Day 2 of my writing adventure…my eyes were really drippy last night so I sent Mark to get some children’s Benadryl, it helped me to sleep and dried me up a bit. This morning I feel wobbly, that’s what happens when I take an antihistamine, it affects my ears. The weather this morning is lovely and I did grocery shopping at Target, but there were lots of things not available, I just purchased what I needed then headed home. I’m still feeling poorly so I will need to rest. 

Almost all of the pictures we put on the walls will have to come down, they just don’t fit the apartment. I thought hanging them up might help me feel more at home, but so far it hasn’t done anything to extract my much needed homey emotions. I am still emotionally all over the map…it’s ridiculous to think at my age that I can’t calm down and accept my reality, it’s sad. Today we’ll take things off the wall and see what happens.

Since Amy & AJ have found a home o purchase we can look around that area, but we won’t be moving until next year, we do have a lease here until February 2022. The apartment is ok, the complex is huge, at least we have air conditioning! Also we have a laundry room too. The item we have saved most of are framed pictures. We purchased a bookshelf and hopefully I can put out some pictures, reduce our boxed belongings and give us a more homelike appearance.

Since I’m tired and feeling poorly, I’ll add more later…now for some rest.

 Hopefully no one will ever read this blog…I am attempting to find a way to release my internal frustrations. Since Amy & AJ, along with David & Tiffany decided to move to the east coast, taking our grandchildren, Mark and I felt we had no other option but to sell our townhome and move. We chose to live by Amy & AJ, mostly because I will be able to do more with Amy than anyone else. The strangest thing happened also, at the same time Ryan was offered a job in Montana, so they sold their house, bought property in Red Lodge, a ski resort, close to Ryan’s work, where they are building a new home. All of this happened starting in January 2021. Since our townhome sold so quickly, then closed in 3 weeks, we took off to Orlando. (Monday April 5th) The uncertainty of our future was looming as we boarded the plane, then landed, headed to our hotel. The house closed and then I knew we were somewhat “stuck”. I guess I kept thinking that someone would change their minds, but no…full speed ahead. David & Tiffany sold their house in record time, used their funds to purchase a home in Rock Hill, SC, sight unseen…but all worked our reasonable well. They drove across the US parents, 12yo daughter, toddler (17 months) & their dog Zeus. There were concerns about the truck, mechanical issues, then the gas shortage hit. All in all, they arrived May 10, their belongings too, then their adventure in South Carolina begins. We decided to fly from Orlando to visit Dave & family, so we left early (5am 5/29…yikes, that was an early adventure) to Charlotte, North Carolina about 25 minutes to their home. We had a wonderful visit, first time in almost 2 months where I felt somewhat normal. Stayed until June 1, flew back to Orlando…then Amy & AJ’s car arrived, June 7th they arrived…we’ve been busy ever since.

Now…our adventure in Orlando…we hit every wall imaginable…Murphy’s Law at it’s finest. Every where we went doors slammed shut. The people are friendly enough, but it’s as if common sense is an unknown territory. On our first real day, we headed to visit Disney Springs, only to get a message our car was arriving, so we headed back to our hotel by Uber, Mark picked up our car…something familiar in this unknown world. Fortunately before we moved I connected with a zoom bible study from an adorable church in Celebration. On our 3rd day in Florida, we had lunch at the Celebration Town Tavern…it was a lovely day, the food was good, the server was a native Floridian and gave us a lot of information. I thought Florida might work…but Murphy’s Law was not done with it’s furry. Every night I cried, what have we done…what are we to do…still now, 2 months and 2 weeks later I still question this choice.

At least Amy, AJ, and the girls are here. They bring that family balance that I sorely need, laughter abounds with girls which is infectious…a fleeting glance at normal. Then, the cold hits…upset stomach…coughing, lots of phlegm, laryngitis, along with our possessions packed into a pod we shared with Amy & AJ. I thought if I hung up some pictures, made food in my pans ( due to cold have not done this), maybe, just maybe I might feel the homey familiar feeling…sadly no. Could be my cold, but I am sad…just plain sad. I hope tomorrow will look better.