Searching for a new home

This last weekend we spent our time in Moses Lake trying to find a place to call home.  We weren't able to leave Rexburg until nearly 7:00 pm Friday night.  Less than an ideal time for a 9+ hour drive.  We hit Missoula, Montana about midnight, then parked in the Walmart parking lot.  We laid out blankets and pillows on the floor of the truck as makeshift beds for the kids.  Tony and I tried to sleep in the front seats.  Our efforts were pretty useless.  By 4:00 am we decided we weren't going to get any more sleep, and so while the kids continued to sleep in their makeshift beds we hit the road again. We pulled into  Moses Lake about 8:00 am their time. Thankfully the hotel let us check in early.  We were all able to shower and change in time for our first appointment at 11:00.  Before the first appointment we drove by a house south of town in a really nice neighborhood.  The house was nice, but we weren't able to look inside because the owner was out of town.  By what we could tell it was a nice house but after talking to the owner a few times something just didn't feel right.  We went to our 11:00 appointment and found another house in a neighborhood east of town.  It was set up a lot like our house in Nampa.  We didn't necessarily love the place but decided that we could make it work.  After all it's just temperary.  We immediately put in an application with the property management company hoping to nail it down.  After many calls to the property management we kept getting the run around with a "we'll call you when we know anything" speech (which I still haven't gotten).  We spent much of the rest of the day looking at houses that were listed, but we weren't able to get in to see.  Dump after dump.  Scary neighborhood after scary neighborhood.  Tons of houses for sale, but none for rent.  Saturday night we went back to the hotel feeling pretty discouraged and thinking that maybe we're not supposed to move to Moses Lake.  Sunday morning we got up and got ready for church.  We don't normally got to church when we're out of town.  I know we're heathens.  But we wanted to see what the LDS community was like.  We were more than welcomed by the members of the ward we visited.  We had many take our names and phone numbers to let us know if they heard of anything available to rent.  We were even invited over to a members home for a Mothers Day BBQ!  Carson and Alaina were pretty nervous about going to class and primary in a ward where they didn't know anyone, but after church they were raving about the ward members too.  Our spirits were lifted!  We spent the afternoon driving around looking for anything with a for rent sign in front.  After many neighborhoods we found two!  Both with the same property management company!  Our spirits lifted some more!  Monday morning we got in touch with the property management company and was showed a house on the west side of town and a brand new town house.  Both looked like great options.  Plus the town houses had two available units!  Finally some options!  We filled out an application for an end unit town house. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, a huge kitchen with granite countertops, a two car garage, and it was less rent than any of the other homes we had looked at!  Score!  We were assured that as long as our back ground check goes through and our rental history is verified we should get which ever rental we decide on.  And last time I checked we're not convicted crimals and we've been renting for the last three years with never a late payment.  So we're not worried about that.  We should know by the end of the week.  We then realized there really wasn't much else we could do in Moses Lake, so we left for home.  We left Moses Lake about 2:00 pm, so with the time change, meals, and potty breaks we pulled into Rexburg about 12:30 am.  We're all exhausted and glad to no longer be in the truck or a cramped hotel room.  Moving day is 2 1/2 weeks away so now we wait to hear from the property management company on the town house.  And we pack.