We Made It!
It still hasn’t hit me that I am in Montana to stay. To STAY. It seems odd to me that something so obvious and matter-of-fact doesn’t “feel” real. But, in time, I’m sure the feeling will arrive…and probably with a slight panic attack if I’m completely honest. Packing the house was one thing. Packing items […]
And We’re Out!
It seems weird to know that I won’t be walking back into this building again (and, yes, that’s my school though it may not look like one). And it seems weird to have no job! But, yesterday went well. I have a few ways that I plan on staying in touch with them for the […]
The Beginning of Good Bye
I can honestly say that things are still not truly feeling real. I sit in a half empty house starring at items that still need to be put into boxes. Yet I don’t feel the pressure to pack them. Yesterday I went and signed some of the closing documents (the rest I will be signing […]
Packing ADD
I. HATE. PACKING. Any kind of packing. Packing lunch. Packing for a weekend. Packing for a week’s vacation. Packing a snack for Liam. I just hate packing. In my head there are just to many “what if’s”. What if Liam wants goldfish instead of pretzels? Just bring both. What if it’s cold in the morning […]
One Way Ticket on a Westbound Plane
It took me over a week to get this screen to appear on my computer. Booking a one-way ticket to Montana proved to be hard. There was a lot of inward coaxing going on. “You’ve got this Loren. You can do this. You’ll be back in June. Just do it. The ticket’s going to get […]
Are we moving? Are we not?
Whew! I am writing this now in the middle of baking FIVE CAKES. Well, kind of. As if I don’t have enough on my plate I took on the challenge of making Liam’s birthday cake. And I don’t mean a box cake in a cake pan covered in canned icing and littered with sprinkles. Oh […]
Moving: Part 1
So I’ve been back in North Carolina for fourteen days. I truly was on vacation for those two weeks in Montana. There were no emails to catch up on, no papers to grade, no meetings to attend, no alarm clock to wake up to (other than Liam). But, it’s back to reality and reality hit […]
Snow Won’t Stop Me…Now
If you wait for the perfect conditions, you’ll never go. Everyone has some type of fear. And I have a few strong ones. I do not like being lost (or feeling lost). Just today, I was driving around in a neighborhood to see if there were any houses for sale and I noticed that the GPS […]
I’m NOT Dreaming of a White Christmas
December 25, 2010. My first, true, white Christmas. (Although my parents may correct me. There may have been one when I lived in St. Louis as a kid). It was gorgeous. Snow flakes coming down. Side streets completely white. Everyone dreams of a white Christmas – or at least we are convincing when we sing […]
Where’s my baby?
That is so gross.How hard is it to just pick them up?They must be so lazy. These are all thoughts I had for years when putting children into their cars during car line duty at school. I would see toys thrown around the floorboards of cars and piles of Cheerios lying in car seats. I […]