Reunited and it feels so good!

I reunited with my baby girl yesterday. I finally got to hug and kiss this sweet face again:

Is she not the most precious thing you've ever seen!?

As you well know, I had a bit...okay a massive breakdown on Thursday when I had to drop off Leia at the Pet Resort. Oh gosh, it was unbelievably embarrassing.

We got home from our trip Sunday night around 6:35 ish. Too late to pick up Lulu from the vet. I may or may not have contemplated paying the girl working to take Leia home with her so that I could pick her up that night instead of waiting until Monday. I reassured myself that I sounded crazy, so I neglected to make those arrangements.

The resort opened up at 7:30, so I was there promptly at 7:30 AM on the dot. Shockingly, there was a guy in front of me who had to drop off his massive dogs! Then they had the audacity to chit chat while I waited begrudgingly patiently to ask for my dog.

For some reason it took, forever!! But that's okay. I ended up talking to the sweet gal at the front desk and we had a lovely conversation. They brought my baby girl to me and the water works went crazy once again! I cried. Leia cried. The lady at the front desk cried. And the gal who brought Lulu to me cried. We were all pathetic! They said that it was one of the cutest pet/owner reunions they've ever seen.

Cute? Maybe a little insane. If I act like that with a dog, what in the world will I do with a child? That's it. My children are never leaving home. They'll be home schooled and never go on sleepovers and never go to pre school or anything. I'll be their Sunday School teacher and sleep in the same room and keep them with me forever and ever. Amen.

I'm a looney toon.

I love my dog and I'm glad she's back in my life :) We missed her dearly.

Kind of Surreal

In other news. It kind of hit me this week that I'm still pretty alone here. I've met four people on my own. Four. I've lived here about a month ish and I still only know four people. They're the ladies I work with and they're lovely, but they're all in their 50's and have lives and children of their own and have lived in Lafayette forever. They're set. They don't need me. They probably wouldn't consider me a "bestie" or someone that they'd have over to watch "The Bachelor" with the girls.

Last week, Jamie was out of town and I started thinking, God forbid something happen to me like get in a wreck or got hurt, who would come see me in the hospital? My sister is the closest family member and she's three and a half hours away. It was kind of a weird feeling to have. I literally have no one's phone number who lives in Lafayette who I could just call to help me out if I was in a bind.

The Memphis move was easy. We moved and were immediately friends with people our age because of connections and networking. Sure, I felt lonely at times, but I at least knew people and had their numbers. So far, that's not the case here.

I really want to ask you all to be praying for our situation here. Please pray that we get plugged into a good and solid group of friends, whether they're our age or not. Pray that we get to know people who are Christ followers who can feed into us spiritually and emotionally. Pray that we find a church that we can call home. Pray that we find a Sunday School/Life Group in which we feel welcome. Pray that I find a buddy here. Even one will do.

I don't mean to sound pathetic but it was just so surreal to think that if something happened to me while Jamie was gone, I have no one to call that could show up within minutes. Weird, huh?

Thanks for your prayers, you guys. I really appreciate it more than you know. Love y'all.

"A friend loves at all times..." --Proverbs 17:17