Fibermania

The Long Trip Home

Brooke

In twelve hours my sister Brooke and her family, Glory and Terry, will be boarding a plane and leaving Singapore. They will have layovers in Tokyo and LA and then land in Arizona, maybe Phoenix? This is a the long awaited day. I am all aflutter inside.

They will stay in AZ for a week or so and visit with Terry's family, whom they have not seen in four years. They have some household goods in storage there, and will decide if they want to move them here to TN. If so, it's a rental truck for the next leg of the trip. Brooke has the only driver's license at the moment, so she will be driving from AZ to TN. O boy. She is a good driver, but of course this is no picnic.

Now here's the thing. All the time that they have been married, they have lived places for Terry's education or employment and now it is Brooke's turn and they have chosen to live near me and Dave.
When they arrive we hope to have scouted out the apartments on her list and hopefully they will be able to find something perfect that is rentable mid-month. Terry has cat allergies so staying with us is going to be short. In the past he has slept in our van. This time we are talking about the garage or potting shed. Not my idea of a place of rest.

And they have no employment here, no car and no home. Is this enough stress for you? Only the young can handle this.
As for me, I will be so happy to have them here and I really hope they like it in TN as much as we do. And I hope and pray they find work they love and an apartment they love and a car that works.