The Good Life

Whenever one chapter in life closes and another is about to open I think it is natural to reflect. The last few days, as I have been doing a lot of “lasts,” last time to my grocery store, last time seeing that smiling face, last day driving by that building, last time eating my favorite salad in the world…I have been very sad. I have met some WONDERFUL (stress WONDERFUL) people in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota and I will miss them dearly. I know that life is going to be extremely challenging for the next six years in Texas, mostly because I will be lucky to see my husband, and even luckier to see him awake. I am bracing myself for a lot of loneliness…being in a new, big city with no partner to explore it with me. (VISITORS WELCOME, home cooked meal included) But, he accomplished his goal and is going where he wants to be. I was able to accomplish my first career goal in Omaha, and now I will have to make new ones…goals not just in my career but to balance my life. Ohh…this will be a wild ride.
My sister in law Chrissa inspired this post, as I saw this that she wrote about herself and it was extremely interesting. I learned things I never knew. This forced me to remember things I have done and I must say, Nebraska has been the best thing that has happened to me in a while. I have loved it here. I have become ME here.

Since living in Omaha…
Things I have been (in chronological order)…a wife, a kitty mama, a copier sales rep, a pharmaceutical sales consultant, a pontiac driver, a first time homeowner, a decorator, a boxer mama, a healthy cook, a jeep driver, a good wife, able to live on a budget, a neat & clean freak, a pacifica driver, a baker, a very hard worker, a good girlfriend to girlfriends, a husker fan, a 1600 miles per week driver, a photographer, a President’s Circle winner, a volvo driver, proud of my accomplishments, a doctor’s wife, a captain’s wife, a better person than I was when I got here.

When living in Texas...
Things I hope to be...a mommy, a patient wife, a busy person, an educator, a painter (again!), a great friend to girlfriends, a volunteer, a master budgeter, a gardener, conscious of the environment, an even better person than when I got there. And surely this list will grow…