In the good ol' Corv.

Well, folks, I'm back in Corvallis.
Boos are allowed at this time.

It was so nice to not be stressed for 12 days straight, but guess what? I've been in Corvallis for less than 6 hours and I can already feel it in my back, which is apparently where I hold it all.

Yesterday was so great despite the 6+ hours in the car. We got to stop and have a bit of individual time with each of my mom's brothers, and also one of my cousins and his family (wife and 2 kids). After seeing all of them, we finally made it into Oregon with 4/5ths of the Buell fam, plus Molli.
We dropped Hannah in Talent with Molli where her other 2 best friends were waiting for her arrival. The 4 of them hugged and giggled like 15 year old girls do :]
After that stop, Andy, Mom and I made our way into Medford, arriving at the house of the Owen family. Andy's best friends Albert, Hilary, Adrienne, and many more participants met us at their house and many tears fell from pure happiness.

It was really weird having family in Medford and not being able to go back to the house at the end of the night. The good thing is that the old house looks better than it had in any of my previous trips over the last 9 months. I was so glad that Mom didn't have to see it in the worst of it's condition. Hannah had a rough time seeing the house though. I totally understand why it was so hard for her; until June, that was the only house she had ever called home. She and I parked in front of the driveway and cried a little bit. It was kind of a special moment because we prayed together, thanking the Lord for all of the memories that happened in those walls, and also thanking Him for the new memories that have been created in Ohio.

I'm excited because Mom and possibly Andy will be coming to Corvallis on Wednesday. It will be nice to finally be able to share this part of my life with them.

In present-day time, classes and work started back up today. It will be nice to get back into a routine but it sure was difficult to be in a classroom again after two weeks. It should be a good term, despite the fact that it's super busy. Oh well. It's nap time for Sarah.

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