I can’t do it. I
just can’t. My intention has been to sit
down and catch up on the family activities of the last couple weekends but my
mind isn’t able to sit still in the past when it is actively dancing all over
what is happening right now and what will be taking place shortly. Weekends past, I’m sorry, we will catch up
again soon because we must, but for now I need to get this all out of my system
so I can move on. Here goes.
Most everyone by now knows we are heading to Bend, OR and
we have given our reasons why and all that jazz. About two weeks or so ago, we were handed a
catalyst that made us reevaluate our leave date. We were scheduled on June 28, the day after Aydan left for Fort Wayne but
has now been brought up on the calendar to…THIS WEEKEND!!! There were several reasons that pushed us to
make this change but the details don’t really matter. The decision is made and I, for one, am
ready. SO. READY.
Our stay here has been challenging for me. While Andrew and Aydan have been able to
leave each day and head off to work and school, I have stayed in our little
apartment with the dogs and the internet to keep me company. This is not a way of life I have a lot of
familiarity with. I should perhaps be
thankful that for a good portion of that time I was so sick and weak I didn’t
want to do anything anyway. WTF,
life? But I’ve whined about this before
and I don’t feel like getting further into it here and now…like I said, living
in the present, getting ready for the future.
As things stand now, we leave Saturday morning, June
14. We had planned on having movers to
help us out but now that Aydan will be home, we are going to use his young,
strong muscles to help us get everything packed into the moving truck. Our furniture that we will be taking along
with us will be minimal. Mostly things for in Aydan’s room but on our way to
Bend we are making a stop at IKEA for new beds and frames for all of us!!!
EEEEK!!! That IS squeal worthy
news. I won’t even share the progression
of our sleeping situation since we have moved in here but it hasn’t been
exactly comfortable and a bed…oh, a REAL bed.
These things we take for granted but that are really just absolutely
delicious luxuries. I tell myself to be
grateful I don’t live in Elizabethan England when people used logs for pillows
and were lucky to have straw mats to separate the cold of the floor from their
bodies…sometimes that works. Just five more days…
Nora has been a whirlwind of activity on her end (not a
surprise there!) getting the house ready and last night sent us pictures of her
new room. I love her excitement and
enthusiasm for this change…it’s a BIG one, no doubt, but there is such a
positive vibe floating around this plan that I am hanging my hopes on the
best. She has already found and
purchased a lovely crib and high chair for little man and I found this gorgeous
old bentwood rocker on Craigslist for $10 that she picked up for us earlier
this week as well. There will be lots
and lots of projects that will involve painting and building and
decorating. My little heart sings with
joy at the prospect of productive activity rather than just finding SOMETHING
to alleviate the tedium of the day.
Living in Bend, I have a feeling that boredom will visit me
much less often. Nora is a busy lady and even if we do a handful of activities
with her that she does, we will manage to have a rather full calendar. There are friends of Nora’s coming over to
help us with the move on Sunday and Andrew and I have plans to hang out with
new friends on the Fourth of July. Our
visits to Bend in the past have introduced us to many great people and we are
looking forward to seeing how those relationships and new ones develop. Bend seems to use Meetup quite a bit and I’m
thinking that we may need to find a way to create a dinner party group like the
one we used to be a part of…it won’t ever be the same but I love the idea of
finding and growing a new network of people in an area where I feel it is
totally possible.
Am I sad to leave Seattle?
Not really. I have learned that I
am NOT a city girl. That I need wide
open spaces, minimal traffic, and a strong sense of community. I had those things developing while we were
in Fort Wayne but have found nothing that gives off that same vibe here. My
improved health has allowed us to take trips out and about and look into the
various activities that take place here, sadly, despite being open minded and
hopeful, we have not clicked with our new area.
We would have found our way eventually, but I’m thankful that it’s now
removed from the list of things to worry about.
So we leave this Saturday.
The rest of the week will be
packing, organizing, ditching, and making final drop off of items at
goodwill. I feel like this is another
clean slate to get all creative and crazy with.
There will be MUCH happening and I will make sure that everything stays
as up to date as I can make it!
And, I know there are no photos this time...so I thought I would do something special instead. We were given a short video of little Arthur at our appointment last Friday! Very exciting! In case it's difficult to figure it out, this is a side profile of him with his fingers in his open mouth and then he closes his mouth. Isn't technology an amazing thing?
And, I know there are no photos this time...so I thought I would do something special instead. We were given a short video of little Arthur at our appointment last Friday! Very exciting! In case it's difficult to figure it out, this is a side profile of him with his fingers in his open mouth and then he closes his mouth. Isn't technology an amazing thing?
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