one million titles

In my head, this post has had at least one million titles. A few of them include:
Roaches and Crack
Attacked by Snakes, part 2
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Texas
Bug Bites
Sunburn
Bum

Any guesses as to what's been happening lately? Right now, the outlook is somewhat grim. We had already signed a lease on an apartment that had a lovely exterior, three pools, a super nice staff, etc. We went to move our stuff in, and the place was crawling with roaches. The property managers were trying to talk us into staying in perhaps a different unit. Ashley went to get the mail, as we had already changed our address, and when she came back, she discretely told the lady who had been working with us that there were two guys in a truck smoking crack near the mailboxes. (It turns out Dog the Bounty Hunter can teach you many important life lessons--such as how to distinguish a crack pipe from other pipe types.) We decided not to live there. As we were driving away, something dawned on me and I asked, "Did one of the crack guys have a mohawk?" It turns out, it was the maintenance men.

Ashley's first day on the job was yesterday. She was actually attacked by snakes this time. They both struck her on her snake gators (these leg wrap things that protect you from snake bites), so she did not need the anti-venom that my sister recommended. Ashley reports that rattlesnakes are not, in fact, just as afraid of you as you are of them. They also do not act defensively. They strike.

It seems like with everything we've done lately, once we start to get ahead just a little, we fall behind once again. Long story.

In good news: we have arrived in Texas! Hooray! Pictures may follow, I'm just too exhausted to add them right now. We don't have a place to live, so we're crashing at my sister's right now.

We're both covered in bug bites and sunburns, but we're trying to stay positive!