Wow what a crazy and busy past few months it has been! Since May, Austin and I have finished our first year of college, moved out of our first house together and of course moved away to Texas!
(Saying goodbye to the Farmhouse)
Our move down South was pretty much smooth sailing... Mostly thanks to Austin as he basically drove the entire way to San Antonio and then Houston nonstop... About 22 hours combined! Driving through New Mexico we hit the biggest sandstorm where we couldn't even see the lines in front of us... After that we were randomly stopped at about one in the morning by border control just getting into Texas... Other than that we made the long drive to Houston and let me tell you, not only is it beyond gigantic, but HOT! Everyone warned me, but I was most definitely unprepared for the humidity. Despite the heat, humidity and hard work we really are starting to love Houston and make it our home. Our place here is tiny!! We're staying in an Extended Stay which works out great because we didn't have to worry about furniture, utilities or any of that before getting here. It's turned out perfect, we have a mini kitchen (even though we mostly live off cereal anyway) and really are only here to sleep. Our days Monday-Friday start at nine where we have our morning meetings with the team. From there, we drive about an hour to our area to start knocking doors till about 2:30. We take a quick lunch and then knock again until it's dark outside... Usually about 8:30/8:45. We then drive an hour back to the office for paperwork and end up finally getting back to our place around ten o'clock. We get lucky on Saturdays and get done at four... But needless to say the week is pretty exhausting. The job itself is a lot harder than I could have imagined. Of course we didn't start out thinking sales would be completely easy but it has definitely taken a while to get used to... I quickly came to realize that sales is not my strong area and rejections are tough! Austin however picked it up pretty quick and has always been there for encouragement. With that, we are learning A TON out here, trying to stay motivated, be positive and really reach our goals. I'd say we're slowly but surely getting better after each day. At the end of the day we just remember why we're out here and it always works out. What's great though is that we love everyone we work with! The guys are great and fun and we've made some awesome friends being out here. I'd say the best part so far would be getting to know and hang out with everyone on a daily basis.
Awesome farmer's tan from
the Texas sun.
Other than working hard this summer we've been able to get away and enjoy Houston as well. One lucky night while waiting in line for a Houston Astros game with one of our work friends, some extremely generous, random guy came up and handed us three free tickets that were just ten rows up from home plate! My first pro game with Austin will definitely be hard to beat. We've also been able to see the Houston Zoo, (which I had been absolutely dying to do ever since getting here! ) and drive over to San Antonio and see Austin's parents. That was such a fun getaway and we can't wait to go back!
It's crazy to think it's already the end of June and we only have two more months until we're back home and settling into our old routine. This summer has been so good to us, it's been perfect to be able to get away and have our own little adventure. Regardless of the heat, the crazy drivers or the door after door knocking, I know that our Heavenly Father sent us here for a reason and we wouldn't have it any other way.
We love and miss you all!!
-- Honey & Saucy
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