Hello Whirlwind

At this very moment it is late Friday night, I have just returned from grocery shopping and dinner at Steak n Shake with my main squeeze. It was the very thing I needed to cap off this week, a nice evening spent with Duck just running errands and being silly.

This past week I was commuting daily to Springfield for training and it thoroughly exhausted me. I'm so glad that I'm down to a 5 minute commute. My new apartment is a whole 1.7 miles from my office, I'm definitely spoiled now. I've been living here for 3 weeks now and I still haven't finished unpacking. My roommate just "officially" moved in on Wednesday and she starts classes on Monday. Today we shared a celebratory text over the fact that she got hired at Chipotle (YES!).

Honestly, the entire moving process was completely exhausting. I left the academy the 25th, had my going away party the 26th, moved the 27th and started at the agency on the 29th. It was madness. The first two weeks of my new job I just sat alone in my office, doing online trainings, as the rest of my team was out in the field and in other cities in trainings. I thought I was going to LOSE MY MIND. I was so used to being around people constantly at my previous job that when it was still and quiet I just didn't know what to do. It became increasingly apparent during those two weeks that my adult ADHD might need some attention...

This past week I was in Springfield with child welfare workers from agencies all over the state completing our training to be licensed child welfare workers. It was an interesting week to say the least. It reminded me of being in grad school again, with a class of 18 adults trying to grasp necessary knowledge for our job. There were definitely some frustrating moments along with some moments of sheer hilarity. I'm glad it's over though, the commute was killing me.

Tonight I got the final load of stuff from the storage  shed at my old house and I can officially say I am moved out and I never have to return there again. It's a really nice feeling honestly. I'm back in my home town, I'm working a great job with flexible hours and a miniscule commute, and for the past three weeks I've been lucky enough to have Duck here helping me set the place up and just being the best boyfriend in the world. The pieces are really coming together in my life and it's so nice to see the light at the end of this tunnel.

Exterior of the loft

My bedroom