Matt hit the ground running and started work the next morning after we arrived and I spent the next few days getting utilities set up, checking on the cats, and running errands. This is the first time EVER that every utility is in my name (he's authorized on the accounts of course). Despite having to say "no, i don't have a job" to every person trying to set up accounts, my credit score is awesome enough to avoid deposits. Yeah! Moving in day was Sunday morning. Ed, Fender, and Mackenzie came to lend a hand and they did an awesome job. Thanks guys!
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There are a lot of things about moving that really suck. Learning the lay of your new land is one. Luckily I have had a pretty easy time finding my way around. One, though, is shopping. You have to start your pantry and fridge from the ground up. That's enough to make you want to quit right there, but you also circle back around to that "lay of the land" thing. Yeah I’m familiar with Fred Meyer, Costco, and Target, but they aren’t my stores. Mine are back in Virginia. You have to reorient yourself every time you shop in a new one because they’re never laid out the same and sometimes, like Costco, they don’t even have the same products. So, I spend nearly 3 hours in each store wondering the aisles and having to backtrack a lot for missed items. For days my head has felt like it’s been in a fog. I can’t focus mentally, I’m pretty sure one of my eyes has a blurred spot in it, and I have no energy. I suppose it’s a combination of reentering society after 5 long days of driving and talking to one other person or two cats for most of that time and being in a new place. I am all out of sorts and whelmed. The house is drowning in boxes to be unpacked, clothes to be washed, and furniture to be put together. We have no TV or internet so being home is dull. Time moves slowly and the little things are bothering me. The bottom floor is cold so I turn the heat up and then the second floor is a furnace- especially our bedroom. The heater must be right above it or something. So the heater is on and the upstairs windows are cracked to even it out. Ridiculous.
I’ve managed to get everything unpacked but finding places for it is a bit tricky. There are a few boxes with odds and ends or stuff we don’t need out that I need to figure out where we’re putting them. I haven’t worked out since the day before Christmas and I was so excited about my new fitness gear- a dip station, mat, and ballast ball- but even walking across the room is exhausting today. I have no schedule. I get up when Matt does so I don’t get used to sleeping all day. We just got internet yesterday so now I can resume the job search- no pressure there- not.
Okay, enough of this depressing crap. Let’s focus on some of the positives. I found this quote the other day as I was unpacking a box of stickers and papers I collected. Someone gave me a 365 day Tundra cartoon calender when I was still in Anchorage and I kept the ones I liked and ones I wrote quotes on. I’ve had a fondness for great quotes for a long time… since I was a kid. Some of my friends can really related to this. It’s practically a hobby- we have journals where we store our prizes. Oh yeah, the quote…
“The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change.” –Charles Langbridge Morgan
also this one:
“In times of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. the learned find themselves well equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” –Eric Hoffer
Other positive things:
·A lady from the firm came and picked up every single empty box we’ve unpacked. Another win for freecycling!
·We have internet, TV so I’m not here in total silence all day. Hooray for music channels and being able to watch the Aussie Open!
· We have had several dinners out with friends including sushi for my birthday. Friends close enough to see on the fly!
· Matt already has a few clients. Anyone need a criminal or family law attorney in Oregon or Alaska give him a ring.
·I had a pleasant conversation with my dad this week that left me feeling better.
·I learned to build frames for walls and roofs at the Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build workshop at Lowes.
·Our new master bedroom is huge (we can fit the bed, chest of drawers, dresser, night stands, and cat tree very comfortably!)
· Our bathroom is awesome too… it has a large shower stall with built in seats and a fancy spray nozzle, two sinks, and a walk in closet.
·We have a garage (although it needs to be organized so we can actually fit the car in)
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