This is going to be our new home, isn't she a beaut!
8oo sq feet of.......
No bathtub
Hmm......It's our adobe roach shack. And the only thing I could afford.
I worked like crazy to get most of our stuff ready to load and be moved. I am covered in more bruises than I can count from head to toe. We loaded up, it rained all night and we left early morning. When I took the kids in the shack they said it smelled like pee, which it did, and said they were scared to sleep there....So am I.
I soaked the floor in vinegar to try and get rid of the smell. And then some of the men in the ward showed up to help us unload, I didn't call them either. They fixed the sink and sprayed the poison that I brought, I went into debt to buy it, I told them to bathe the house in it.
Hazel got car sick on the way up and was feeling sick the whole day, she made me hold her literally the entire day while trying to move in and fix things, my arm is still killing me. It made things a little tricky for me. So it was really nice when one of the families brought us pizza for lunch. These people were so nice.
I warned them that I have an irrational fear of roaches and that I react before I can think. It's the fight or flight thing and in the case of me and a roach...the roach would win. I scream and run, I apologized in advance in case we saw any.
While there are people walking through the house in the middle of the day putting stuff down I saw 4 roaches running around, crawling under the bags. I freaked. It was so embarrassing and it made me wish there were not people from church there, they must think I am crazy. It was a miracle I didn't cry. My Dad wouldn't tell me how many he saw out side.
I am seriously so scared. This is one of my biggest fears ever. roaches. I am scared they are going to attack me or get in my bed, crawl on me.
My Dad, me and a family friend B spent the whole day trying to at least plug some of the openings in the house to get it to be live-able. We were completely soaked with sweat and the boys were smart and brought an extra shirt because they looked like they had jumped in a pool. No Air conditioning. It was so hot and miserable. But I was so grateful for them, that they would do that for me. It wasn't just moving it was really gross dirty moving in.
We are supposed to sleep there next week and there is still so much to do.
Believe me it is a shack. But you just wait and see, I am going to turn this place into a home. I can't promise there won't be heart attacks and lots of tears, but it will be a home. One that I thank the Lord for every day!
