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April 25, 2007
Today is the one year anniversary
Of our move to Texas.
We got to the house around dinner time today. I had stopped at our realtor's house to pick up the keys, and the girls and I headed over to check out the house and see if it was as awesome as I remembered it.
The girls and I scouted the house. Katie climbed the stairs for the first time, and Jamie ran through the bedrooms and picked one for herself. I took all sorts of "before" pictures, as in before all our crap got piled in.
Rex showed up a while later with the cats and the Penske truck. We got the cats settled in the master bath, and then had to leave and spend the night at my in-laws. It was so hard to leave, even for one more night. We were so excited to start living there.
So much has changed since then. We sold my dream house. Rex got his dream job. We're living in this less than permanent home, looking for another temporary house. It will be over a year before we get settled, and I'm still not sure where we'll be when that happens.
I try every day to create a life here. I haven't been all that successful. The lack of permanence gives me little motivation to dig in. It also gives me little motivation to wake up and greet the day with enthusiasm. I'm trying, though. Trying to give my girls a purpose, and trying to find purpose in my girls. Some days go better than others. Today was a good one.
But I still wish I could go back.
Posted by me at April 25, 2007 9:18 PM