Back to the Beach!

So last monday Dereck and I packed up a rental SUV to the brim with our stuff and I was sent down to Corpus Christi Texas to move into our new condo. Dereck had his checkride to finish up in Little Rock and then he'd start the drive down too. My mom had a ticket booked for a few months to come visit me in Texas so I had to make sure I was down there to meet her! The drive went very well, and thanks to the "On Broadway" channel on Sirius sattelite radio, the trip went really well. I stayed in Dallas one night with my old friend Michaela, which was fantastic, since it had been over 6 years since I saw her! It was great to catch up and it put a little fun into my roadtrip.

On tuesday I got into Corpus Christi and it was a beautiful day. The loaded up SUV and the 3 flights of stairs to get into our new place was a bit of a challenge but I got everything upstairs by myself! I'm still impressed a week later! The picture shows our place, wayyyy up on the 3rd floor.

My mom came on Wednesday and we had a great visit. We got to go for many nice walks on the beach, being that our condo is only about 2 blocks away from the seashore! Nothing can match going shopping with my mom, since we always seem to find cute things and get great deals. We enjoyed a lot of good food and just had a great time together. Dereck was finally able to move down on Saturday so he even got to spend some time with Mom as well. It was a good time! We were sad to drop her off on Monday, but hopefully we'll be in Minnesota soon so visit again.

So far we are really happy to be back in Corpus Christi. As annoying as it has been to try to find a new place to live for a few months and load up cars and drive for 12 hours and everything else that comes with moving, if we have to be sent someplace for the winter months it might as well be Corpus. Its so pretty here and we love the beach. The dog has so much fun bounding through the surf chasing birds.

Hopefully we'll know something soon about when we can book tickets for Christmas... I can't wait to get back and see my family and spend some time in the north!