~Well, obviously, I look forward to year round water. I will take with me a water conservative habit that will surely be with me the rest of my life... that is a very good thing. But honestly, the water has not been too big of a deal, oh ya, except for last year when both of our storage tanks froze and we survived 4 months on 1000 gallons of water! That sucked! I am so looking forward to never having to deal with that again!!
~Trash removal and recycling right at my curb! What a luxury! How nice it will be to not bring garbage bags with me every time I leave the house! I am in a very good habit of recycling everything recyclable, but it has not been easy up here. I have to store all of my recycling and drive it into Park City. How lovely it will be to just put it in the blue can and let the city drive off with it :)
~ Furnace! Oh how I have missed thou furnace! I used to think my little old 1928 house was cold... I had no idea how good I had it! Now I can have a fire because I want to have a fire, not because there is no other source of heat.
~ It may sound silly to you, but I can't wait to order a pizza and have it delivered to my door!!! Sometimes you just don't feel like making anything, and frozen pizzas have gotten really old around our house!
~ My garden. I LOVE to garden. You have no idea how disturbing it is to wake up one morning and find that the deer have eaten EVERYTHING you planted over the last few months all the way to the ground in one night! (well, except Barb and Chuck, you feel my pain here) No more cages around the trees, no more chasing the deer off in the middle of the night. I will sleep so much better now knowing that my flowers will still be there in the morning :)
~ The grocery store is a block away, not a half hour drive. I guess I have learned to buy more groceries less often living here, but it will be nice not to have to bag dinner and have ramen noodles again just because I forgot one ingredient. I can just take the dog for a quick walk up the street and get it!
~ Speaking of DOGS~ I look forward to a good old trusty fenced yard! No more wondering where my dog has been for the past 2 hours. No more deer legs in the driveway, or nasty emails and phone calls explaining that my dog has been out chasing the neighbors pet geese and how badly that upsets the Grandkids! I will not miss that, not one bit!
~ Visitors, it will be nice to have visitors again. We get a little lonely up here. It will be nice to have friends stop by once in a while, not just once a year. I guess I will have to get in the habit of changing out of our PJ's even on the days we don't have to leave the house, did I just say that out loud?
~ A paved driveway and concrete sidewalks. As much as I sometimes despise the concrete jungle world we have created, it does serve it's purpose. The boys got new bikes for Christmas, (I guess the little Elf on the Shelf must have overheard Greg and I talking about moving and passed the news on to Santa) Now the boys will have plenty of places to ride their new bikes!
~ I look forward to being within blocks of all of these things~ The kids school, my gym, lots of great city parks, Pei Wei, the dollar theater, and Nordstrom Rack!!!
We have so much to look forward to and so much to reflect on once we leave. I wont even go into the things I will miss, I think it is pretty obvious just by reading my blog. I am in a state of confusion. I know we are making the right choice, but man, this is a hard move. I hope it gets easier once we have left. This has been quite the journey. I am so glad that Rachel talked me into starting this blog. It has made for a wonderful journal of our time spent here. I feel like I can come back here anytime. I think I will start a new blog once we make the move. Maybe private, maybe not, but I feel like this is a chapter done, maybe even a whole book. We are moving out with the old and in with the new.... Much change is coming soon.
6 comments:
You have lots to be excited about. You love being close to stuff. I'm jealous!
Suzan, thank you for sharing so many of your feelings about this move. I think it is a great idea to start to look for the good things about this change of address. Since it is going to happen no matter what,look ahead to all the advantages of what you are doing, and there are many.
Your words make your feelings so clear. Change is always hard, you are strong and looking at the positives of your life ahead is a big help. You have made a lifetime of memories in your short stay at Rockapulco, memories for all of us. What can I do to help, besides keep the boys for you next weekend. You know Gary and I will be there anyway we can.
Hugs and kisses
Isn't it amazing how much we take for granted in our lives? I'm sure you are much more aware of it than we are.
I'm so glad you started blogging too. I feel SOOOO much more connected to you, your mom, even my mom & siblings. Viva technology!
I love reading your blog. You always know how to capture a feeling. We'll miss hanging out on your balcony and sleeping on your floor. ;) Good luck with your new adventure~keep moving forward! At least we can hang out more. Can't wait to see you Saturday~ and NO KIDS!! :)
That was a very precise list! Amazing the things we don't realize we have right at our fingertips. I am sure it is all bittersweet for you. I can see the sorrow and loss you will feel when you leave that beautiful place behind, but you now have new eyes to see the simple conveniences of city living with, something you probably didn't have before. It's all a trade off, and all a part of your story.
Moving is NEVER easy. Whenever we experience a move, whether up the street, or acrossed state lines, it throws me for a major loop. I don't do well with it. I will be thinking of you and sending you good, positive, hopeful vibes. Life will be great for you in the city. And I will be able to see you more too, I suspect. Love ya, gal!
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