http://www.livinginthegray.com/2010/01/20/the-blues/ There's so much more of it than I have been led to believe... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.livinginthegray.com/2010/01/20/the-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-2439 Allison Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:55:49 +0000 http://www.livinginthegray.com/?p=1856#comment-2439 Right now I'm longing for the luxury of being set up enough that I start to feel a bit homesick. Not that I want to feel homesick, but it will maybe mean a lot of our bureaucratic headaches will be over. The blues are in fact the first sign that you're now "at home" in the new place. It's been reassuring to hear how similar your experiences with long-distance moving have been! Right now I’m longing for the luxury of being set up enough that I start to feel a bit homesick. Not that I want to feel homesick, but it will maybe mean a lot of our bureaucratic headaches will be over. The blues are in fact the first sign that you’re now “at home” in the new place. It’s been reassuring to hear how similar your experiences with long-distance moving have been!

]]> http://www.livinginthegray.com/2010/01/20/the-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-2438 Lori Klassen Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.livinginthegray.com/?p=1856#comment-2438 One of your many gifts is that you are so incredibly self-aware. That will stand you in good stead. Your funk is predictable yet you are unprepared for the acuteness of it. Most people can relate to that. As you know, you just have to wait for time to hurry up! I had a difficult time when my baby started pre-school. I didn't even know I was having it but one of the symptoms was watching Moms and babies in a park and I would tear up. I wasn't thinking "I wish my son were that young again." but at a level other than cognitive my spirit was reacting to the loss of those days and coming out in tears everytime I saw a Mom and Babe together. Now my baby is in Junior High. Of course he still is as cute as ever but now he has stinky feet! One of your many gifts is that you are so incredibly self-aware. That will stand you in good stead. Your funk is predictable yet you are unprepared for the acuteness of it. Most people can relate to that. As you know, you just have to wait for time to hurry up!
I had a difficult time when my baby started pre-school. I didn’t even know I was having it but one of the symptoms was watching Moms and babies in a park and I would tear up. I wasn’t thinking “I wish my son were that young again.” but at a level other than cognitive my spirit was reacting to the loss of those days and coming out in tears everytime I saw a Mom and Babe together.
Now my baby is in Junior High. Of course he still is as cute as ever but now he has stinky feet!

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