I have been noticeably absent (to my five loyal followers)
in recent months. And they have been crazy
months. Our big news is that we are moving to Wisconsin this summer!
That move means that we have to sell our house. We have
spent the past few weeks painting nearly every wall in our house, replacing
countertops, cleaning, and sending many loads to Goodwill in preparation to put
our house on the market.
There are so many great things that have happened to us
recently. Steve got the job as the head of high school at a private day school.
I got a job as a math teacher in the same school. Our girls were accepted to
the school as well. We are genuinely excited about the school and think it will
be a great place for all four of us. We will be moving closer to my family. We
put our house on the market and immediately received a lot of good feedback. We
have an offer on the house and are ready to go to contract. We are so lucky. So
so so lucky.
But the past month has been hard. While a move has put us
closer to my family, it will also take us further away from Steve’s family. I
say “Steve’s family” but it is our family,
and it makes me sad to leave them. We told the girls about the move. Caroline
is unable to really understand what is happening and so she has been pretty
positive (and she is just a go-with-the-flow kind of kid to begin with). Lucy,
on the other hand, has been sad. She has put on the brave face to people
outside of our family, but she has expressed anxiety and sadness to Steve and
me about leaving Connecticut. For the adults, it was tough to tell friends that
we are leaving. I can’t say that I am meant to be in Fairfield County forever,
but we have made some amazing friends here. I will miss them a lot next year.
I’m genuinely happy and excited about the move. But I’m sad.
And it’s hard to balance those feelings while trying to get the girls to be
excited about all of the changes that are coming their way. It’s hard to
explain to them why we have to move and why we got new jobs (a question that
Lucy is always asking). I’m also trying to be patient with the girls while
being incredibly stressed myself about all of the moving parts of our move –
packing, hiring a mover, finding a new place to live, finishing up my job here in CT, etc. It’s so
consuming.
So, a brief summary: good news, move to Wisconsin, stressful
but happy times, and great opportunity for all four of us.
I tell Lucy constantly: I am nervous too, but I know that
the four of us will be together and so I know it will be okay. It will all be
okay.
