Colorado Springs
We are here now. We got to our house last night around 6 and bought sleeping bags and a blow-up mattress so we could sleep in our empty house. I have felt so tired from everything this past year (the miscarriage, the morning sickness, the gestational diabetes, the birth of Laila, and now the move) that I feel like I haven't had a lot of time to process all the emotions of everything. I feel like I've been in survival mode and haven't really allowed myself to feel a lot.
Last night the boys were nuts, super excited about being out of the car and in our new house with so many fun places for them to explore. For some reason they were intrigued with the water meter and had to flush every toilet and turn on every faucet in the entire house multiple times so they could run to the basement and watch the water meter spin. Then they started playing some game that involved a lot of door slamming. And then they thought it would be a great idea to wake up their baby sister that I had just gotten to sleep (have I mentioned they are obsessed with her?). I spent the next two hours trying to get her back to sleep so I could get some things unpacked. I finally lost it and hid in one of the dark, empty rooms upstairs lamenting my situation.
I really hate moving. I hate leaving my friends and my house and my neighborhood.
Anyway, today we went for a walk around the neighborhood to scope things out. We discovered a few interesting things:
1. There are a lot of motorcycles here.
2. There are a lot of dogs here--like a dog for every person in my previous neighborhood. Just kidding. But really, why are there so many dogs here?
3. There are a lot of people/cars/houses/businesses here. It makes me a little claustrophobic. It reminds me of Salt Lake. I have nothing against Salt Lake, I just don't want to live there. It's too big a city for me. I'm not exactly a country girl but I'm really not a city girl. It's going to take a little getting used to.
4. There is a lot of sun here. On our walk today we felt like our retinas were burning. I'm not complaining about the sun (I've missed it) but I'm gonna need to buy some sunglasses first thing tomorrow morning.
5. There is NOT a lot of air. I'll have to get used to that again too.
That's it for now. Our stuff is getting delivered tomorrow. We will not have Internet connection until Thursday so this will have to do until then.
Last night the boys were nuts, super excited about being out of the car and in our new house with so many fun places for them to explore. For some reason they were intrigued with the water meter and had to flush every toilet and turn on every faucet in the entire house multiple times so they could run to the basement and watch the water meter spin. Then they started playing some game that involved a lot of door slamming. And then they thought it would be a great idea to wake up their baby sister that I had just gotten to sleep (have I mentioned they are obsessed with her?). I spent the next two hours trying to get her back to sleep so I could get some things unpacked. I finally lost it and hid in one of the dark, empty rooms upstairs lamenting my situation.
I really hate moving. I hate leaving my friends and my house and my neighborhood.
Anyway, today we went for a walk around the neighborhood to scope things out. We discovered a few interesting things:
1. There are a lot of motorcycles here.
2. There are a lot of dogs here--like a dog for every person in my previous neighborhood. Just kidding. But really, why are there so many dogs here?
3. There are a lot of people/cars/houses/businesses here. It makes me a little claustrophobic. It reminds me of Salt Lake. I have nothing against Salt Lake, I just don't want to live there. It's too big a city for me. I'm not exactly a country girl but I'm really not a city girl. It's going to take a little getting used to.
4. There is a lot of sun here. On our walk today we felt like our retinas were burning. I'm not complaining about the sun (I've missed it) but I'm gonna need to buy some sunglasses first thing tomorrow morning.
5. There is NOT a lot of air. I'll have to get used to that again too.
That's it for now. Our stuff is getting delivered tomorrow. We will not have Internet connection until Thursday so this will have to do until then.
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I miss you in Ohio already. : )