Moving on...

A week ago, I moved into a friend's house for two weeks. The past week in their home was been wonderful.  They are wonderful people, who have been so nice to me.  

In the meantime, I have been out looking for beds, and other things that I left in the storage unit in Detroit.  Dishes, glasses, sheets...I was able only to bring pots and pans, silverware, and some serving pieces.  Saturday is move-in day!  I am so excited!  

I have been looking at furniture online.  This is my chance to buy only what I want when I want.  My house will be what I've always wanted.

I've learned a lot over the past 4 years...I have had to rebuild my life from scratch once before, but I the circumstances were different.  I feel this is my chance to take it slowly and get it right...I'm not even sure what that means.  Stop and smell the roses?  Enjoy every minute?  Only the future will tell...

The End of the Beginning

Yesterday I moved out of Linda's house.  My house is not quite ready, and a new friend from work offered her guest  room for two weeks.  I am so incredibly blessed.  My new temporary home is on the East Shore (of the Susquehanna River), as opposed to Linda's house and my new home, which are on the West Shore.  It's similar to the East Side/West Side split in Detroit.  Chris and her husband are very nice, and have made me feel very welcome.  

One of their neighbors seems to be participating in a one-house Christmas decorating contest! Pictures tomorrow....

The first snow of the season today.  I am told that if it hits about 3 inches, our office will close.  As a former Detroiter, South Bender, and Chicagoan, this is unimaginable to me.  3 inches of snow was really not an excuse to be late for work...

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Everywhere you go;
There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well,
The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow...."