Ghettoville

After 3 days of driving we are finally here. Unfortunately we can't move into the house until tomorrow. So we've been staying in a hotel. It was a long drive, but the kids did awesome and the scenery was beautiful. The whole way, it was so pretty. And then we got into Fayetteville. Total ghetto!!! All the sudden this depression hit me and I couldn't help but wonder where fate had taken us. As I was resisting the urge to lock my doors I had to keep reminding myself that this is where the Lord wants us. Then we got to our hotel. All of our previous hotels on the trip have been awesome. We felt spoiled. When we walked into this one, we knew right away that even though we paid just as much for it, it was not going to even compair to the others. But still, we were okay with it, until closer inspection. At first I would have compaired it to Motel 6 or some other hotel that you can stay in for around $30 a night. Then we started noticing all the bugs inside the room. Which we thought could just be because we are in North Carolina and we were warned about the bugs. But inside our room?? Then we thought, "Why do they have the AC blaring? Yes it is really hot outside, but it is freezing in here and the ceiling fan is going to". We decided this morning it must be because of all the MOLD!! I think they were trying to dry it out or something.

This should have been our first clue here. This is the ourside of the door. Looks a bit like forced entry or something. A little disturbing if you ask me.

Here is the cupboard that our teeny tiny fridge was kept. Notice the grime on the top corner and how the one door won't close all the way. Very classy.

Here's the inside of that cupboard. Notice the mold in the corners there. Nice.

And then there is the shower. There just are no words. This is the wall above the shower. Notice how the tile is not even. Kind of a rough patch up job don't ya think?? In fact if you push on it you can feel give. I am quite certain that it would cave in if ended up leaning against it for some reason. I don't know why they had to patch it, nor to I want to.

Here is a closer look at part of it. You can actually see inside the wall through those cracks.
I don't know what's behind there, but I was afraid something was gonna break through and eat me while I was showering.

And this is the drain of the tub. What is that? Seriously!

But I think what disturbed me the most was seeing my children's feet after they walked around the room with bare feet. I wish I would have taken a picture, but I never got time. They were BLACK! Just from walking around on the carpet. I know it was from the carpet, because they had a bath as soon as we got settled in. We noticed how black their feet were right before bed time and we hadn't left the room. It was seriously disgusting. Mike was ready to pack up and move to a different hotel but we would have been late for church if we did that and we would have had to drive separately since we wouldn't have had anywhere to put all the stuff from the car. After church he decided we should at least get a new room, but then decided it was pointless to move all our stuff when we are checking out pretty early tomorrow anyways. Plus there is no guarantee any of their other rooms are gonna be any different. I will be glad to get out of here and into our house though.

On a more positive note, we met lots of nice people at church today. And we got to see more of Fayetteville which seems to not be as ghettoish as what we saw driving in. AND we got to drive by our house and see the neighborhood we will be living in. I was surprised to find a very nice neighborhood. I'm excited.

It is good to have the first week of church over with. I hate moving to new places and being the new person. But it went pretty well. And it was interesting to see a family ward incorporate the 'linger longer'. The last time I went to one of those was in my last singles ward and they did it on fast Sunday. Here they do it on the last Sunday of the month. It was extra nice since we didn't prepare for meals today. So it saved us having to figure out lunch. However, we will have to break the Sabbath for dinner. I know, I know. I'm going to hell! Oh wait, I think that's what this hotel room is.