I didn't realize how much I had been stuck in a rut until I felt the relief of everything changing all at once.
Moving has been a month-long process that still hasn't ended, and while I didn't move very far from my old apartment, it is still all very new and adventurous (and awesome!). Cam and I are now officially the proud owners of an honest-to-goodness couch! We bought it for $70 from a friend of his, and I am happy to say that it is not as purple as it appeared in the photos. Last week on Tuesday, we also made a trip to Indiana to visit Cam's very generous family, and came back to Chicago with a TV, kitchen supplies and more. We are still living surrounded by boxes and are lacking quite a bit of furniture, but piece by piece we are turning our apartment into a home.
Sadly, we left a hunk of Cam's bumper on the side of the highway somewhere outside of Gary. A semi in front of us lost a tread, which hit and then went under the car and took off chunks of both the front and back bumpers (and snapped the wiper fluid hose, and dented the radiator--it's still in the shop). But we didn't get hurt, and we were still able to drive the rest of the way to Lafayette and Indianapolis, so I'll say it's all part of the adventure!
I also started training yesterday with the National Runaway Safeline (NRS). I'm thrilled to be digging in to something totally new. I'm also terrified I will say the wrong thing and the kids will hate me--it's basically the first day of high school. But while my new(ish) office is a much better environment to work in than the old one, I am not really being challenged, so this is a good kind of nervous-exited terror. Yesterday was the first of six training sessions that I will complete over the next couple of weeks in the process of becoming an NRS "liner." So far I'm very impressed with what NRS does, and with the awesome people who work and volunteer there--it helps to know that they will have my back when that first phone call comes to my phone.
One adventure I've backed off of over the past month is fitness. I'm amazed at how quickly progress at the gym can be reversed--where did my muscles go? I'm sure my pizza and take-out diet isn't helping. I am getting better now that I've moved, but not better enough to make up for that last week before I moved when I didn't cook for an entire week (oh Taste of Thai 2 and your $0 delivery fee, why are you so delicious?!). It is especially problematic that I haven't been running, either, and I am signed up to run a 5k this week on Thursday (the Race Judicata to raise money for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services). Here's hoping I don't keel over, and my next adventure had better involve some weights.
