At the time of writing this, we are just two and a half days from moving! I know what you're thinking, "Shouldn't you be doing something more productive right now?". Yes, and no. We've reached that point in our packing where we can't really pack anything else til the last minute. We're pretty much down to clothes and dishes and food and pet supplies. And don't you worry, I have an entire notes folder of the most intricate lists you can imagine, of everything that's left to do, and everything coming up in the first few days in the new house. We are well prepared, I assure you.
So, with all of that being said, this did feel productive to me. I have been trying to launch this dang blog since the summer, and it just kept getting pushed to the side. The site isn't done, in fact, it's way less comprehensive or cohesive than I would normally launch with, and in another time and place, I would never let it out into the world like this. But I need it to be live and readable, so that I can stay up to date with my life lately, otherwise, what good is it?
I will have so much to update on in the coming weeks, including our move, how we're settling into a new city, an excessive amount of medical appointments, and then prepping for my hysterectomy. With everything going on, it's unlikely I'll be able to have it up to snuff and get all those thoughts down in a timely fashion, so I had to make a decision, and here we are.
Honestly, I'm feeling a little overwhelmed about my next six weeks. My health hasn't been the best to begin with thanks to my chronic illnesses, and I have so much to do in the next few weeks before my surgery. Crossing this off the list will help a little with that at least.
By the time you're reading this, we will have been in our new house for a few days and working our way through a million projects. I won't be able to relax and recover from my surgery if every room in the house is half done, so our goal is to at least get the immediate needs taken care of (mine and Jesse's definitions of "immediate needs" might be a little different LOL), so I can feel safe and comfortable when I am healing.
That's future-Laurel's problem though. For now, I probably should get back to real life and accomplish something. My head can only handle so much screen time before it gets angry anyway–one of my upcoming appointments is for a neuro-vision functional assessment to see if I have binocular vision dysfunction, and if so, I'll hopefully have treatment options soon! Getting rid of my chronic headaches and dizziness would make a huge difference in my quality of life!
Fingers crossed that everything has gone smoothly in the time between writing this and publishing it, and we are happily settling in to our longterm home. When we moved to our last house I said it was our forever home, and boy was I wrong–we didn't even last five years! So, I won't make that mistake again. However, I am using the word longterm, because the plan is to set down roots and stay put at least until all three kids finish high school. We will reevaluate from there. If the housing market doesn't improve, we may need to buy land with room for three tiny homes for them to live in!
Oh, and look, my new house has some sort of squash growing! I can't wait to see what it is! I'm stalling, if you couldn't tell. I need to get moving!
This is my life lately...
Laurel
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