Woo-hoo!

We did it, we passed our housing inspection! We were up until 2am cleaning and then went to lodging to get 4 hours of sleep just to return back for more cleaning at 6am. We were (and still) are so tired but it's all downhill from here. Just a few more little outprocessing to do and we're outta here.

We always say it but we can't believe how our time here has flown. It feels like we just got here yesterday. We made the most of our time here, I'll post some pics later of our time in the Last Frontier. I've always wanted to come here and I'm so lucky to have lived here. Alaska's such a beautiful state. During the summer when the sun is out and the sky is clear you can almost fool yourself into thinking you're in one of those National Geographic/Discovery magazines/shows. During the winter wonderland it's like living in a postcard. We'll really miss it here, especially once we get our first sunburn in AZ.

This is a picture of Gary after our inspection. What a relief. I'm too wired to sleep and I'm afraid if I lay down I won't get up anytime soon. Moving is so stressful and it was even more so because of where we were living. We've heard so many horror stories about what the inspectors do and how much they charge once they're done. The main thing we were worried about was the carpet. We went through one of the rooms with a black light and couldn't believe how many stains we saw. The carpets look perfect without but once you get the black light shining you see all kinds of stains. Apparently, the inspectors know exactly what they're looking for. Our inspector sprayed water on suspicious stains, set her light right over the stain for a couple of minutes, and then bent down to sniff. She had the maintenance guy sniff to confirm but he said it was not urine (whew!).

Peaches has developed wheezing attacks. They started Saturday and haven't stopped yet. I don't know what it's from. I have to massage her throat but Gary did a search and they recommended plugging the nose to get them to breathe through their mouths. Works like a charm but still worries me. We were babying her when she first started it (and she was milking it) but now that we know how to stop it she's not acting so sick now.

Hopefully, I can keep our blog updated. It's nice because we have Internet in our hotel room. We're going to grab some lunch and head over to the housing office for final payment. Woo-hoo!

Oh, the other pictures are of Bayley, tired from the move, and Gary cleaning the fence before the inspection.