Calm before the Storm

Ok- so it's not like a big huge catch you out of no where and blow you to the ground storm, but it's a big change and I am not sure how I feel about it!

This weekend we went camping and were able to relax and forget about real life for just a few days. It was so enjoyable to be with some of the extended family! I forgot to take pictures, probably because I was having so much fun enjoying the company and food that it just slipped my mind. We went up near Strawberry. Mike and Kristen's family, Nic and Nichole's family, Grandma R and G and G C came up with their children, a neighbor of Grandma C's and Travis with his little girl, were the company we enjoyed. We played cards, extreme crocket, and sat by the fire and relaxed. There were enough of a variety of kids that most of them played very well and stayed busy. We all fell into bed tired both nights! It was a wonderful way to spend the calm before we walk into the storm!

So what's the storm you say?... Well *sigh* we are moving. I have so many feelings about it that I just lay in bed awake and wonder what the future will bring. We are moving in with my mom who lives with my grandpa. It is a move we well, frankly, don't want to make. But it is out of necessity if we EVER want a house or be able to survive the next two semesters of full time school and only part time work. This change just brings so many emotions to the top sometimes it's hard to sort it out...

The reasons I am sad and a bit scared..

-Anther move

-moving into small living space, with lots of people.

-leaving all of my friends. Friends I have cried and laughed and played with!

-worried that those good friends and I will be able to stay in contact and keep those friendships!

-leaving the neighborhood we have lived in the longest out of our married life, and have liked the most out of our married life!

-having 90% of our house in storage for 6 months

The reasons I am OK with the move...

-the money we will be able to save!

-the house that I AM going to get in 6 months.

-I have family that is willing to help us out in a tight spot and that we have a place to go, where so many people in this tough economic time don't.

-that this is my biggest worry when the people I love and care about have to and do struggle with much harder challenges

-it's only temporary. 6 months...that's all it's gonna take and we WILL have a house!

I think as long as I 'keep my eye on the prize" we will make it through the next 6 months. By then we will have or be getting a house, Todd will have graduated, Todd will have a "full time" job and it will be summer time and time to play! So I guess it's time to wipe the tears stand up and get packing....