Day 24-30

So, the library has been having issues with its wireless internet and the maintenance man said that he would be coming to paint our door “Wednesday or Thursday between the hours of 10 and 5” so I was stuck at home.

Monday I mostly rested to recover from our 10 hour drive home. Tuesday I read a book. Wednesday I didn't do a whole lot, I think I read another book.

Thursday I was all ready to have a bad attitude about being stuck at home all day again but Tom came home early! He called the maintenance man to see if he was coming and the maintenance man said that we didn't need our door painted. So Tom and I went to the library to get some movies and a couple books. We watched one of the movies, Tom fell asleep about halfway through. I finished the movie and then read a book.

Friday I read another book and watched a movie with Tom. I also joined a gym. I am really excited about the gym because it is open 24 hours and it wasn't very expensive. I am going to go everyday except for Saturday and Sunday because Tom will be home and I want to hang out with him. We also went out and got Tom some new work boots and some new shoes. He took me out for dinner which was nice :)

Saturday we both woke up kinda early. We went to the store to get some stuff that we ran out of. We washed his tuck and pumped up his tires. As he was scrubbing off his truck I gathered the courage to ask him if we could go on an adventure. Columbus, NE is about 46 miles south of Norfolk. It is about the same size too. When I asked Tom he wasn't sure he wanted to go but he said yes because he knew I was stuck at home for most of the week. He pumped up his tires and got an energy drink and we were ready to go. It was a very pretty drive. As we were driving we kept seeing people pulled over on the side of the road with their hazards on. I kept asking him if he wanted to stop and help and each one he said “no” because it looked like they were fine, just checking something. When we were about 2/3 of the way to Columbus we saw another car on the side of the road when Tom said “hey that's the guy that was at the gas station.” It was the guy who was waiting for us to finish pumping up our tires so that he could use the air. I asked Tom if he wanted to pull over and give them a hand and Tom said yes. Apparently the one of the guy's tires was in shreds. Tom tried to help him get the tire off but didn't have the right tools in the truck. Tom offered the guy a ride to Columbus but he said he had a friend coming to help. So we got back in the truck and continued on our way. Tom said that he wanted to find an auto store in town and get a tire iron the would fit the guys car so that we could go back to help him. We found a store and got the tire iron and went back and helped the guy with his tire. While Tom was helping the guy with his tire I talked to Debbie (Tom's mom), we talked for a long time about various things. It was a very nice talk. While I was still talking to Debbie Tom came back from helping the guy and we continued on our way. We drove around Columbus for a while looking to see what there is to see there. After I finished talking to Debbie Tom took me to lunch at a microbrewery called Gottsberg Brewery (I think). The food was really good and the beer was pretty good too. After lunch we headed home to watch another movie.

Sunday we decided to try the mean church again. Mostly because the sermon had been good. Tom said we were going to give the church two more tries, if we still didn't like it after that we could try somewhere else. Well I am really glad we tried again. We got there a little earlier this time and the people were making there way from Sunday School to the main building for service. They were SO much nicer. Many people came up to us to say hi and to welcome us to the church. As we were looking for a seat we stopped about halfway up the room by a pew that had only three people in it. One on one side and two on the complete opposite side. The lady who was on the end closest to us said “ would you like to sit here? I have to sit on the end because I am saving seats for some friends of mine how come late but you can sit in the middle if you would like.” So much better that last time when someone told us to move. So we sat by her and she introduced herself as Deb. She welcomed us and asked us where we were from. She even invited us to her small group on Tuesday night! She was very nice. During greeting time many people came up to us to welcome us to the church. The pastor's wife was even able to make it back to say hi and to welcome us to the church. Last time we went to this church I came away from it feeling empty, unwanted and depressed. This week I felt welcomed, full and excited. It was so much better this time around and I am looking forward to Tuesday night. After church we went to lunch and picked out a movie. We ate lunch and then tackled the chores at home. While we were eating the maintenance man informed us that the garage we have been waiting for was available!!!! We were able to move a lot of stuff out of the office (you can actually walk through the office now!) and into the garage. I am excited. It is nice to be making progress on moving in again.