In true Jennifer fashion I have been putting off and putting off writing after the hurry and scurry of these last few weeks. I was pleasantly surprised by my parents dropping in from 750 miles away for Christmas and they shared in Bug’s beginning love for all that is the holidays. Bit also impressed them with her three months of constant growth. She is certainly not a preemie anymore. Then the New Year came in with the girls promptly getting sick and my teeth suddenly falling apart. Oh, and Bit’s baby dust count is officially up to 22 now. During a quick iPhone scan of the blog to remind me of what I really should be doing with myself, I discovered a comment on one of my postings. Let me tell you, Kari, THAT was motivating!
Speaking of January, yes, it is a New Year and a new start, but that is not the fresh start the title of this piece refers to. I am not opposed to resolutions, but I do have a tendency to use the milestone for a reason to procrastinate beginning behavior changes I should just start today. I also use my birthday as a resolution start date for any number of goals.
No, this fresh start is the announcement of another move. Like any modern day nomad I find a move full of infinite possibilities for a new life free from clutter, free from bad habits and free from the weight of worry. Oh, the perfect life awaiting me in a new destination! Only this move isn’t to a new and exciting place, this is a move home. We are finally getting back to Colorado, which means all my HGTV watching will culminate in a home purchase and the eventual home decorating spree I have been plotting for a decade or more or more or more because we won’t be buying right away.
It seems that Balanced Rock will take a turn toward a common social trend occurring thanks to tougher economic times. This move will have us moving in to my mother-in-law’s (MIL) basement while we pay off debt and look for the right house in the right place. This choice was actually an easy one to make and while it is easy to joke about being a boomerang child, we don’t exactly fit the mold of modern boomerang kids. It makes a lot of sense for us and we are lucky that we don’t have to move and feel forced to settle when we buy for the first time because we don’t have anywhere to go.
The basement we speak of is about 1000 sq feet with two large bedrooms and a full bathroom. This is plenty of transitional space for a family of four to have to themselves, especially since our current rental is only about 1400 sq ft. There will still be room for the desk, the beds, the cribs, the TV and the play things without being under foot of the current homeowner. The shared space will the be kitchen and the laundry and my MIL is thrilled to have a wife and two kids ready to greet her with home cooked dinners and a full table when she comes home from work. The backyard is enormous and connected to a city park ready for baseball games and climbing walls. After putting the girls to bed Muffin and I can slip into the hot tub with a glass of wine escape for some actual adult conversation time rather than zoning to the TV. My MIL is a very CLEAN person, so the guilt I feel messing up her house will likely force my cluttering habits to straighten up quickly. In fact, we may never move out and just take over her house.
Of course, I jest about never moving out. We will find our plot of land in the mountain shadow and set up shop eventually. But before that can happen I have to do what has become one of my strongest skills in the last 8 years or so, planning a move. Going back to my discipline question from a month or so ago, a quick solution to my discipline problem is having a deadline. There is nothing like a deadline to whip me into shape and sharpen my scattered edges into razor precision. It’s the producer in me, or ass prod as I love to call it. Need a story written fifteen minutes before air, ON IT. Need to rearrange the rundown to accommodate for an error in video, ON IT. Have six weeks to clear out an entire house, twiddle thumbs then ON IT.
Not this time. No, THIS TIME it will all be done in advance. All the boxes will be easily labeled for storage unit or house. We will sort through all the stuff we don’t need to clear it away instead of just moving it with us again. The storage unit will be packed with aisles so we can easily access kitchen stuff or books or what-have-you’s. Oh, yes, THIS TIME the move will be a well-oiled machine fine-tuned to pristine Virgo perfection just as it is in my head. And THIS TIME, when the results match the vision, it will be the spark I have needed to wake up the disciplined side of me. THIS TIME the fresh start will balance the id with the ego and life will match the fantasy. All the bad habits I have slipped into here, all the ways I have modeled and taught for wasting time and energy, all the junk that has piled up will stay here and I get a clean slate. Ah, the fresh start in a familiar place. Now that’s exciting!
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