Hanging Out in Nashville

After yet another day of driving, Day 5 to be exact, we reached Nashville. Boy, were we all relieved to see the signs showing us we were advancing on the hotel! Here are the hotel suites we stayed in.

I didn't get as many pics as planned b/c on Friday I woke up sick as could be. I was on my own trying to keep 4 kids entertained & relatively quiet. All I wanted to do was sleep I was so miserable but since Dave was at work I was in charge. Thank God for cable t.v.!

Hanging out in our hotel suite.

There was a 2nd story loft. It was cool. There was a bedroom & full bath upstairs. The only downer was b/c the loft was wide open all the noise from below sounded like it was right beside your head when you were upstairs in the bed. It certainly was nice to have 2 full baths one on each floor! Casey lived in the one downstairs as she doesn't get along with the other cats.

The living room & dining room. There was a comfortable Murphy bed that pulled out from the wall behind the privacy curtain. The couch also pulled out into a bed. All in all the suite slept 6. Perfect!

We had a nice, full kitchen too complete with a full sized refrigerator, stove, dishwasher & sink.

A view to the loft.

Waiting for Daddy to come home from work.

Daddy, where are you?

We've spotted him!

Yay! Daddy brought home a treat!

Short Report

This is going to be short as I am still sick. My head is so stuffed up it aches all the time. My glands still feel like there are tennis balls stuffed in the sides of my neck. Now tonight my eye seems to be infected. Oh my! I'm falling apart! Dave has a scratchy throat & is stuffed up tonight. He is the last to fall to "THE Cold" as Elvis dubbed it. We are going through the tissues like crazy. We stocked up again yesterday on tissues, cough medicine, cold medicine & throat lozenges. It's been 9 days now. I hope this is over soon. Thursday is coming up fast! Please keep praying for us. We are a sorry group right now. It's only 9:00 here but I'm off to bed as is everyone else..........

Saturday

I'm very relieved it is Saturday. I have come down with the kids' terrible head cold and am miserable. I guess it was bound to happen after being in a closed van for a week with coughing kids & having one cough directly in my face every night as we tried to sleep. That's motherhood. *small smile* It's tough trying to figure out what little I can take for medication & relief for my very swollen glands, stuffy head & cough. Dave is here & that is why I'm so relieved. Getting a break while under the weather is something I need right now and have missed greatly these past 4 months. Thank God it's the weekend & he is home for 2 days!

We are counting down the days until we move into our rental house. It will be the same house we intend on buying at the end of the month. It will be great to not have to watch every bump the kids make, (we are on the 2nd story right now & have neighbors below), or every time they raise their voices. I don't know about your kids but ours are quite active and it's not been an easy thing for them to remember not to jump around or talk loudly. =) We try to take them out when we can but being in the city there isn't a yard to run in like at home. I'm sure the neighbors will know the moment we arrive at our new home. LOL! In the meantime I am grateful for the room we have in this suite. It is nice not to bump into each other every other moment and to have room for our travel things. We even have 2 bathrooms, a stove, microwave, full frig & dishwasher. The breakfasts are amazing too! As Dave commented this morning, "What a spread!" Hee, hee. The boys love the "endless" supply of yogurt.

I hope to get some pics on here soon once I am feeling up to sitting at the computer for a longer period. For now I'm going to get some rest while Dave is attending to the children. Thank God for hands-on husbands!

We're Here!

Can you believe it's almost been an entire week since I blogged? I didn't have Internet access on the road. And to be truthful I was too tired by the time we got done driving every day. We drove every day about 5-6 hours except for Tuesday when we had a short 3 hour trip to the in-laws. I had trouble staying awake two of those days and one time had to pull off at a rest stop and take a nap to get through. I'm relieved the driving is over!

We are now safely in Nashville. We are staying in a lovely suite. Casey, our oldest cat lives in the downstairs bathroom (she doesn't like the other cats plus is very ticked at us for the long trip) & the other cats are roaming free in the suite. It has 2 stories and is very roomy. What a blessing! There is also breakfast included daily which helps with the budget. We'll be here until we see if the house we like will work out. Long story I hope to share with you soon.

Now I'm off to drag all the dirty laundry off to the coin operated laundromat here at the hotel. I don't dare venture into the big city of Nashville on my own, , and am very thankful they have laundry facilities here!