A Fresh Start

Life feels like it has really come full circle. I know that it is because we are going back to where it all started. I am really pleased with the orders we received today. Going back to Ft. Meade, Maryland is like going home. My first grown up home was in Maryland. My first baby was born in Maryland. Maryland is the beginning of so many things for me and Eddie. I can't imagine what it's going to be like living in the urban jungle of Baltimore and D.C. after so man years in quaint historical areas like Williamsburg and Norfolk. How will I make brand new friends after so many years with the same people I've known since Morgan was just 9 months old? I told Morgan where we were going and she didn't seem to be too impressed. I know she has no mental map in her brain. To make it clear to her I told her we would no longer live in Newport News, Va and we would go back to the place she was born and where she spent her time as a baby. I'm excited for the fresh start in Maryland. Morgan will begin Kindergarten in a great school. I will either find a job or start grad school in a new place. I am sad for what I'm losing. If I find out I got into William and Mary only to have to say no I will have to drink a bottle of wine to forget. I am happy to only be moving 3 short hours away, but I know how it goes and I know visits to the area will be so rare if ever at all. I am going to have to get my fill of the ocean in the next 4 months because a 2.5 hour trip to Ocean City is the closest I will come to the water for the next 4 years. Moving is so exciting even if it can be so sad.