i have been totally MIA in bloggyland for a while now. i guess that's reasonable since i just moved to a new state last week. things in my world have been so hectic and chaotic and emotional and exciting. at least i'm telling myself that they're exciting.... they'll get exciting, right?
whenever you move, putting your new house together is like remaking a puzzle. except, now the puzzle that you've been used to for ages is in a different shape and the pieces don't all fit and you have to figure out which ones to chuck and you also have to acquire some new pieces to fill holes that previously didn't exist. and i think that applies to both houses and other parts of life too. i'm not trying to wax philosophical here, but i'm just trying to figure out how we fit here. and which things can stay & which things need to go.
we moved into my in-laws house. they have a big, beautiful house so there's plenty of space for us, but things run differently in every household and just learning how to live with people, no matter how much you like them, can get complicated. and in being here, we have both more & less space than before. it's tricky, i tell you. and for the first time since brooke was born, i'm not sharing a bedroom wall with her anymore. she's downstairs and we're across the house & up the stairs. i'm glad she's old enough to not need me very often in the night anymore, but it still seems pretty far away. i wouldn't even be able to hear her if she cried.
i'm sorry i'm not funny tonight, but i can't mentally be anywhere other than where i am right now. i just wanted to check in with you guys & say hi & i miss you & i hope to be back into the land of blog before long with new stories and time to read all that's going on in your worlds.
Hey no one is complaining, we can't all be funny all the time.
ReplyDeletePeople say it takes a while for the newness to wear off but I think it takes a while to wear the newness. Give yourself time.
ReplyDeleteCan it be??? My friend that left MY state to enter another beautiful state??
ReplyDeleteGlad you checked in. I have been wondering about you.
hope you survive the MIL's - I couldn't.
ReplyDeleteHaving moved a lot in my life time, and even back with the parents when I was a single Mum, I can totally understand what you are saying.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you back here.
I have to email you. You've definitely been on my mind lately with all this moving madness, and I'm almost toppling over with empathy.
ReplyDeleteI hope things begin to fit together for you soon. Moving is unsettling by itself, and to move in with others must be more so. I wish you well.
ReplyDeleteAdjustments, no matter how much you love the people, are difficult for a short time. Many many moons ago when I was single and wanting to buy a house, I moved into my mom's place and over took her upstairs in order to save moula. We shared a kitchen and a living room and we had some rocky moments, but than a rhythm started and eventually it became old hat. It will happen for all of you too! Glad you made it safely my friend. xxoo
ReplyDeleteHopefully it will feel just like home soon.
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ReplyDeleteOK, first off. My comment was deleted because I left out a word which would have completely changed what I was going to say. I hope that will satisfy anyone's curiosity ("What was so bad he had to delete it??").
ReplyDeleteNow...what Oilfield said. We CAN'T be funny all the time. I, on the other hand, can be funny LOOKING all the time.
Did you move something that you then had to throw away? I hate it when that happens. Mrs. Penwasser felt the same way, but I convinced her not to toss me to the curb on Garbage Day (not to be confused with Arbor Day).
I have been wondering where you'd been, but, as always, real life takes precedent. I really didn't mind you waxing philisophical there. I think that's super true. Some stuff can and needs to be left behind.
ReplyDeletejust glad to know your still, kicking. i sure you will be up to some funny business soon enough, take care, melissa
ReplyDeleteMoving is hard. Moving in with someone - harder. We moved my mom in for about 7 months one time. It was hard, but we made it thru!
ReplyDeleteOh boy, can I ever relate to paragraph two. I'm looking at stacks of boxes as I type this.
ReplyDeleteOh wow -- what a huge change! Now wonder you've been MIA. You'll settle in before you know it. :)
ReplyDeleteI have been helping my parents move the last couple of days and can definitely relate to the "fitting and not fitting" perspective. Good luck with all the organizing and unpacking- I have missed you!
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