So we just moved. I 100% had a say in whether or not we were going to move or not. I was supportive of the move. I never thought that we would stay in that house, that city, even that state for even as long as we did, 4 years. But that doesn't diminish the fact that moving is hard.
By almost anyone's standards, we move quite a bit. We have lived in 5 different states over the course of our marriage, so another move was imminent, but this one was particularly hard for me. As a family, my husband and I have made the choice to follow his career, at least at this point, wherever that make take us. In general, I choose to look at this as exciting. With each of these moves comes a chance to meet new people, experience new places, and let's face it: I love home shopping. I love decorating a new house and setting it up the way that I like it. I love the feeling of accomplishment that comes with home improvement projects. We have been extremely lucky, due to the circumstances of J's jobs, to have been able to basically upgrade with each house, in terms of size, neighborhood, etc. We are yet to have been forced to take a big loss on a home when we have put it on the market, unlike a a majority of the population at this point. But I digress.
My whole point is that the meeting new people part of moving sucks. I hate to be the new person. I hate being at that point where no one particularly cares whether or not they see me. If I go somewhere, I am not going to run into anyone who I know. If I make plans to go somewhere, but then at the last minute something comes up (as it often does with kids), and I don't make it, no one cares. No one, besides my family who has no choice because I cook and clean for them and basically run their lives, is ever truly happy to see me at this point. I could not leave my house for two straight weeks, and no one (besides my children who would by that point would be living in a state of boredom induced anarchy). I miss having friends!
Oh wait, my cell phone is ringing. it is one of my old friends calling to chat :)
