Ahhh finally some time to relax!!

Hello everyone!! I hope all is well with you guys! Sorry I havent posted since ~gulp~ August 22, but the moving process took more out of me that previously expected. So to catch you guys up on some events I will go chronologically. On August 24th, we had 3 ladies come to our apartment and pack up all of our stuff. They were really nice and did a wonderful job. I was kind of miffed at the fact that originally the company was supposed to pack up and load everything in one day, but oh well. It took them about 6 hours to pack up everything. I felt bad because one of them was allergic to cats and we could only have the front door open because the patio door was blocked off due to construction of new flooring and rails...lame. That poor woman was sneezing all day :( Afterwards Kevin and I enjoyed a delicious lunch at a local favorite Mexican resteraunt called Plaza Azteca. I love their food and Im going to miss that place when we leave! The very next day, the movers came with a ginormous truck to load up our stuff and send it to Hawaii. I kind of teared up when they came because I realized that this move is actually happening now. I was just waiting for the Army to change his orders for some reason. So the movers took all of our stuff and packed it into crates on the truck. These guys were so cool and they were supercareful with our stuff!! Took them about 5 hours to load everything up. I had put the cats in one of our walk in closets so the movers could do their thing, so when they were done I let the kitties out and they were confused! Wyatt kept running through the house and looking at me and meowing as if to say "wheres our stuff? It was just here a little while ago!" It was really cute!! Afterwards, Kevin and I went out to lunch and then to the store to get some essentials that we needed. I also went to my last Weds night step class @ the gym ... The first couple nights all we had were neon orange plates, bowls, spatula sets, and can opener as well as a neon green measuring cup to cook with. We also bought those disposable aluminum roasting pans so that we could bake. All we could do was bake, our microwave was in a box somewhere!! We eventually ran to the PX and bought a pots and pans set. It was really amusing but we made do :) Those items are officially our "PCS-ware"!!We bought an air bed, which worked fine for the first like 2 nights or so, then we discovered that one of our furbabies poked a hole in it. It mustve been a small hole, because it was a slow leak. So for the next few nights we had to wake up every three hours to put air in the bed haha. The apartment community we lived at required us to get the carpet cleaned by a professional cleaning company so that was done on the 27th. They did a great job too! On Saturday I went to step class in the morning and spent the day with my best friend! We went to lunch and just hung out at her house chit chatting all afternoon. Im gonna miss her and I know shes really upset that Im leaving. We have been best friends for almost 15 years and she was my maid of honor at my wedding this past spring. Love you heffa!! On Sunday, I was supposed to spend the day with my neice, but she decided to stay at her dads another week :( So I went to the gym and tryed yoga for the first time! I actually did pretty good! That afternoon we visited my ex sis in law to say goodbye and I got to see my ex MIL too which was great! (Im still friends with my ex in laws just not my ex haha). Monday was cleaning cleaning and more cleaning to prepare our apartment for the final walk through and move out on Tuesday. I did manage to go to my very last step class that night also! It was bittersweet :( Tuesday morning we packed up the car and I dropped my moms cleaning stuff (as well as all of our pantry items- we couldnt take them)back off to her(thanks mom!!!) and we got on the road headed to Ohio for a week to visit with Kevins family. The drive was good and the cats did okay. Wyatt was really nervous about riding in the car, Mia got comfortable after awhile. Here are some pics:

Mia hiding her face from the sun

Wyatt trying to get comfortable behind my seat

Wednesday we went grocery shopping up here and had dinner with the family! I spent some good time with the neices and nephews and finally got to meet my newest nephew Alex! Yesterday (Thursday) I drove to Dayton to visit my neice ( the one I was supposed to hang with last Sunday). We spent the day getting lost in Dayton (haha Dr Nightmare, our GPS, needs to be updated) and then we went to the movies and saw Eclipse (again for me, 1st time for the neice). Oh and there was this man that sat behind us and just stunk to all high heaven. We think he was homeless and snuck into the theater. After the movie we went shopping! I got some stuff @ the pet store for the cats, some new sunglasses, and stuff from bath and body works! It was hard dropping my niece back off at her dads house. Im going to miss her so much--shes my roll dawg! I would really love for her to spend a couple of weeks in Hawaii with us next summer! So when I left I had to hightail it back to Columbus because last night was the first official start of College football season and I married into Buckeye nation--you see where this is going--so I wanted to make it to the pub and meet up with Kevin in time for kickoff! Watching Ohio State football in Columbus is so much fun, I love their fans! I watched about 85% of the game, but I was tired and The Bucks were slaughtering Marshall anyway so I decided to head back to the house and go to bed. Kevin stayed and drank with the guys, he had a great time but he's feeling it today haha.
   So that brings us to today, sorry for the rambling on, its just been a busy week!! Today Im not doing much of anything, I may go out and mow the grass just to get some kind of a workout in!! We are now less than 7 days away for the big flight and we are almost completely done, with the exception of the cats' final vet visit and shipping the car next week. We are supposed to be getting family portraits done this weekend but we will see. Tomorrow we are going to Kings Island!! Ive never been so it should be really fun!! I will update later on that and post pics!