If I had any regular readers, other than the lovely Miss P,
I would apologize more profusely for having abandoned this blog for several
months. Life got in the way and since most of y’all are my friends, you
understand why.
The short version, for those not in the know, is that the
video game company that the husband and I had been helping to build collapsed.
No need to go into the details of why here. The collapse left us short on cash
& looking for work. After a semi-frantic search, the husband landed his
dream job in Dallas. So we uprooted our lives, yet again, and here we are a
month later, settling in to our new city.
Everything happened so fast that part of me is still
reeling. I loved Austin. I never intended to leave, but if there’s one thing
you learn as you age, it’s that life can change in the blink of an eye &
all you can do is hang on for the ride.
So far, I like Dallas well enough. It’s a very, very
different city from Austin, although not different in a way that causes
immediate hatred (for me, anyway). I definitely feel like Austin was more my
kind of place. However, I’m determined not to let the change of scenery get me
down. I wasted so much of my life feeling sad when I was younger. I can’t do it
any longer.
When I start to feel blue about the move, I remind myself of
these things: I have a very comfortable roof over my head. I have plenty of
food to eat. The husband loves his new job. Almost immediately, I landed a
part-time job that is perfect in nearly every way & that I enjoy. I’m
writing on a regular basis. I have my health. I’ve got two awesome, adorable
pets. And I have the love of a good man.
Really, what more could a person want?
Now it is my intention to pick my blog back up again. I
still have no idea where I’m going with it. I feel like this blog has yet to
hit its stride. But I believe that, some day, I’ll figure out what I want to
write about regularly. Until then, I’ll just try to update once a week and see
what happens.
I am happy you are back to posting regularly. And I am completely horrible at posting regularly on my own blogs, so I totally get it. It sounds like you've got a great frame of mind about Dallas, and I'm thrilled that both of you have jobs you like. Way to go.
ReplyDeleteThanks, P! Moving to Dallas has been a pretty positive experience thus far.
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