Four Month Update

It has been four months since I moved 500 miles from home.  The last time I checked in I was still very homesick.  I hated living here in Louisville and would have done a lot to go back to KC.

Four months later and the dust has settled.  We are in our new house and while we are not done unpacking, we are comfortable.  Our new baby is here - the only one of us not born in Missouri.  And I have a whole new (yet kinda old) perspective.

First of all, I still miss home.  And yes, Kansas City will probably always be home.  I am surprised by how much I miss not only the people, but also the city itself.  I miss my friends, family, and acquaintances.  I miss my house.  I miss leaving my house and knowing how to get somewhere.  I miss my old Target and HyVee.  I miss Union Station, the Kansas City Zoo, Powell Gardens (one of my favorite places in the whole world), Paradise Park - the list goes on and on.

Secondly, I miss my job.  And not just working (though I miss that too).  I miss Ray-Pec.  I miss Shull Elementary, Raymore Elementary, even ASC.  Most surprisingly, I miss the stress.  That sounds crazy, but it's true.

However, over the last month or so my feelings have been changing.  Before moving I would encourage youngsters (adults who are not married or have children) to take advantage of their freedom and try moving to a new city for at least awhile.  Well, when I moved, for awhile at least, I wished I never would have given that advice.  I was so miserable and thought I was crazy for ever thinking anyone moving from home was a good idea.  Now I am singing a different tune.  I am glad that I moved, if for no other reason then I can experience what it is like to live somewhere else.  I have a whole new appreciation for Kansas City and all it has to offer (and I have been surprised to learn how much that is).  I still would like to move back...someday.  I wouldn't mind living somewhere else either.  After all, Louisville is not so different from KC.  Maybe moving to a coastal town where we could be closer to the beach would be fun.  Or Texas.  Everyone from Texas thinks that it is the best place ever (Don't believe me?  Spend some time talking to them.  They are very proud of their state.). I would maybe like to see what the hype is about.  Wherever I end up, a couple of things I know for sure are that I will not get a choice and everything happens for a reason.

But that is in the future.  For now I am loving my family, home, and neighborhood.  And the possibility of casually running into Jennifer Lawrence is pretty exciting.  Now if I could only figure out what I want to do for a career...But that is a whole other blog post!

My beautiful girls in our backyard on Thanksgiving.