Thursday, February 17, 2011

The start of something new

Two weeks ago we left our home of 8 years and moved to northern Wisconsin. I have never moved away from anywhere before. I've moved sort of away. I've gone away to college. The home I just left was actually my grandparents' home first. It is only an hour and a half away from my childhood home and I spent a lot of time there while I was growing up. Now it's not like I moved all the way across the country - I've only gone 269 miles, 5 hours with stops. It's very doable for a weekend, but it definitely makes a difference in my daily life. I've had to say goodbye to friends and family. I've had to leave jobs and activities that I really enjoyed and which meant a great deal to me. Anyone who knows me knows that I get very attached and it takes me a while to adjust to big changes so this has not been easy. Of course there are lots of good things about this change (otherwise we wouldn't have made it). I get to live in the same town as my parents for the first time since I went away to college (not my hometown, a new town). I'm really glad to have them as a part of my daily life. My husband is advancing in his career in a job he's really enjoying. And living here will let us make some decisions about our own family that would have been more difficult if we'd stayed where we were. Of course, I have no idea what I will be doing with my time up here. This is a new experience for me as I have been very busy and had a great deal of direction for the past four years. I'm a little scared of so many possibilities and potential. I hope I don't waste them. I am excited about exploring what it is I want to do with my life, daunting as the task can seem. For now, I've taken a couple days to emotionally recover from all the goodbyes, unpacked my boxes, done some laundry, gone to two Zumba classes with my mom, and written one blog post. On to the next thing...