It's Gonna Be a Bumpy Ride

These next 12 months are going to be a whirlwind. Starr got a new position at work, so she'll get off at 11 instead of 9. She has spring break at the end of Febuary - beginning of March so that' s when we will be moving most of our stuff to a storage unit in Billings. We'll live with the basic neccessities until I move to Lewistown in April and Starr moves into an on-campus apartment for the summer. This summer I'll watch the Martin kids and Starr will do her internship and maintain her job at Sykes. In August we will move to Billings; Starr will look for a job in her field (social work) and I'll find and a job and start school. In the meantime, I'm trying to make the best of it here. Starr and I just started an online book club. If you'd like to check it out here's the link: http://letsdiscussthatbook.forumotion.com/

We are waiting to hear back from Medicaid so they can start remodeling the Lewistown. The quicker they are home the better. I am ready to be home, too. It's nice to be around people that know you and 'get' you. My whole family will be living under the same roof for 4 months, the last time that happened was July 22, 2010. A little healing heart period.

2012

2012 is something I excited for. Last week, Starr told me we are moving home! We have been on the fence about moving to Montana or staying here for another year or two. We both really like our jobs and we love our apartment but I think its best for us to be closer to our families.

 Starr is graduating in April with a degree in social work and a degree in psychology. Then we will live in North Dakota until August, when she is finished with her internship we will move to Billings, Montana. She is applying for at UND for their online social work master's program and hoping to start that in May. I'm hoping to start cosmetology school at Blanco Blanco next fall.

2012 can't be any worse then 2011. If we made it out of this year alive, nothing is gonna stop us. I'm really excited to be home in Montana. I'm ready to be around our loved ones and be able to see Kenzie or my parents without having to drive 9 hours. North Dakota is okay, but it isn't home. The only people that I'll miss here are Rosie, Ternes and the Ambers.

I'm ready to be in the same town as Katie, Sandra and Perry. I didn't love Billings when I lived there before, but I didn't realize how important it is to be so close to loved ones. I'm not sure if Billings is going to be our forever home where we buy a house and start to live out those post-school dreams but we don't need to decide now.  All that being said, August is still 10 long months away. Waiting is gonna make me crazy.

On a side note, I still have my days but with the support of my loved ones and a little help from bupropion, things are starting to be a little brighter. I miss Kenzie, probably even more now then I ever have, but watching videos of her moving and seeing new pictures of her gives me hope for her future.

I have brown hair now. It still freaks me out, but my woman likes it and that's what counts. :)