Well you are half right, and just because I am at home all day does not mean I am sitting on my hands waiting for a task. There is this small thing called cleaning, my puppy, and self hygiene and whatnot, plus let me just add that David's car was hit the first week we were here so that is a whole other beast we had to deal with.
So let us begin shall we?
So the first two weeks we were here, we were living with David's dad and his lovely wife Maria, whom became such a wonderful net of support for me when I moved, because I needed to not be alone and isolated. While it was nice to have meals with other people every night, and be social and learn the life of New York, and I have come to love them so much, it was also stressful because most of our stuff was in two Uboxes, and we only had access to what we could cram into our car, and we only had a room to ourselves, and we felt bad about taking up other spaces, when we were guests, plus we had brought a dog who sheds into their house, so most of my day could be spent cleaning up after the three of us, trying to make as little of a mess as possible. One stress that grew with tension as the two weeks went on.
Now let it be known that I had the leisure of a pool! And a back yard for Cooper, and privacy. It was amazing!!! I can not be thankful enough. Make no mistake, I am endlessly lucky.
Let me know if you all would like to hear about our adventures there, I have lots of stories, of exploring and walks and pools and all of the fun, Maria and I especially explored a lot.
Onto the next thing. We moved into our apartment on the first of August, which let me add, if you are ever moving, DO NOT use Uhaul. It was stressful, and how they are such a big company baffles me, and please let me know if you would like me to add that into the stories of living in Manlius, I will. It really is its own separate story. And I don't hold any grudges, it just has happen three times now and I am finished with that moving company.
So we moved into our new apartment, and the fourth day we were there a woman hit his parked car, and it was almost totaled so we are waiting to buy a new jeep, and I am borrowing one of his parents cars, essentially.
Then this last weekend, we drove to Buffalo to David's family reunion, and Maria's car broke down on the way there, so we had to drive the car I was borrowing to Manlius so she could use it, but now she is on vacation so I will hopefully be able to use it soon, although we will be gone this weekend anyways.
Now, I have been on one antidepressant for a year or two and with this big change I feel like it is not working anymore, and I need a new one so I am currently in my third day of changing it, and so my emotions are off the deep end as well, so sometimes all I want to do is sit.
And it is hard to deal with the change and my raging emotional highs and lows as well as trying to adjust to a whole new lifestyle. But I've started just forcing myself to do things. Sometimes small like putting a dish in the dishwasher, or sweeping. Or even just taking my dog on a walk. But it has gotten easier.
Yesterday David and I went to Washington DC to watch the Portland Timbers play DC United with the Timbers Army East Coast Platoon. And that felt a lot like home away from home. I even made a new friend. So things are slowly looking up. If you get anything out of this, and if you have kept reading this far down, good for you!
Seriously, my advice from experience would be never turn down a once in a lifetime opportunity, there are no bad decisions, because they are just all leading you down one specific path called life, and just trust yourself. And always be positive that eventually it will be okay. You might have to work at it, but remember what your parents told you? "life's not fair." So go out and work and grab whatever you can and make life work for you. Until next time. Love you all, and updates on DC to come soon.
Xoxox
-Shelbs
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