And we're back!

And we're back!.... in California, that is!

We made the drive back and followed the bus out here on Monday. The team puts us up in a hotel for 3 days and during that time we are suppose to figure out our living situation. 3 days seems pretty crazy, I know. Especially since you don't really "officially" know where you'll end up each season until the end of spring training. We had a pretty good idea that we would end up out here in California since Daniel finished here so we began looking into different options ahead of time, but had nothing set in stone.

In the past 3 years that we've been married, we've had several different living situations. We lived in our own apartment, we've lived in hotels, with host families, with friends. Baseball throws you in interesting situations, but it's a total adventure to us. This time around, I was kinda stressing about where we would end up living this season. The Lord has proven to me over and over again that He ALWAYS provides, so I don't know why I ever doubt or worry about it. Well after looking into different options with host families, we decided to get an apartment with a couple of the other players on the team. The living situation in Adelanto for the Mavericks is always tough because there is nothing really close to the stadium. With gas prices the way they are in California, it would have been crazy for us to be driving back and forth from the field so much (we only have 1 car so I'd be dropping Daniel off everyday). With that as a factor, we figured it'd be best to team up with some of the players so Daniel could carpool. We got the keys today to the apartment and will get to move all our furniture in tomorrow.

The nice thing about being close to home is that we are able to bring all of our OWN stuff to the apartment. I will finally get to sleep on our own mattress this season, which I'm excited about because in that past we've done air mattresses since we've never been close to home. Also, I will finally be able to use some of our wedding gifts!!! I know that sounds crazy, but with the way we've been living on "the go" the last 3 years, we really haven't settled down long enough to unpack and use our wedding gifts. So I'm looking forward to that.

Tonight was the first game of the season and since it was an away game (about a 45 minute commute from Adelanto) and it was going to be 30 degrees out, we decided it would be best for me to come home to my parents tonight to pack up our things. We rented a trailer and will be bringing everything out tomorrow morning. So tonight, I listened to the game from the luxury of my parent's couch in the warm house. Daniel went 2 for 4 tonight, which was super exciting! Praise God! We're looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us this season and praying for a healthy year. Let the baseball begin......