The Unexpected - Good and Bad
This has been a busy week....full of surprises. The first is that DH seems to be fully on board with the whole moving thing. We are driving through new developments and he is saying things like "In our new house..." I was a little frustrated at first that he didn't seem to be doing much on the garage...but wow! He has gotten rid of a lot of stuff. Our 16' storage box is coming this week...I think that will help keep the momentum moving. I am proud of him!
The next surprise...Megan. I was worried most about her with the move. She is prone to anxiety and has had a couple full-blown anxiety attacks...at 9! She frequently complains that the kids at school think she's weird and that she has so few friends. DH talked with her about the move and she said that there was nobody at school that she was really that attached to at school. She is looking forward to having her own room.
Brianna, on the other hand, was crying on the way home from soccer this week. She doesn't want to move out of the boundary where her middle school will be next year. This took me by total surprise. She has had mostly boys for friends all through elementary school. Now this year in 5th grade, she met Nicole. Nicole plays hockey. Nicole is a tomboy like Brianna. In Brianna's words..."Mom, she just gets me." How lucky to have a friend that gets her. I hate to break up that friendship.
I feel sad that I can't afford to buy a house in Nicole's neighborhood or even the type of house I want within the school boundaries. It is $40,000 or $50,000 more to live in a new house in my own burb. The neighboring burb I can get much more house...but that means a new elementary school for Megan and a new middle school for Brianna. Probably a new soccer team for Brianna, too.
We need to move this house is just too small and too dark. We have to move for DH's health. I just wish I could come up with an extra $50,000 or $100,000 for this house. It would make things so much easier.
The next surprise...Megan. I was worried most about her with the move. She is prone to anxiety and has had a couple full-blown anxiety attacks...at 9! She frequently complains that the kids at school think she's weird and that she has so few friends. DH talked with her about the move and she said that there was nobody at school that she was really that attached to at school. She is looking forward to having her own room.
Brianna, on the other hand, was crying on the way home from soccer this week. She doesn't want to move out of the boundary where her middle school will be next year. This took me by total surprise. She has had mostly boys for friends all through elementary school. Now this year in 5th grade, she met Nicole. Nicole plays hockey. Nicole is a tomboy like Brianna. In Brianna's words..."Mom, she just gets me." How lucky to have a friend that gets her. I hate to break up that friendship.
I feel sad that I can't afford to buy a house in Nicole's neighborhood or even the type of house I want within the school boundaries. It is $40,000 or $50,000 more to live in a new house in my own burb. The neighboring burb I can get much more house...but that means a new elementary school for Megan and a new middle school for Brianna. Probably a new soccer team for Brianna, too.
We need to move this house is just too small and too dark. We have to move for DH's health. I just wish I could come up with an extra $50,000 or $100,000 for this house. It would make things so much easier.
posted by Renee @ 10:29 PM
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