Finally Here

After the extremely long drive to Minnesota, Kodi and I finally made it. It was an emotional goodbye to Florida and to both the Smith and Edwards parental units! I was very excited to get up here to Casey, but it was a lot harder to leave my old home than I had anticipated. My dad was helpful, and towed my car up here, since there wasn't enough room in my little Jetta for all of us and the 100 pound horse Casey and I have. Surprisingly, Kodi was very good during the drive and I didn't have to sedate him, but I did come prepared. He slept the whole time and only licked my dad's face a couple of times on the way. However, I don't think I EVER want to do that drive again...it was long, did I say that already? It seems to be even longer when your truck driving dad would rather listen to his CB than the radio, and I was not "qualified" to drive the jeep with my car on the trailer, so I did not drive a single minute of the 26 hour trek. I did finish a fabulous book about halfway through the second day, but that was my only excitement in the LONG journey to the midwest.
After our arrival, and the unpacking, my dad decides it is time for him to leave after about 10 hours of being at the house, which I was not expecting, so I immediately start crying as I watch my dad drive away. Then, much to my surprise, he calls and his car is having some issues, so he comes back. We spend the rest of the afternoon together getting everything situated with the car titles, and going out to dinner and a movie. The next morning, I am preparing myself to say goodbye again, but as soon as I open the bedroom door, I notice that my dad has already fled the premises! Now he was really toying with my emotions. I call my mom crying and saying that my daddy left me again, which makes my mom cry, but she tells me that it was just too hard for my ex-Marine dad to say goodbye again, or rather "see you later," he didn't want to break down in front of his little girl. So there I was, it was Casey and I's three year anniversary, I am balling my eyes out, already homesick, with Kodi licking my face and giving me the cutest puppy dog eyes I have ever seen, since he is also homesick and missing his mommy Adi.
Casey and I try to take our new driver's licence test, without any luck, since we don't have any proper identification. So we move onto our next item on the agenda, find a Bank of America, but wait...we can't deposit anything because there are no banking centers. Customer service tells us that we have to mail our deposits back to...wait for it...Tampa! So needless to say, we don't, and open up a new account at Wells Fargo. So, after all of our failed attempts at being responsible, we decide, it is time to go out on the lake and take advantage of this beautiful 80 degree weather we are having, that will not be around in about oh, 2 months. Casey takes out a 24 foot sundeck or sundancer, i don't know (good thing that's his job), and lets me drive around Lake Minnetonka. I was awesome! I didn't hit anything, I went through the red and green bouy's, and stayed away from the black and orange ones. We drove the boat up to Maynard's, and had a great anniversary lunch, jumped back into the boat and drove around a little more. The water temperature was perfect. It was refreshing, but not like bath water, something I could get used to. The day seemed to be getting better. Then arrives our anniversary present to each other: a sweet camera, that we are still learning how to use, so be ready for some pictures. Maybe I'll like Minnesota after all. ;-)
Until next time, Much Love
Rebecca