yo, here's what's up. (ee cummings style, making the title the first line of the poem. wut, wut!)

yo, here's what's up.

(a) we no longer own a house in murray. (!)
(b) we own a home in daybreak. (!!)
(c) all our stuff is packed away in a trailer, a garage, and numerous bedrooms in our parents' homes.
(d) i am going to graduate from college in five weeks.
(e) if you're into the hunger games, you might find this read interesting and awful. {here} (thanks erika)
(d) my friend chelsea and her coach are putting on a free self defense seminar in april that you should check out. go {here} for info on how to sign up and i'll be seeing you there!

phew, that's a lot a links.

so yesterday we emptied the house in murray. so amazing to see it actually happen. thank you so much to any family/friends who came and helped us. travis headed out of town today to work and so i am currently staying at my very gracious and sweet in-laws until he gets back and we can move in. initially, i thought, duh, we can move in without travis. i'm a big girl who can handle things. then i remembered the couches, dressers, and piano and decided that waiting until this weekend would be just fine. especially since i have a massive test thursday that is currently taking up most of my free time. but i will have a key and i'm gonna start moving the small things tomorrow.

driving home from school tonight on autopilot, i almost drove to the house and then remembered, i never have to sleep there again! i never have to wake up there again! i never have to deal with the flush on the toilet that has to be held down to work properly. (middle class white people problems, amirite?) i never have to go in that dark, spider infested basement to do laundry EVER AGAIN. travis and i walked through it together one last time and reminisced about the good and the bad. we went from room to room together and said goodbye. we both knew exactly how the other felt. it was as if we were putting those times to rest, and looking forward to a new adventure.

my mom dug up the giant rhubarb plant in the backyard just hours before the new owners got their key, which i feel should be a scene from a movie, only in the movie version, she would scale a fence and do a sort of barrel roll to sneak away as the owners pulled into the driveway. for those of you who know my mom, you know that isn't too far fetched.

even though my life is a mess, scattered between trailers, garages, and bedrooms, and i have a huge test in two days, and travis is gone, and i have a pimple on my forehead, and i'm about to start my period, i can't remember the last time i felt this happy. and excited. and hopeful. not much better than new starts, yeah?

if you care to see how i plan to decorate the new house, feel free to stalk my pinterest.
yes, i have a board dedicated to babies.
taking baby steps, guys. oh she made a pun!
i'm beginning to wax sentimental and goofy. time to unplug and call it a night.
love -c