Thursday, February 28, 2008
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On the Road Again???
Are we moving?
Hmmmm...About 16 years ago, Tom moved me, very pregnant with our first baby, plus two cats, a whole bunch of fuzzy, crazy, adorable kittens, and a little U-haul of our meager belongings hitched up to the back of our 1978 black Camero, from Louisiana to Houston. If I remember correctly, it actually took two trips to move our stuff. (And that move was an adventure - a whole 'nother story in itself!)
Anyway, my entire life -all 19 years of it, tee hee- I just knew that I would always live in Louisiana, and of all places, I would never live in Houston. So, when I found out that we were moving to Houston, I was quite distraught. Feeling our precious baby growing and moving in me, I knew that I had to go for Baby, for financial reasons. I told myself to think of the Baby, suck it up, and do it for him.
But I was majorly depressed over it. I comforted myself by saying that we'd only live in Houston for 6 months, maybe 1 year tops, until the economy got better for us in Louisiana. Well...obviously that didn't happen.
All these years I've been trying to be a good trooper, a sweet wife by not driving my husband nuts about it - I'm afraid I haven't fared very well with that, actually. Thankfully, Hubby has been very kind with me about it.
Now, I'm not saying that we're moving back to Louisiana (darn), but it looks like maybe we are going to get to move outside of Houston. It's kinda crazy, really - we will both have to commute. And so it's not Louisiana, but it's not officially Houston.
I'm trying soooo hard to not get my hopes up, because it's not for certain just yet. But I've been trying to get the heck outa here before I even got here. I can still remember when we first entered Houston - as I saw the landscape turn into concrete, and the tall bridges and humongous buildings and nasty pollution and nastier bill board advertisements, tears just poured down my checks. I was trying so hard to have a good attitude about it, but I felt like I was having an anxiety attack or something. I wanted to just jump out of the moving car and run back home.
So I'm still not going back home, but maybe I'll at least be able to get outa here!
*and I'm sorry if I've offended anyone who loves Houston - but it's my blog, so deal. HA!
*I've been trying so hard all these years to come to be happy here, but I just can't. I want to be a happy person for everyone, but my heart has been aching for so long. Waaaaa...I'm homesick. But apparently God had/has other plans. I know God's plans are better than anything I could plan, but knowing that doesn't get the country outa the girl. I am the Wayfar'n Stranger. I can change my grammer, even my accent, but not my heart.
If I cain't go back, I hope I can at least get out of here a little ways, even if we do have to commute. But I don't know fer sure just yet.
But am I being selfish? ...Will I push my Hubby too hard to have to drive so much? Will it drive my kids nuts? And while you're telling my fortune...what's the winning lotto numbers for next week?
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Comments (7)
i find all of that so funny, only because i couldn't get out of louisiana fast enough and i never ever want to move back! haha. don't get me wrong, i miss my friends and family, but i love living in houston.
@dlynn73 - SO funny! You sound like my sisters. Except they're still "stuck" there and I'm stuck here! Go figure
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Rusty and I met in Phoenix Arizona, he was from New Orleans (he grew up there), we moved from Phoenix to New Orleans...I hated New Orleans (and I still do)! I had dreams of moving back to where I grew up in Lafayette Indiana...I missed those corn fields! It got worse when Rusty decided we were moving to Freeport Texas from New Orleans...I hated it for 18-years! We did get out of Freeport, but I just hated Texas...it was nothing like Indiana! Rusty and I have been in South Texas for about 35-years, I still have a yearning for Indiana but I will probably end out my years in Texas...unless I get a chance to uproot and go back to Indiana! I have so much family in Indiana, Aunts, Uncles, and a ton of Cousins! But all my kids live down here, so I stay.So, Stephanie...I understand your feelings.
why would you move if it means a commute for both of you?
stories of ppl being far from home for such a long time are making me sad. the longings i understand, but my longings are for two places.
I love my friends and my old house, but loathe Houston itself for all your reasons and more... the heat and humidity and the lack of change in the terrain. I don't blame you all for wanting to move out of the city one little bit!
Fortunately, Tom can now do a lot of work right from his desk through the Internet and loves to drive. Depending on where you move, his commute may not be all that bad. Take a look at Manvel... a nice country area just outside of Houston off 288 South. Kids can run and scream through the field behind your house and you won't feel citified at all :)@shaeman - Woo-hoo! Dude, you're so psycho...I mean "psychic"
If I win I'll share it with you, but if I loose you're making the ritas!
@dlsluder - and @lladnar777 - Not that I'm glad ya'll relate, but I'm glad to know I'm not the only one! Others I've talked to about it LOVE Houston.
(But it's cool that God makes us all different.)
@speed0rama - Because I feel like I've more than served my time, and I'm going to loose my marbles.
I'd also like to be closer to more good friends. I feel VERY lonely over here. I've looked at some areas of Houston where we have more friends, but for the size home we need being a family of five, the real estate is too pricey. Even in our current house we have become too cramped. So I'm lonely, cramped, and don't feel like I can take much more of this city.
*however, I understand that your situation is different, and I care soooo much about what you're going through right now. I love you!*