True change is afoot

[thrihyrne]

Two new changes that will make a tremendous difference in my world:
❶ I bought an office chair! For $20! And it's purple! This is a tremendous step towards me having an ergonomically satisfactory working life. Evan brought it in when he dropped me off this morning and already I can tell how much happier I'm going to be.
❷ Evan and I are going to move in together. We have a place! Closer in in SE, very close to our original stomping grounds— for both of us, interestingly enough. It's a complex where he's lived before and really liked it, managed by the same people, and we can move in by December 1^st. OMGYAY. Not only of being with my beloved every day, which is huge, but also that really for the first time in my adult life, I will be in a space that I co-create and in which I have my own space. Even when married my stepchildren had their own rooms, and I had nowhere to go to retreat if needed or desired. This is an incredible psychological moment for me. We are engaging in a very conscious choice to blend our lives and days in a thoughtful, respectful and joyous manner.

I could just about explode from the happy. :D :D :D :D

Comments

[grrlpup]

That's wonderful news! :D Sign me up to help either or both of you with moving, should you wish.

[thrihyrne]

Oh, thank you so much! Getting my stuff anywhere is no big deal, but Evan may opt to get movers to do it all in one go. But I'll keep you posted. :D

[snottygrrl]

congrats!

[thrihyrne]

Many thanks!! We'll be able to have people over— what a concept. ;)

[espresso_addict]

That's a wonderful change in your life! And I'm with you on the private space -- however close you are, it's useful to have somewhere to retreat.

[thrihyrne]

Yes, that element is especially important; a therapist I was seeing the last year or so of my marriage pointed out that while my stepchildren, who were with us less than half the time, had their own rooms, I really had no solo space. Granted, neither did my wasband, but he didn't seem to need it as much. It will be very, very strange to think of closing the door while around Evan, though!

[espresso_addict]

Might I say how much I like the word 'wasband' :)