Life in Virginia

So we finally completed our move to Virginia!  We began the moving process on June 18th and finally moved into our house on July 16th.  The move was fairly uneventful with us spending an entire month with my parents in Ocean City and having our items in storage.  The movers moved us into the house in one day and it was an extremely HOT day!  I just don't know how the movers do that job, day in and day out.  I was tired just watching them climb the three flights of stairs, over and over again.  We didn't have a lot of damage to our items and the damage we did have were items that can be replaced or fixed easily.

Now that we have been living here for two months, we have just really come to the conclusion that we miss New Bern so much!  I have always wanted to move back to a city that has a lot to do and lots of restaurants and shopping.  Well we are here, and its tough to take advantage of all of those things with a newborn!  Now would be the perfect time to live in New Bern where there isn't a lot to do or a lot of restaurants to dine.  The traffic is still terrible and it takes forever to get anywhere.  Just to drive 6-8 miles, takes about 25-30 minutes because of all the lights and cars.  We also do not have the friend circle that we used to have so we feel pretty isolated, or maybe thats just me, since Ricky has his classmates.

I have tried "Mom Groups" and bible studies and other similar groups but I just can't get excited about them.  When we were in the squadron I felt like we had instant friends and people that just "got you."  Now that we are in VA we are meeting all types of people and it takes more effort to get to know them and sometimes you can tell that you are just not going to hit it off.  Don't get me wrong, I have met people, I just think I am spoiled by having so many amazing friends in NC and I just miss them.

The one aspect that we are loving, are all of the beautiful parks that Virginia has to offer.  We have several a stones throw a way and we have enjoyed taking Grant in the stroller and watching his fascination with trees grow.  I can only imagine that in a year from now we'll be visiting the parks daily,  to meet Grant's wishes.    

This transition (from working professional without children to a Stay-At-Home-Mom) has been a lot tougher on me than I expected.  I adore Grant and I wouldn't change my situation at all; going back to work is not the answer, but I just wish I had people to do things with or motivation to accomplish a lot during the day.  Other than my daily run with Grant in the stroller, I lack the motivation to do anything but empty the dishwasher, vacuum my floors and play with Grant.  I think thats probably okay, but I still feel like I should be doing more.  I sorta feel like I am missing out on something, but whats crazy is that the one thing I am NOT missing out on is my child's life, the one thing I can never get back and the one thing thats MOST important.  As they say, this too shall pass, and I have a feeling this lifestyle of mine will begin to grow on me.  I am just so blessed that I am able to stay home with Grant because there are many moms out there who don't have the choice and would probably do anything to be in my situation.