The New Normal

Davis, Katy. Moving House. 2012. Web. 24 July 2015. http://www.gobblynne.com/blog/womans-weekly/.

Wow! I really need to do a better job of balancing my blogs. I set out to write an even amount of posts on each but always end up focusing on one or the other. Sorry about that! If you want to see what I have been up to, go check out my art blog: https://laurenmichelephotography.wordpress.com/

I am back and ready to do some reflecting. My family has been reunited for 3 months and finally, as of earlier this month, live in a house. We were previously living in a loft above someone else’s garage, a space meant for two people max (+ a small child). It feels amazing to spread out, have my own room, and not live out of boxes. There are many day-to-day things that I took for granted before. I don’t want to make this some cheesy promise that my outlook has changed, and I will never take the small things for granted again. I am human, and I will mistakes, However, the adventure I have been on these past few years has definitely taught me to be grateful for the mundane. I have an actual bed to sleep in, not an uncomfortable couch. I have a closet and a dresser, not boxes and suitcases. I have my own sink, and the shower has hot water. I have plenty of space to exercise without tripping over a box or having to let someone pass me. I have cable and Wi-Fi, not a DVD player and internet the speed of a snail. I have kitchen appliances, not just a microwave for ramen and a refrigerator for sandwich ingredients. I have the choice not to balance my plate on a pillow and eat on the couch because there is a table. The list goes on and on. Those struggles are nowhere near being the worst that could happen, but they were hard to go through just the same. The past three years were not easy, but I will cherish the memories for the rest of my life. Getting up at 4 am with my mom to hike and take landscape photographs for my portfolio so I could graduate college and reunite with my brother and dad. Eating ice cream and watching movies with my mom in the one and only furnished bedroom in our old house. Having Christmas dinner at a Mexican restaurant because the loft didn’t have a full kitchen. Squeezing four people onto a three person couch for family movie night.

I must ride on to my next adventure (guess the reference, and we are instant BFFs). Have a great week! I will be back very soon.

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene

“Things may never go back to normal. You may need to create a new normal. And that’s okay.” – Unknown

Go with the flow readers!

– Lauren Michele <3

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