to San Antonio--the lack of access to a washer/dryer, difficulty acquiring trash service (I never knew what an ordeal that could be!), no mail access--has been a breeze this time around. But of course, we've had a whole new set of struggles here. Our house is super nice, so I hate to complain, but there were a lot of little things that the property manager didn't tend to so we've been putting out one fire after another around the house. It feels like every time we cross one thing off our to-do list, there are 3 more things to add to it. Poor Derek has literally been working round the clock--shampooing carpets, assembling furniture, pruning back overgrown bushes & trees (Derek is itching to get all of his yard tools off the moving truck in the worst way!!), installing towel bars (what house doesn't have towel bars or hand towel rings?!?!), the list just goes on & on. But the one upside to not having our stuff yet is that since we're not devoting our time to unpacking boxes, we have ample time to tackle these projects.

A new Ikea just opened in Las Vegas when Derek & I were here house-hunting back in May...perfect timing for our move!

 

And this full cart doesn't even include all of our purchases ;)  We left with a new dresser & two nightstands for the master bedroom (Shelby is getting our old bedroom furniture), a wardrobe closet for Shelby (her bedroom is technically the bonus room & doesn't have a closet), and a new twin bed & mattress for Hadley.

  

And so it begins with all of the assembly :)

Despite the constant work around the house, we've tried to squeeze in some fun for the sake of everyone's sanity!

Reading at the library :)

 

First storytime in Las Vegas!

Exploring Red Rock Canyon on Father's Day, which is about 15 minutes from our house

 

We had Dairy Queen for lunch after leaving Red Rock Canyon, not the most glamorous of Father's Day meals...but we didn't want to deal with crowded restaurants. And to be perfectly honest, just being able to eat a meal with a table & chairs was MAGNIFICENT!!!

 



Even though we're feeling run down & ready to see the end in sight, we really are enjoying our new house & community! Hopefully it'll start feeling more like "home" soon!