All the First Pages

Things are a-changing.

Some things already have. Such as, I moved back to Colorado. Started a new job. Met new roommates and moved in with them. Pay my own bills.

On Thursday, Dad will officially live in the state again. Mom will not be far behind. I'm pretty glad about this...but there is an element of nostalgia too. I will never live in our house of almost six years again. My family will stretch from Nashville all the way to the Front Range of Colorado. Sometimes I feel like a broken record talking about this so much but it's basically the theme of my life now and will continue to be for several months. Kansas City became more like a home in the year I lived there, but now it too will become another closed chapter in our lives.

I see the positive in the changes. It's been a breath of fresh air for me to have regained my independence. I might have cried intermittently on the drive from Kansas to Colorado...but that was the last time. And it has been such a good thing for me to set about conquering a new city, a new job, and basically living like any other 'adult' would. I'm thankful that my parents will be back in the place they love the most and that they will have a chance to serve one more church before Dad retires.

But I'm a little sad too. I miss friends. I miss The freaking Gathering. I miss my family's dogs, the kennel I worked at, and I miss being able to have a family dinner every so often. So, someone, whenever it turns muggy and gross there...please tell me. So that I can miss that place a little less.

You guys. Can I just tell you that it's ABOUT TIME that someone launched something like this! I hope their locations include Denver!!

Holy Hectic

My mom suggested to me today that I write a picture blog with my time off from work. I protested the idea because my room is so messy. SOOO messy. But then I took pictures anyway.

Exhibit A (walking in the door)



Exhibit B (90 degrees to the left)



Exhibit C (another 90 degrees)



Exhibit D (making use of every piece of wall)



This was after filling the closet as much as the picture above shows. AND it has gotten even BIGGER since this picture. I think I need to make a run to Goodwill.



The most important belonging of all.



Just to prove I was here...



PS, Mom/Dad...were these a present from you guys? I found them in the midst of all my stuff.



Coolest kid on the block.



Peace in the middle west.