Euless, Texas

A lot can happen to a person in three days. Our three day adventure started on Wednesdy morning at 1:18am. I woke up to a horrible crashing sound and our trailer was violently shaking. I woke Chad up and asked him if we needed to take shelter inside our church. It took him a few seconds, but he finally woke up and realized that the wind was tearing up our awning. We raced outside - in the storm, I might add - and tried to get the awning down. Well, we didn't know it at the time, but the wind had bent the metal support of the awning on one side. Finally, after struggling with it during the storm, we decided to call Chad's dad. He came and helped Chad roll it up. We also discovered that the storm tore the material part of the awning. So, we will have to get that fixed. My little brother, Micah, was with us and he was so scared that he called my mom and dad. I had no idea until afterwards, so I'm sorry about that mom and dad. Poor Micah, he'll probably never want to stay with us again!

Let me back up - On Tuesday afternoon, I was cooking (yes, I said cooking) and Chad found a truck on Craigslist. We absolutley love Craigslist, by the way. So, he and his dad decided to go look at it.

Okay, back to Wednesday - Chad LOVED the truck, so he starts the paperwork to buy it. Actually, that process was flawless, and we have no complaints about that at all. We also discovered that we needed more propane, so we load up the two huge jugs, or whatever you call them, and begin our search for propane. Finally we found a little place and they filled them up. So we get back home and Chad puts the propane in. We use hot water, and I cook and everything is great. Well, Chad starts to smell propane really bad outside, so we go out there to check it out. Well, since we are novices, we can't find anything wrong. Once again, we call Chad's dad, Steve, and ask for help. He discovers that the people that filled up the propane didn't screw on the nozzle properly. So, Chad was relieved that it wasn't his fault and that he had hooked it up right. So, in between all of this, we buy the truck and we go to Greenville to get it. It's a really nice ride. Chad is so proud of it. I am only a USB connection away from having pics on the blog. So, hang in there with me!

On Thursday, we decide to wash the trailer. So, we went to Home Depot to buy brushes and stuff. It actually took us about two hours to wash it. But it looks like a brand new trailer, and I am proud to take it anywhere. On Thursday night, we went to Piranah's in downtown Ft. Worth with Chad's mom and dad, Pam and Steve. It's a sushi place, for those of you who don't know. It's a cool little place with a very modern/contemporary feel. I have to tell you though, the guy sitting at the table next to us really grossed me out! The waitress brought him a plate of sushi and these two little eggs that are opened at the top and has black gooey stuff inside. All four of us are like, "What IS that?" And we were all grossing out and everything. So then we start to wonder how he will eat it. It didn't take long to find out. He grabs one of the eggs and dumps the inside gooey stuff in his mouth. Honestly, I was away from the table when he did that, or I might have... well, you know. I have a really weak stomach when it comes to stuff like that, so I was just so grossed out the rest of the meal . We eventually found out that it was a bird egg. It looked like a BABY bird egg to me. I mean, regular chicken eggs are okay, but WHAT KIND OF BIRD WAS THAT??? Ugh! I gotta stop or I will make myself sick again.

Well, we are supposed to be pulling out of Euless sometime today. We will be in Orange, TX on Sunday with the Smith's. Please pray that we have a safe and uneventful journey!