A LOT OF MONEY.
upon doing extensive research, the price was anywhere from $1300-$2400. what???
for heavens sake...
why are we renting a car? rent car + driving city to city = figuring out our lives.
we have to find a place to live. next week we fly into los angeles, cruise to las vegas, jaunt to st. george and roll up to salt lake city. every town will be considered. statistics have been collected and analyzed, school districts have been scoped out, wards have been found. all has been compared. we have many choices before us including calgary, of course. we are down to the wire, my interview date for my green card is december 10th. i still need to go to vancouver for a medical. things have got to get shakin'.
{by the way, we fixed the pricey rental car dilemma. c.j. is driving back to l.a. to catch a flight the day after me and kids fly out of salt lake. it was $69.00 to change his flight and will save us over a $1000.00 bucks. done deal.}
we have all had a chesty cough for the last 3 weeks. three of us started antibiotics on monday, i am the only one still taking them. ida puked the first night and c.j. came down with the flu {which put him in the ER for a couple bags of saline and some anti-nausea drugs} on day 3 of his treatment so he quit too. the kids now have diarrhea as well. the odds have been against us for a few days but it just might be a good thing that we are sickos before our road trip than while we are on it. looking for the silver lining, it's there.
while i was in the hospital with c.j., i started watching "super-size me" on my phone. originally c.j. thought he had food poisoning from a big mac he had at lunch that day. so, with that in mind i started the film. man, have you watched that movie lately? it makes you so disgusted with "fast food". i told eli about the film today as we were eating lunch. i said, "hey, after lunch we are going to watch a movie about a guy who eats mcdonalds every meal for a month." eli looked at me with wide starry eyes, sat back and said "ohhhh, that sounds gooooood." funny thing is, while we were watching the movie, the guy doing the experiment by eating the food mentioned how his adventure was "an 8 year olds dream come true."
sure enough, that statement was confirmed at our house.
7 comments:
bummer you guys have been so sick! I noticed Colorado wasn't on the list ;). Good luck with everything. Lots of decisions......
That is a lot of money! We are so excited to see you guys and even spend Halloween with you! Feel better and travel safe!
Love that you guys are doing the road trip!! it is all so hard to figure out.
we love you guys and hope everyone is getting better!
I have to say Salt Lake would be a fantiastic place for you to live:)
Good luck on your trip! Let me know if you have any questions or need any help looking at places! It would be fun to have you live in Cali!
If you decide on Salt Lake, Eagle Mountain isn't too far of a commute. You can get a lot of home for your money out here and in the City Center (where I've raised my kids for 12 years) it is the most amazing place ever. Amazing people, schools, our Stake was even dedicated by President Hinkley. AMAZING. Good Luck making you decision!
I had my kids watch that - and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, and a few others. It really changed their perspective on food and has made the dinnertime battle a lot easier lately!
I guess you are all feeling better by now - looks like your trip was fun!
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