Well, this month we've gone through quite a whirlwind. Upon investigation of my housing options for school, it became clear that I needed to move into the student apartments right next to campus. The bonus of this being it's about an 8 minute walk to and from school/work. The major bonus is that in the middle of the complex is a daycare, one of the best daycares in the state actually. And if I live in the complex, I get a whopping $100 off a month. Along with cheap rent. So, being a poor student, that seems like the place to be. Pretty good set up, right? Yes, except it became clear to me that I needed to find someone to take over my lease ASAP and vacate. I placed adds, dealt with tons of weird people calling and not showing up, and then finding someone, moving my stuff into Mary's/Thad's/storage, and then living at Mary's house all in one week. It was intense. The good news is, my loans are set up and I'm registered for classes, our apartment number is all picked out, and Zachy has a spot in the new daycare. We move AGAIN at the end of the month. Thad has remarked that in the year we've been together, I will have lived in 4 different places. Not good.
Zachary is holding up remarkably well though. He has started his potty training and is enjoying the immense applause he gets every time he pees in the toilet. Along with the sugar free gum. The only ill affect I've noticed is a constant clinginess to Mommy, which is to be expected. My one goal in all this is to be as available to him as possible until we get through our second move. I know he will love living in the new complex, there is a huge playground in the middle of the complex. The poor kid won't know what to do with the vast expanse of lawn and slides available to him 24/7. Couple that with the pool at Thad's and we've got a really fun summer for a 2.5 year old planned!
This last weekend I took an extra day off work and we tried to go camping, but the weather had other ideas. We headed home and enjoyed playing with Zach's new flashlight and sleeping bag. For the fourth, we just had a bunch of friends over to Mary's and fired up the grill. We shot off some fireworks and Zachary enjoyed the noises and sparks, much to my surprise. We had a fantastic evening. Lately I've been finding myself floored with gratitude for everything I've been given. My fantastic and fairly easy going son, my amazing family, the best boyfriend in the world, and great friends. I look back at my life and realize that this is where I've always wanted to be, in this position with all these people to love and care for. I sometimes have to just stop and say a prayer of thanks and be in awe. So, a big thank you to all of my amazing friends and family whom I love and treasure. I think of you all often!
Here are pics from the fourth!
