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We are now in Spokane. It's a smaller city than I imagined it to be, but then again we haven't explored much of it yet. We drove around yesterday and looked at 3 different houses, just from the outside. It seems that finding a home might be a bit more difficult that I expected. However, we just started looking so I'm sure we'll find something...we hoped to find one today so we could move in asap. I need an address so MIL can ship the rest of our stuff to us. Also, my classes start in one week and I haven't ordered my textbooks yet. And, perhaps most importantly, I want to know which school the kids will be in so I can get them enrolled.

Needless to say, we have a lot on our mind...Thankfully Chris can pick up his first paycheck this morning, so that will be wonderful to finally have some money. I'm so glad to be done with the trip. Still, there is part of me that feels sad about being here. I thought I was so anxious to get here and get settled. Yet, it turns out I really miss being close to our families. I look forward to the day we can live close to home. Once again, I feel that familiar emotion of nervousness/resignedness about setting up house all over again, making new friends and finding new doctors, grocery stores, etc. The part that stinks is that we'll only be here for 10 months. Then we do it all over again.

*sigh* I'm feeling overwhelmed. I suppose I'll feel better after we find a house.