It feels like a Christmas miracle...we are finally home. Last Saturday, (yes, a week ago) we packed the 5th wheel in Mitchell to head home. After 3 consecutive events occurred, we felt like that was God saying it was time to go home. One of the major things being that Dr. Greenberger decided to do his follow-up appt. with me via phone conference to go over the results. A face to face appt. was not available until February. That is fine, because we understand it was an act of God for me to see him in the first place. Dr. Greenberger wants me to be seen by his colleague in Seattle who trained with him. This doctor can see me next week. Also, the weather in Seattle changed and the aspergillus counts plummeted. Not just a little bit, but a serious freeze. Finally, we felt like Dr. Greenberger would have good advice about what to do, and he said I should try to go home. So, all three things seem to lead me here...like the Israelites....through the Red Sea...with a wall of snow and ice on every side...opps, I mean a wall of water on every side. Awww...you get the picture. That was a little tongue and cheek, but I'll tell you what, it did take us a full week to drive home! The weather was atrocious.
Instead of the mere 2200 miles, we drove a staggering 3100 miles to skirt storms and bypass closed interstates. Two nights ago, we were in white out conditions and literally lost the road. We did make it home last night. The road conditions we treacherous from Utah to here. It took over 3 hours to go 16 miles at one point. Mike did a great job driving.
We were so eager to get home, but a few bits of stress just kept coming at us...like the flu hit in the truck for the final 6 hours...and we left our keys in the 5th wheel after it was unhooked and parked. That meant we all had to drive back to the 5th wheel to retrieve keys after we had finally arrived home. Talk about deflating! But then.....we came inside our house, and what did our wondering eyes perceive? A beautiful Christmas tree and decorations!!!! Two little elves by the names of Cindy Lester and Kristi Dormaier set up a BEAUTIFUL tree for us to come home too. Not only that, but they put food in our fridge. Oh, I can't tell you all how awesome that was to come home to!! The kids were going nuts.
So, that is the long and short version. We are so happy to be home for Christmas!
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