Changes and Challenges

I have lived in Johnson City for six weeks and I have updated this once... six weeks ago. I was really excited about moving and starting a blog, but I obviously was only good at the moving part. I don't even think I was good at that when I look back on the past month and a half.

Usually, I follow Maria Von Trap's instructions and "start at the very beginning" because I really do believe it's a very good place to start, but today we are starting with the most recent events and moving backwards.

Wednesday night, I drove back to Nashville for the long weekend. I was feeling a tiny bit homesick and I knew if I didn't go home for Labor Day, I wouldn't be getting home any time soon. I loved being back in Nashville, it's such an idilic little place in my mind. There's local coffee shops, good food, Lightning 100, family, friends, pets(!!!), and happiness. I had a blast and loved surprising Miracles on Thursday and Restoration on Sunday, but all good things must come to an end, and now I'm back in my apartment with a mug of tea, The Lumineers, and my World Lit book.

While I was in Nashville, I got a call from the salon at JC Penny and I accepted their job offer. I start training on Thursday and I am so very excited that I finally found a job here. 

Now, I'm going to bundle the other five weeks into a little ball. I have lost track of what I did and when it happened... 

I had a few low weeks at some point since I've moved. I was diagnosed with depression about 6 months ago and I had a hard time swallowing that pill until I moved and really felt the low. I have always said I love being alone. I love being wrapped up in my thoughts and ideas, not being interrupted by conversation and noise, but I have never wanted to have conversation and noise as much as I did in those few weeks. I, of course, was too proud to admit any of this to anyone.

I've had friends and family come to visit, I went to Bristol and saw Mumford and Sons, and I've been on so many drives to Bristol it's ridiculous. My apartment is organized and clean all of the time, and I have watched so many movies that I don't want to see another one for a few weeks. I honestly have no idea where the time went. It's hard to believe that I've lived on my own for six weeks. As a girl who's lived with her mom for twenty years, being alone for six weeks is crazy. When the two week mark hit, I realized that was the longest I'd been without seeing my family and I didn't know how to react.

(Remembering five weeks of my life is impossible...)

All in all, I love Johnson City. It grows on me daily. I started school last week and I'm looking forward to seeing how things go with the new job. I like the friends I have here and I am excited about new friendship that are forming. As a person who hates change, I think I've done pretty well with the beginning of this great adventure. Hopefully, I'll get better at updating this and I won't have to strain to remember what my life has been like since the last post.