growing up

This past weekend I got to tour the little (actually...500,000 people) town that we will call home in just a short few months. Jeff is moving there the first week in December for work, and I will be following behind and moving there after we tie the knot in August.

I have got to say, it was alittle different than I thought. Seeing my future town. Future surroundings. Future schools I may teach at. To me, it was a little emotional. The changes that are about to happen. The emotions of leaving a town I know so well, and love so very much. Leaving something that makes me feel comfortable. I'm not going to lie, it was a little hard to take in at first. Okay...really hard to take in.

But then I calmed myself (because I may or may not be a  little dramatic) and thought about why I will be leaving everything I knew so well behind me. It was because I am starting a new chapter, and building a new place I call "home". And that...is well worth the changes, even though they aren't easy to take in at first.

If you would have ever told me at age 22 I would be engaged, looking for places to live, moving to a new town, then I would have told you that you were absolutely freaking nutso. But now that I AM in that position, I couldn't image myself not doing these things, especially doing them with someone I love so much.

Today we actually went to Best Buy to look at washer & dryers. This...my friends, made me SUPER excited (weird...yes I know). It was something fiance & I are going to find together, for our future home, and that made me all sorts of giddy. I never knew washer & dryers could be so damn exciting. I was opening them up, making sure I couldn't fall in getting laundry, making sure it could fit our large amount of clothes, and comparing prices, etc. I tell ya, it was a weird feeling. But an awesome one.


However, it was nothing like the feeling of when we went around our future town looking at houses. Super stoked is exactly what I was. I was making Jeff stop at every house that had information by their for sale sign. Found about 500 keepers. Really, I wanted them like...right that very second. It was definitely something I won't get tired of doing anytime soon. However, take my house and you die. :)

Anyway the point is...even though these changes are really hard for me at first, and extremely overwhelming the end result is absolutely beyond rewarding. I cannot wait to begin our life TOGETHER, in a place we both can call our home and make the best of memories.

For now...I'm going to enjoy the ride, be open-minded, and hug my current town because I am going to miss the bajesus out of it!