01/25/2024: Home Sweet New Home

We’re finally settling into our new lives in our new home in our new city. We’ve been busy, and sick, ever since we got here a couple of weeks ago. It feels like it’s been longer than that. But we’re finally starting to feel 100% again health wise, and Caleb started his new job. 

I know we’ll feel like fish out of water for a while. We’re almost done with all the adult obligations that we have to do, and I’ve almost got all the house essentials I want to make our place our own. I know we’re going to like it here. I just hope the new job was worth the big move. 

Maybe that’s why I feel like I’m floating; I’m anxiously waiting to see how things pan out. I want us to be happy with the choice we made, and to learn how to live even better and healthier lifestyles while we’re here. We both get random pangs of longing for home, where things were cozy and comfortable. I’ll always remember our little studio in Dallas, Caleb’s work friends and colleagues, the baristas at my favorite coffee shop, and of course, my weekly escape to that familiar place that felt like my own.

I’m in a weird state of limbo as I learn how to live a new life and seek out some new places to frequent and get lost in. The routine may take a new shape, but I know the bones, the foundation I built, are still there. I don’t want to give up anything I’ve worked hard for, and I don’t intend to. I may have to approach things in a different way, but I see that as another opportunity to grow and learn how to adapt in this new place. 

I find comfort in knowing that I know some people here, some old friends that aren’t too far. And I look forward to the prospect of meeting new people that maybe I can partake in some of my hobbies with. I’ve been really wanting an opportunity like that. To get to be a nerd with a group of like minded nerds that love the things I love. 

As I reminisce on home, I also feel optimistic that this city will soon feel like home too. I think it’s just weird because I’ve never lived anywhere else in my life. But in a way, as you get older, every place sort of feels the same; you don’t get that same feeling you get as a kid where even the next town over is the adventure of a lifetime. But I guess that’s okay. I look forward to making this place mine, and having the time to accomplish my goals with my love without interruptions.