Crazy I know! Me, make a decision? Ridiculous. No seriously, it has happend. This fall myself and my partner in crime, Mr. Shows will be moving to the east coast! Charleston, SC to be exact.
For those of you who've known me a few years (since July 07 to be exact), you know that I went on vacation to South Carolina, and fell in love with it. For those who didn't, now you do. Being there, with my feet in the endless, humbling water- it just felt like home. More than once I'd see "hiring" signs on restaurant and store windows, and would be tempted..."if only I could get a job here, and just never leave..."
Well, I did have to leave, I was there with my (then)husbands family, and had to go home to him. That time with my feet in the ocean, the reflecting, the self realization that I came to, meant that when I came home to this husband of mine- I knew that I didn't want him to be my husband anymore.
That has lead me through a very interesting 2 years and 10 months of rebuilding my life, and having some of the most entertaining adventures on the way. I've loved growing (though it has come with a few growing pains), and learning about myself in the meantime, but I've always had this want to return to the ocean where I believe I left some part of me.
I've been living with my boyfriend/love of my life/best friend/snuggle buddy now for a few months, and he jokes with me one night and says "why can't we just pack a couple of bags and run away?" Number 1- you all know that would be funny as it would have to be a "couple of bags of shoes, a couple of bags of clothes, a couple of bags of bags" for me, Number 2- where would we run to? So it started out as a joke, and it soon became a reality. I graduate this fall, our lease is up in December, we don't have kids, dogs, baby mamas, or a mortgage to make it hard to move from here... so why not?
How do you pick a new home though? I thought moving to another side of town would be a hard enough decision, but to another state? So we made lists, asked friends (and mojo), looked on moving websites, and statistics- the whole deal. It was stressful! So the other night I ask him how would he decide where to go? He tells me, if it was just him by himself, he'd just pick a new city, and leave. So we did. I asked him how Charleston sounded, and he said let's do it. Decision: accomplished :)
I'm so excited and so nervous it's crazy, but I'm ready for a new adventure! Indianapolis and I are coming up on our 4 year anniversary- and it will be hard to say good bye to this beautiful city that I have had a very torrid affair with, and to all my wonderful friends that have made this place really home. BUT, it's time to grow, it's time to move, and it's time to give you all a new destination for vacation next summer.
Over the next few months I'll be blogging the craziness, all of it, of getting ready for a move like this. The good, the bad, the out of control.
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