The Times they are a-changing

a year ago... almost to the day, i moved out of my "marital room" and into the "spare -oom" (go ahead, hear the narnia lingo in your head). it was at that moment, i became, somewhat, homeless. no longer living in a home that i had created with my husband, but instead sleeping on a HORRIBLE futon mattress on the floor of the room where arts and crafts normally took place.

From there, i moved in with a sweet and adorable cousin of sean's and stayed in her "spare -oom" with only a few things of my own that i needed on a daily basis. and then about 3 months later, moved to Detroit where my gracious soon-to-be-ex-sister-in-law, allowed me to stay through winter while i tried to get my feet back under me. Everything i owned packed in boxes in her basement with the exception of the clothes i needed and a few girly lotions and a picture of my precious little niece. As Winter began to dwindle, i moved once again to stay with a friend downriver till i could secure a place of my own - in what i hoped would be - 2 months. i flew to arkansas for work in that time and all along yearned for a place to call home. all of my previous stays, were indeed homey and i most certainly couldn't have made it this far without them. but there is something to be said for having a little piece of earth, even if rented, that you can say "mine" to. that you can decorate. where you can let your hair down in a way you can't anywhere else. there is just something to be said for that.

and alas, i have secured such a place... finally. a little apartment surrounded by trees and parks and a lake, in ypsi. Unfortunately, i found such a little jem the week before i was to leave for Arkansas for two weeks... so the extent of "moving in" was my couch, bench, and a chaise lounge before i left for work.

and then upon my return, i found out i would be leaving again for Arkansas in two weeks. less than one week from today. so that means two weeks to move. two weeks to get my life into some kind of order before i jet off to the ozarks to be all consumed by work. and this same two weeks, has overlapped the two weeks that my dear friends husband has been gone with the national guard for training. which is wonderful. but he leaves behind 6 children, ages - 12, 11, 10 ,9 and twin 7 month old babies. THAT in a nutshell... overwhelming and yet... each child has there own issues, it's a blended family of the most extreme modern blended family and one of the child has possibly autism. uncaught till now. so these two weeks have been taken over with helping out a friend. which i love doing. but i don't think work really cares.... i wonder if i spun it that really... i was helping the country. because it's stepping up to assist in the absence of a man that is training to help the country... i wonder if that would work??? it's a thought.

so my life. in a nutshell, is spinning. helping national guard widows, keeping up with work, unpacking boxes, finding and purchasing needed things like - plates (more poor dog is STILL eating dinner out of box lid) and somehow finding time to spend with my darling thomas. it's a lot. but i have faith that this is just a season of life.

but looking back to where i started a year ago... i've come a long way.