Moving! in These Foolish Things

Hey. How was your weekend?

In addition to a sweet Mother’s Day with mom and the whole family, mine was mostly “recovery” and it went as well as one could expect when you have not a whole lot planned except to recover from a chemo hangover.

What I did do this weekend is that I have decided that I’m actually finally going to move out of my little downtown one-bedroom apartment and move into a two-bedroom place about 20 minutes north of the city center.

Yes, this will be a change from my daily downtown living, but the building sits directly on a giant park, is surrounded by trees, is a two bedroom so I can have guests spend the night (and I can get a new king sized bed for myself!), and it will still be very easy for me to get downtown whenever I want. It’s just about the same distance to the office and is equidistant to the old and the new parts of this area (the “old” being the downtown area and the “new” being all of the new developments north of the city as it grows exponentially in that direction).

And most importantly, it will be a change. I just need a major change, and this will be the start of something larger. I want it to kickstart a new life. I am desperate for something different.

You know, I moved to that downtown apartment over NINE years ago as a temporary quick fix to my broken engagement. I needed a place to live and I needed a place quickly after I’d found out that my ex was cheating on me with pretty much every woman he met/knew. My plan was to live there long enough to get my head straight and get back on my feet and move on. I suppose I never moved on.

Well, I am moving on now. And I am VERY excited about a change. I’m very excited about getting out of the old space and into a new space and filling it with new furniture and new life.

So now, the preparation begins. It’s time to start the checklists and consider the packing and allll of the things that come along with moving. It’s a LOT…especially since I’m doing this during my chemotherapy treatment, but I think it will help me take my mind off of cancer. Do you know how depressing spending every waking moment thinking about cancer and chemotherapy is? And it was consuming all of my thoughts.

This should keep me going and on a timeline and force me to keep moving forward…keep moving! I like the sound of it.

The move date is in the beginning of July. I will take possession of the new place on July 2nd and be fully moved out of my current apartment by July 7th.

Here we go…
GS