Serendipity

I thought it would be appropriate that I write this last blog from Wisconsin, letting everyone know that Tuesday morning I am flying back to New York where even more uncertainty awaits me...as well as my loved ones.  I do not accept changes well, although this one is necessary for me...a chance to heal from a relationship that wasn't meant to be. I can't say how long I will be offline, but hopefully not too long...there is still much to tell, as my life is forever rapidly changing. Until next time...

I've spent the last few weeks, packing a few boxes a day, sorting things between my daughter and I...splitting stuff that was purchased together to prepare for my move to Wisconsin.  And I am happy to say that the packing is almost done!  Tomorrow we load the uHaul truck and Thursday morning, I am heading off to a new life and new adventure. There was a time in my life that I was a big risk-taker...I didn't hesitate to take a leap of faith and just go for it.  As I entered motherhood, and being a wife that changed...it was no longer necessary to act quite so impulsively.  (That's not saying that this move is impulsive...it's been carefully planned over the last couple of months!) I quit taking risks, and settled into a life of just going with the flow that life was taking me...whether I liked it or not. Then, having the nervous breakdown in 2001...well, I didn't welcome any kind of changes, hated even having my routine broke up...let alone taking any form of ri...

Despite the fact that we knew we would be moving and pretty much had a target date in mind, things did not pan out the way we'd planned.   Our intention was to rent a Uhaul and make the move in one fell swoop, which would--in theory--save us money .   However, when it came time to price the Uhaul...the price had gone up $100 and was something we now could not afford...since we had paid a security deposit plus rent, as well as having to pay to have the electric turned on...there was just barely enough money to do anything more than 'borrow' some vehicles and pay for the gas for those vehicles to make a single trip.  (My daughter's mother-in-law volunteered to make a second to get the remaining things.) So--in the style of the Beverly Hillbillies--we loaded up and moved on out...2 pickups and an SUV.  What lay ahead of us was almost a 2 hour trip to our new home. For Alisha's mother-in-law and I...we were looking at a mere 8 hours road time that day......