A New Chapter In Life...

Today we started packing for Kansas City. The ABF truck (the company driving our stuff to KC) arrived this morning, Tyson and his "crew" worked their tail off wrapping and loading furniture, and I tried as much as I could to pack things into boxes in a somewhat orderly fashion while trying to entertain Eden.

I no longer know what day it is, what time it is, where to find anything, what my day-to-day plans are (or even hour-to-hour for that matter), and what lies ahead. But I guess that's what happens when you are moving from one place to another and starting a new chapter in your life....This chapter is called "Med School".

...Actually, that would be TYSON'S chapter. I'm afraid that mine may end up being, "Living in a new place with no family or friends close by, except a one-year-old, not knowing what to do with myself with all my free, lonely time while Tyson is living his chapter in life called Med School"....

I admit that I'm afraid of change. I am excited, but afraid. Tyson and I have never really lived in a place we could call "our own". Heck, for over a year we haven't even lived BY OURSELVES. We currently live with Tyson's parents and before that we lived with an older couple that we helped cook and clean for. Before that we lived in a basement apartment that was fully furnished and was incredibly strict about painting or hanging things on walls, limiting our designing creativity. Now Tyson is going to KC on Monday with Hayden to paint our little townhouse (and we are even using accent colors on walls, nothing dramatic by any means) and we have the liberty to tear things down, build things up, put things on walls, and see how LITTLE amount of furniture we own. Although, we lucked out and got a washer and dryer from a neighbor, a futon from my grandma, a spare bedroom bed from my mom, and many other donations from people of which we are eternally grateful.

In fact, there is so much and so many people that I am eternally grateful for. Moving has made me think back on all those things. I haven't had to pay for groceries or housing for over a year. I've been able to visit family at least every other weekend and not feel pressure over how much gas we are using. I have so many friends and family that gave me baby clothes, baby toys, baby EVERYTHING so I've pretty much only needed to buy diapers, wipes, and baby food during Eden's first year of life. We've come across so many people and things and people who HAVE things where if anything we have too much stuff instead of too little like poor newly weds should be worried about. And we haven't gone into debt once (in fact we've kept a decent amount saved). All of these things are about to change...and yet, I'm still excited.

So, thank you to everyone who has helped Tyson and I during our first few chapters in life here in Utah. We wish we could do more to show our love and appreciation. We'll miss you all. Life will be scary, but exciting, and I'll try to keep all of you who look at my blog updated every step of the way.