I have been so completely bombed but happy! Things are going really well, and I already got a promotion at my new job. I
am enjoying the day to day work, and find that the projects I am working on are very rewarding. When I was a kid I always wanted
to help keep people healthy, and thought that immunizations were the absolute answer to all the world's problems. Nowadays I know that isn't quite true,
but since my current job is to connect health departments to help ensure people get immunized, I find myself daring to be optimistic again.
Work is never boring, and every day I am learning a hundred new things. It's the best job I have ever had.
You remember that awful car of mine that kept breaking down? GONE. Toast. I'm sending it to a junkyard. I bought a nice new minivan, which is red and adorable and very comfy, and starts everytime I want it to.
Life is good.
The other half of my daughter's family is moving to Eaton Rapids in June. This is a good thing, because it's where we grew up, and
we know the schools there are better, and Kirstin will be close to her grandparents and cousins, and out of the horrible urban area where we are afraid to let her walk
down the street alone. I expect I will be moving there by August, myself, in order to be nearer to them and her new school. It's going to be a difficult transition. I haven't moved in over 5 years, and actually have never ever
moved into a place by myself. That's right, my roommate isn't moving with me. He doesn't have a car, and is worried about being so far from everything that he would be reliant upon me for transportation. I think it's crazy, but since he wants it that way,
I'm not going to argue with him. Maybe he'll miss me and change his mind. Who knows. I'll miss him alot, and plan to stay in Lansing with him on days I don't have Kirstin, and hope that he will visit me on weekends in the country.
The plus-side of all of this is that I'm very excited about the move. I can't wait to see the stars at night, and not hear the constant noise of the city, and not breathe the dirty air. I like walking down the street without feeling crowded.
I'm also looking forward to actually choosing my own place, and decorating it myself. I have never had the chance to do that before. I'm saving up money so that I can actually pick out sheets, curtains, plates, and towels. Maybe I will even treat myself to some
art to hang on the wall. I'm even going to pick out my own couch and chair. It thrills me, because I always had to please other people in the past. It will be nice to invent a place of my own.
