Life Keeps Moving

Over halfway through the year....  How does that happen??  One minute you're ringing in the New Year, the next minute it's July.  Funny how time flies. 

I have spent the last several months slowing things down a little, remembering how to say no, and letting things go.  I am choosing my friends much more carefully these days and finally learned the lesson that just because people are in your family of origin, doesn't mean they should be in your life (or on your Facebook.)   Unbeknownst to almost everyone, late last year we decided to try to have another baby.  After four unsuccessful tries (and thousands of dollars) we decided to put that dream away for awhile.  I'm still saddened by it.  I still cry about it sometimes and I still want to kick people in the shins when they say, "Well, at least you have Allyssa and Max."  I know, I know... People are just trying to be nice.  Please don't send me any hate mail.  I get it. 

Life has been less than perfect for the past several months and I am ready for a change.

So, the Bailey's are on the move.  We decided late May to look for a bigger house.  The house we currently live in was my house B.L. (Before Lisa)  It's a great house in a nice neighborhood.  But when I bought it, I thought I would be an empty-nester within 10 years of purchase.  I thought I would have a kid away in college - just me and my dog occupying all that space.  When I chose that house, I never in a million years thought that within 5 years of purchase I would be married.  That I would have multiple step-dogs and only a year and a half after the wedding would have a baby on the way!  And while my other little bird jumped out of the nest, she jumped a little too early and came back.  That being said, with the housing market the way it is, we knew it was both a perfect time for us to get a much bigger house and also to be able to rent our current house. 

We thought it would be the end of the year before we would find what we were looking for since we knew very specifically what we wanted and where we wanted it to be.  We looked at our first three houses on June 2nd.  The second of the three was perfect.  June 6th our contract was accepted and we'll be closing on the new house in just a couple of weeks. 

A bigger house won't keep my calendar clear, it won't keep people from asking me to commit to things I don't want to do.  It won't keep my friends loyal, or make my family normal and it certainly won't bring me a baby.  BUT it will keep me from having a basketball goal and a Little Tikes Tool  Bench in my living room and for THAT I am truly grateful! 

Sometimes things are crappy, sometimes they're not.  Life keeps moving...