I forgot I wrote this a few weeks ago. I still feel the same so I figured I'd post it so I can remember how I was feeling when all this craziness of the match and moving is going on.
I have been thinking a lot lately about our time here in Ohio. The match on Monday { when we found out that we are going to Pittsburgh} has made me realize how little time we have left here. I mean I obviously knew it was coming, but it still felt like I had a good amount of time in Ohio. All of the sudden after the match it feels like time is going by so fast! I am so excited for our new adventure, but I am so sad to be leaving so many close friends. I can't believe how different my life is now compared to when we first got here. When we first got here I was still working full time making a good amount of money at UOP. Now I am a stay at home mom and we've been living off student loans. Its funny how we are poor, away from family and figuring out how to be parents, but yet we are so happy. I love this phase of life. I am grateful that it won't last forever, but these last four years have been wonderful. I feel like I have learned so much about myself. I mean I now have 2 kids! I really have made some amazing friends and am getting so sad about saying goodbye to them. Who knows when I'll see them again{our husbands need to go to the same continuing education seminars so we can all meet up!}. When we first got here I wasn't sure if I'd really like it. I always felt like Arizona was the best and living in the snow was going to be so crappy. I still love AZ, but now I feel like there are so many other great places to live. Honestly if our family wasn't in AZ I don't know if we would go back there. I LOVE having the seasons. There is something so neat about watching everything change. This last week it was warming up and Beegh and I both could just feel spring. Don't get me wrong there are things about Arizona that are amazing and I do look forward to living there again one day, but for now I am enjoying my time away. Anyway I am feeling grateful for the time we have had here and am so excited to be moving to Pittsburgh. I feel like since I have already done this whole thing once I now am more prepared for Pittsburgh. With Cleveland it took me a little bit to get situated. Also I didn't have kids and pretty much everyone else did. We also went home for every Christmas and a couple other times here or there. I feel like with Pittsburgh I am ready to embrace the situation more fully. I'm looking forward to having Christmas there and starting some of our own traditions.
Overall I am happy that we've had this adventure and look forward to another one.
2 thoughts:
I Love you Randee, and your little family. Reading this makes me miss you already. I know we can call and skype but it isn't the same as holding Cole and playing ride the horse or doing puzzles with Sharlie.I might even miss the Na! Na! Na! attitude from Sharlie. I know that life goes on and I will see you now and again while you live your new adventure in Pittsburgh.I am sure you will make many new friends and have a wonderful time.
I'm kinda jealous that you "have" to go experience new places. Sometimes I've wished that Aaron had a job that would say pack up you're moving to ____ just so we can get to experience new places, especially places we'd never think of living in. And I can't believe that you've been there for 4 years, its gone by so fast! Have fun on your new adventures and maybe someday we'll get out that way to visit.
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