The Big Move

Between work and being tired, blogging has still been on my mind. I usually just send some mental vibes to here, but they never seem to post...

After finishing up work this past week, I'm back home in WDM for one last weekend before I move on Monday. It's just nice to be somewhere that isn't filled with boxes and goodbyes. I've been coming back about every 2 weeks so it feels like I've spent a good part of my last summer in Iowa at home. It's hard to believe that I've called this state home for 2 decades now, and in 72 hours, I'll be leaving this all behind. Part of me is very excited for the move and to start a new life, and part of me is apprehensive. It's going to be a huge culture change and I don't have any friends down there like I did when I went to Iowa. At least I have Darin and my dad, so that will help.

I've been saying goodbyes for months now and the hardest was to say goodbye to Paperback Rhino. They became my friends and probably the main reason why I would have stayed at Iowa. They are the best group of people I could ever surround myself with. I love each and every one of them, and was honored to be a part of the group as long as I could. It's hard when saying goodbye because I don't when or even if I'll see any of my friends again. That's a lot to swallow.

As a few of you know, I had to locate a new home for my cat, Espresso. She doesn't get along with Daisy and she just gets stressed out. In August she will be moving in with Joe and Vanessa of PbR in Iowa City. Choosing to give her up was the hardest decision I've ever had to make. But she was my cat, as where Daisy belongs to both Darin and I.

Darin and I leave on Monday evening to drive to Georgia and start our new life. I just hope that it works out and I'm not moving into a huge mistake. But the longer warmer weather and geographical features of the south are a huge plus. It's weird to think that I could be living there for 10 years- a whole decade yet to come.

I hope every one's summers are going well and know that I will miss you all very much, even if we are spread out all over the Midwest. Iowa will always be my home but it's time to start a new chapter in my life.

~Until Then

PS- I'll try not to come back over break with an accent.

The Count Down is Over.

I've not been able to sleep all night and I've got a 2.5 hour drive ahead of me. There are no more days on my college count down board. I leave in an hour.

My dad came home this weekend. Strangely, it feels like he's been home all summer in a way. I know that sounds awful. He's flying back to Georgia today. He or I won't be home for 2 months. We've started shutting down the house, because no one (including my obese cat) will be occupying it. It's a little weird and heart tugging at the same time.

I didn't really have any heart felt goodbyes to friends at the end of this summer, maybe because I did all that in March and May. Good luck to all of you who are going away this fall.

I spent yesterday with Nick. We didn't do anything fancy or go out to eat. We played 3 games of Parcheesi, went bowling, and drove the entire length of Ashworth. Waste of gas, yea, but worth it. We got some Chinese food and just sorta laid there. We didn't talk about the what if's and the down the road's, we just talked about nothing really. It's going to be hard for me to be away from him, and I don't know what other variables will be thrown into the relationship equation. I don't want to think about those. Two and a half years, and now I'm leaving.

My family and I haven't done anything really special. My dad doesn't want me to leave. He looked really depressed this morning. My mom and I just were still my mom and I, hanging out and talking. My sister and I are still picking at each other. I hope one day we will grow close.

I just now tried to type things to the main readers of this blog that I want to say, but I can't form the words correctly on the page. Maybe things are just best unsaid. Good luck to all, follow your passions they become your dream. Follow your dreams, they become your actions. Don't forget what we as a group stand for and what we've accomplished in the short years we've been together. As my friends, I've come to depend on you and you've helped when I've needed or asked for it. I hope in ways, I've done the same. All of us are creative in the same ways, and then ways that are unique to our persona. You've been the foundation for my life and the things that I do to enhance it. Keep in touch.

I've got butterflies in my stomach. I've been excited all summer, but now that I'm actually leaving, I feel nervous and uncertain. My car is packed with all my boxes and junk. It's weird to see my life for the next 9 months boxed up in the jeep. Can I do this? Maybe the butterflies are actually hunger. Nope, they're butterflies.

~Until Then