Holy buckets. So much has happened over the past 6 weeks. It blows my mind. Seriously. I can still hear the wind through my skull. I got word today that we were approved for an apartment! We had applied for one that was 3 blocks from Summer, but were denied because we were stuck in a lease. Well, technically we still are. While up there for our 6 day Gypsy Adventure this week I stayed at my friend Nicole's apartment in between Beau's and visiting Kenny at Summer's. Super cute, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, on he country side of PDX, Rock Creek I believe is the name of the section in Hillsboro. PDX is so crazy! I spent 6 days driving around and I still couldnt tell you where I was most of the time. SO I will have a built in BFF in my complex, just a hop, skip, and some stairs away, my big bro Beau is 15 minutes away, and we will be 30 minutes from Summer and Kenny. I am so excited, yet absolutely scared. I have never left the 541 before. But living away from Kenny and Summer is no longer an option and its only been a few days. He needs us, She needs him, and I need something new! Zachary and I have discussed it and he is green light on the subject. He loves PDX, uncle Beau, and knows how much it means to us to be with Summer while she is sick and going through treatment. He made me feel much better about it, he gets it. I love him.
So I am planning n moving next weekend. They are going to start showing our house on Monday, with or without me there. So I have to figure out how to go from a 3 bedroom, 1200sq ft house with a full garage and a shed, to a 935 sq ft apartment with a storage area the size of my closet! Time to down size Mama. Big time. I have so much to do and get rid of in 1 week, its insane! Again, if you need any house stuff, let me know, cause I have WAY. TOO. MUCH! And my husband is in another city, so I will be doing the moving myself, with my mom and by the grace of god a brother or two. Feel free to come over and hang out, go through my stuff, and /or help. Any of the above will be much appreciated. If you have any pointers on moving to another area code, or into an apartment that I should know, drop me a line, cause I feel like I am drowning. You would think I would have a fab system for moving, since I've done it 8 times in the past few years, but this is different, I cant make 15 runs with my mini van, I have to do it all in one shot, boxes, u haul, the works. Ugh. Makes me nervous. But I am doing it. WE are doing it. My husband and I are going to build a life together, away from distractions, my old job, friends, enemies, families, just us, Megan, and the boys on the weekends. Who knows how long we will be there, or how this journey will play out, but I am trying to take it one day at a time for now. We shall see how that goes.
I have to go get Mego from baby school now. Tonight is the school carnival! She is going to have so much fun, Zach on the other hand, may think this is for babies, we shall see on that too!
Thank you so much for all of your love and support. I love you all. Thanks for reading!!
Marci Edmondson
Aspiring to aspire if you will.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
I don't go to work anymore....huh?
WTF? As of Friday, October 7th at 3:30 pm, I am no longer employed. For like the first time ever. Today is Day 4 of waking up and not getting ready for work. Somehow I have been too busy to write a blog about it.
I've done all kinda of things over the past 4 days. Um...I....uh...organized my kitchen utensil drawer last night. I've gone to Goodwill 3 times, different ones each time, St Vinnies once. Started collecting Pins on my Pin Interest board, which is too addicting. I've started collecting craft supplies for all the DIY ideas I wanna do. I hung out with my Mama In Llama. Oh and filled out name change paperwork, because I am a lagger, I know. 10 months we have been married. Jeez. I have spent time with my husband....ahhhh. About time. We are now up in Milwaulkie visiting Summer.
Things did not go as planned with our moving situation. Due to myself paying the rent on the 5th, 4 times since I moved in 18 months ago, we got a bad rental reference and were denied our place. Then we were given notice that we would need to remain paying on my house until it rerented. So, needless to say, we are stuck in our lease a little longer, and are not going anywhere asap. Luckily we got into a more fuel efficient car, so commuting to Portland to Summer is now a piece of pie.
Now back to the title topic. I quit my job. Weird. I dont get up at 7 anymore. I dont wear scrubs ALL DAY LONG. I dont have to check voicemails from 25 patients who are impatient, type shit into a computer system that I wanna punch, or get yelled at or around my a boss who hates the world! Dont get me wrong, I miss somethings. I miss my coworkers, SO FLIPPIN MUCH. I miss Penny being made because I clocked in wrong, I miss griping at Danya for bringing me work to do, I miss telling Linda and Chris that they cant transfer calls to me. I miss my patients who love me and are happy that I am part of their day. I miss Sadie Bug, just being in my view. Oh... there is so much I miss. But I am happy now. I dont have to take Xanax to make it through a shift so I dont cry or cuss because I am so miserable. I dont have to complain because my job doesnt work right, rather that the system that was designed to make my job easier, is broken. LOL.
I have plans. I have things I want to try, and see, and create. And now I have the chance to do so. I will be sure to share the new activities I get to do with my free time.
Til we meet again,
Marci Edmondson
I've done all kinda of things over the past 4 days. Um...I....uh...organized my kitchen utensil drawer last night. I've gone to Goodwill 3 times, different ones each time, St Vinnies once. Started collecting Pins on my Pin Interest board, which is too addicting. I've started collecting craft supplies for all the DIY ideas I wanna do. I hung out with my Mama In Llama. Oh and filled out name change paperwork, because I am a lagger, I know. 10 months we have been married. Jeez. I have spent time with my husband....ahhhh. About time. We are now up in Milwaulkie visiting Summer.
Things did not go as planned with our moving situation. Due to myself paying the rent on the 5th, 4 times since I moved in 18 months ago, we got a bad rental reference and were denied our place. Then we were given notice that we would need to remain paying on my house until it rerented. So, needless to say, we are stuck in our lease a little longer, and are not going anywhere asap. Luckily we got into a more fuel efficient car, so commuting to Portland to Summer is now a piece of pie.
Now back to the title topic. I quit my job. Weird. I dont get up at 7 anymore. I dont wear scrubs ALL DAY LONG. I dont have to check voicemails from 25 patients who are impatient, type shit into a computer system that I wanna punch, or get yelled at or around my a boss who hates the world! Dont get me wrong, I miss somethings. I miss my coworkers, SO FLIPPIN MUCH. I miss Penny being made because I clocked in wrong, I miss griping at Danya for bringing me work to do, I miss telling Linda and Chris that they cant transfer calls to me. I miss my patients who love me and are happy that I am part of their day. I miss Sadie Bug, just being in my view. Oh... there is so much I miss. But I am happy now. I dont have to take Xanax to make it through a shift so I dont cry or cuss because I am so miserable. I dont have to complain because my job doesnt work right, rather that the system that was designed to make my job easier, is broken. LOL.
I have plans. I have things I want to try, and see, and create. And now I have the chance to do so. I will be sure to share the new activities I get to do with my free time.
Til we meet again,
Marci Edmondson
Monday, October 3, 2011
Oh these times they are a changin!
I kind of forgot how to blog, its been a minute, bare with me. So many things have changed in our lives have changed over the last year, most of which were for the better, some have yet to be seen.
Dylan has gone back to live with his mom full time. Originally she was planning to move to Colorado, after the tragic death of her best friend, but it turned into just taking Dylan back instead. He is happy, comfortable, and right back into same old Dylan.
Zachary moved in with his father for the first time ever Labor Day weekend. We had been in talks for about a year, all waiting on Greg getting into a house with room for Zach. He got moved in the last weekend in August, and it seemed that the most appropriate time for him to move in would be before the new school year started, right? That's what I kept telling myself. He is all settled in, going to school, making new friends, making strides with his behavior, and just got new baby brother! He seems to be doing pretty well, except for when he is bored, then the whole world ends. So far so good anyway.
Now in Marci news......I quit my job!!! I know! I cant believe it either! My last day is this Friday, October 7th. I have never been unemployed since my first babysitting job for Debbie Jean when I was 10. I am still in shock, and we haven't even begun! We had been discussing how the additional hours I was being forced to work were really starting to strain our already strained home life, how if we were more careful, we could make it on Kenny's income alone, and all that jazz for a while now. Recently OMG implemented a new computer program which took on a life of its own! It got bad, really bad at the office. I was working 50-60 hours a week, bringing work home, and dealing with a very angry Doctor, who yelled and cussed worse than I used to! Did I mention I work as an assistant in a dr office? I could understand if I worked in an attorneys office, or a tax office in April, but shit man, seriously?! I got run down, and had some flu symptoms, so I called into work the day after the system was launched, I had a 102 fever, the whole bit. I couldn't go to work. I called, everyone understood, because Megan had been sick days before. I was still sick the next day, but came in anyway. One week later, my manager approached me with, "There is a rumor going around that you played hooky last week." I snapped. I tried to talk to my dr. (boss) about it, and he cussed, and yelled, and basically said I was a liar...... so......I......quit! The next morning, in a mature fashion of course. Ive never done that before! It felt....foreign, and scary, but a huge relief. So, my last day is in 4 days and I couldn't be more thrilled, scared, lost, happy, bewildered, and excited!!
So our original plan was to move to the ocean, Kenny, Megan, and I. To the beach, to fresh sea air, and rock gardens, and peace. We set to looking for places right away. Everything looked lovely, but it wasn't feeling right or real. And then it became clear as to why....
One of our dearest, most treasured friends was recently diagnosed with Stage II Ovarian Cancer. She is to me, the most incredible, inspirational, heart filled, loving, smiley, laughy, tutu wearing, duck flare sporting, positive, wow, wow, awesome lady I have even had the privilege of knowing. She was all of those things to me before we learned that she was sick. I am bawling my eyes out just thinking of how much I love her! In the short time that she has been in my life she has helped me in more ways than I can even blog about, (maybe later). I am eternally grateful to have her in my life. Sometimes you meet a person so unique, so real, so perfectly them, that you have no choice but to tuck them deep in your heart and hang on for dear life, to learn all they have to teach, to see all they want to show, and to hear all they have to say. She is that person for me. (143 WTD!) We have been talking to her everyday, and hating that she is so far away. We cant hug her, help her, hold her, or do a gosh darn thing for her, aside from what our cell phones allow. She lives in Milwaulkie, where her doctors, friends, and home are. We tried to kidnap her and bring her to live with us, but she wasn't having it......so.....we are moving to Milwaulkie by the end of this month! We got an apartment that is about 3 blocks from her house, we will be able to be right there no matter what she needs. I am so relieved to know that if she needs a tissue, I can simply take her one.
Ya'll know Ive never lived more than 20 minutes from Dexter, my parents, and definitely not Zachary. I am nervous of course, but am so willing to take this step. I recently found this quote that said, " She took the plunge and built her wings on the way down." That's kind of what I am living on right now. I am about to move away from my family, friends, home, job, and my comfort zone that Ive clung to for my entire life, and frankly, it feels great! I am taking a much need step with my husband to lean on eachother, find new normal, and build a life TOGETHER. We will still come down on the weekends to spend time with our boys, our parents, our peeps. But right now our hearts are up north with our beloved friend, and we are making the choice to follow them to be with her at this trying time in her life. Thank you in advance for all of your blessings, they mean so much to me.
Ill be giving away half the crap in my house, in case anyone wants some of it! Ta ta for now. Ill be blogging more to keep everyone up to date on the Adventures of us. Until then, XOXOXOO
Marci Edmondson
Dylan has gone back to live with his mom full time. Originally she was planning to move to Colorado, after the tragic death of her best friend, but it turned into just taking Dylan back instead. He is happy, comfortable, and right back into same old Dylan.
Zachary moved in with his father for the first time ever Labor Day weekend. We had been in talks for about a year, all waiting on Greg getting into a house with room for Zach. He got moved in the last weekend in August, and it seemed that the most appropriate time for him to move in would be before the new school year started, right? That's what I kept telling myself. He is all settled in, going to school, making new friends, making strides with his behavior, and just got new baby brother! He seems to be doing pretty well, except for when he is bored, then the whole world ends. So far so good anyway.
Now in Marci news......I quit my job!!! I know! I cant believe it either! My last day is this Friday, October 7th. I have never been unemployed since my first babysitting job for Debbie Jean when I was 10. I am still in shock, and we haven't even begun! We had been discussing how the additional hours I was being forced to work were really starting to strain our already strained home life, how if we were more careful, we could make it on Kenny's income alone, and all that jazz for a while now. Recently OMG implemented a new computer program which took on a life of its own! It got bad, really bad at the office. I was working 50-60 hours a week, bringing work home, and dealing with a very angry Doctor, who yelled and cussed worse than I used to! Did I mention I work as an assistant in a dr office? I could understand if I worked in an attorneys office, or a tax office in April, but shit man, seriously?! I got run down, and had some flu symptoms, so I called into work the day after the system was launched, I had a 102 fever, the whole bit. I couldn't go to work. I called, everyone understood, because Megan had been sick days before. I was still sick the next day, but came in anyway. One week later, my manager approached me with, "There is a rumor going around that you played hooky last week." I snapped. I tried to talk to my dr. (boss) about it, and he cussed, and yelled, and basically said I was a liar...... so......I......quit! The next morning, in a mature fashion of course. Ive never done that before! It felt....foreign, and scary, but a huge relief. So, my last day is in 4 days and I couldn't be more thrilled, scared, lost, happy, bewildered, and excited!!
So our original plan was to move to the ocean, Kenny, Megan, and I. To the beach, to fresh sea air, and rock gardens, and peace. We set to looking for places right away. Everything looked lovely, but it wasn't feeling right or real. And then it became clear as to why....
One of our dearest, most treasured friends was recently diagnosed with Stage II Ovarian Cancer. She is to me, the most incredible, inspirational, heart filled, loving, smiley, laughy, tutu wearing, duck flare sporting, positive, wow, wow, awesome lady I have even had the privilege of knowing. She was all of those things to me before we learned that she was sick. I am bawling my eyes out just thinking of how much I love her! In the short time that she has been in my life she has helped me in more ways than I can even blog about, (maybe later). I am eternally grateful to have her in my life. Sometimes you meet a person so unique, so real, so perfectly them, that you have no choice but to tuck them deep in your heart and hang on for dear life, to learn all they have to teach, to see all they want to show, and to hear all they have to say. She is that person for me. (143 WTD!) We have been talking to her everyday, and hating that she is so far away. We cant hug her, help her, hold her, or do a gosh darn thing for her, aside from what our cell phones allow. She lives in Milwaulkie, where her doctors, friends, and home are. We tried to kidnap her and bring her to live with us, but she wasn't having it......so.....we are moving to Milwaulkie by the end of this month! We got an apartment that is about 3 blocks from her house, we will be able to be right there no matter what she needs. I am so relieved to know that if she needs a tissue, I can simply take her one.
Ya'll know Ive never lived more than 20 minutes from Dexter, my parents, and definitely not Zachary. I am nervous of course, but am so willing to take this step. I recently found this quote that said, " She took the plunge and built her wings on the way down." That's kind of what I am living on right now. I am about to move away from my family, friends, home, job, and my comfort zone that Ive clung to for my entire life, and frankly, it feels great! I am taking a much need step with my husband to lean on eachother, find new normal, and build a life TOGETHER. We will still come down on the weekends to spend time with our boys, our parents, our peeps. But right now our hearts are up north with our beloved friend, and we are making the choice to follow them to be with her at this trying time in her life. Thank you in advance for all of your blessings, they mean so much to me.
Ill be giving away half the crap in my house, in case anyone wants some of it! Ta ta for now. Ill be blogging more to keep everyone up to date on the Adventures of us. Until then, XOXOXOO
Marci Edmondson
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