The Newest Chapter

I am twenty-two years old. This happened a month and twenty whole days ago. And in that month and twenty days, so so so much has happened in my life.

First - I survived the second annual (and hopefully final) best-friends-losing-an-organ-extravaganza.

Secondly - I saw the final Harry Potter 5, count them, 5 times. (and cried every stinking time.)

Third - I went out of the country for the first time in my life. (To Cozumel, Mexico on a cruise with my family.)

And finally...

I moved.

This, being the biggest news, is probably what I will spend the majority of this blog talking about.

Sometime a year ago my sister mentioned moving to Tennessee and that I should go with her. Whether she was joking or not, it got the wheels in my brain spinning.

It was a crazy idea. My immediate family all lived in Texas. I still had good friends in Texas. I had a whole other "family" in Texas that I would be leaving to make the switch. But I also felt so very "stuck." I had been doing the same thing for the previous four years and was looking at continuing to do the same thing should I stay. Another thought that helped my decision making was that some of my closest friends had moved on with their lives and seemed to be thriving in their new atmosphere. We'll call them England, Alaska, Pupcaak and LiteBrite.

So after months of considering it and saving up enough money to comfortably make the move, I went through with it. I said goodbye to my friends, my 'other' family and my family; loaded up my car with everything I didn't take on my U-Haul trip in July and left for my new place August the 26th.

In these three days I have...

• Unpacked things.
• Reconstructed other things.
• Went on the first of many 2 mile walks.
• Leveled up in Star Wars: Clone Wars.
• Bought groceries.
• Installed curtain rods.
• Ordered DSL which should be installed next week.

You know, the basics.

This morning I found the water bill from last month on the counter. Apparently my parents handled that one, since we weren't there, but forgot to mention it to me. So I have also endured my first mini-panic attack.

Stay tuned! Listen closely and maybe, just maybe, you can see hints of me trying to grow up in this crazy world.