For Christmas this year, things were still a little unsettled. While we had originally hoped to be in a new home by now, we were starting to realize we may be spending an extended time in the corporate apartment. It also threw a wrench in school planning. I had full intentions of Brenna attending either Atascocita or Kingwood High School. Her 8th grade year was quickly coming to a close and if we were in the apartment when that happened, she was getting districted to Summer Creek. This added even more concern to finding a home quickly because I really didn't want to switch high schools. The whole point has always been that we would relocate with company as needed until she started high school and then we wanted to stay stationary for those 4 years. It would be ridiculous that after all these moves she would have to change high schools simply because we couldn't find a house in the place we were already located! But again, Covid's impact on the housing market was not making this an easy task.
We decided that spending Christmas in the apartment wasn't really what we wanted so we went home to Mississippi for Christmas for the first time since Brenna started Kindergarten. It was a nice visit after being away for so long in Scotland. We enjoyed the time with family, visited Christmas in Columbia for some ice skating on Main Street, and caught up with all the cousins.
We returned back to Texas and continued to make the most out of our holiday break with a trip to Zoo Lights at the Houston Zoo, then we continued our new found love of escape games with a rescue from the Titanic, and even took a segway tour of Downtown Houston and the Buffalo Bayou. It was all like being a tourist in your own town, but after so long overseas, we did kinda feel that way. We closed out Christmas in the tiny apartment with a tiny tree that I bought for $25 at Dollar General, but it got the job done! Here's to hoping that 2021 brings a new home!
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