November 12, 2013
Today I moved out the rest of my 'treasures' from the apartment on Orr's Island. I am thankful my mother was there with me to pack up and clean the place. We made a great team and got so much done. Part of me felt sad to leave because I shared so many wonderful memories there over the past year and 7 months with my boyfriend. I literally went to every room and said thank you for all the good times.
I haven't been able to sleep very well lately because I have so many thoughts racing in my head such as "When will I start going through my stuff?", "I wonder if the security deposit made it to Utah yet?", "Did Scott get snow tires on his car yet?", "I wonder if we can fit a cooler in the car?", "I need to make a copy of my immunization records for the new hospital", "I need navy blue scrubs for my new job", "I really don't like the cold...part of me wishes we were going somewhere warm", "I need to say bye to this person and that person before I leave", etc. My mind is on overdrive right now however as hectic as my thoughts are I am feeling excited and ready for this move. I am so fortunate to be at a place in my life where I can leave everything I'm involved with in Maine and move across the country to begin a new chapter in my life.
I am nervous yet thrilled to start learning how to ski in the soft powder out West. I am looking forward to days off spending time outside snowshoeing, dogsledding, and horseback riding. I am excited to begin working with new people, meeting new friends and learning a new way of doing things in a new Emergency Department. I am looking forward to gazing out of my window to see snow covered mountains surrounding me. I feel happy that my boyfriend will be living out his passion for the entire winter which is skiing. When he talks about skiing and being on the mountains, his face lights up as if he is a little kid on Christmas Day excited to open presents.
I have some plans that I want to explore while I'm out West. I want to take dance lessons, this time around I would like to do ballet and/or contemporary (hip hop classes were fun but didn't come natural to me). I want to do Reiki at a spa at least once a week and dive deeper into energy work. I also plan on going to a yoga studio regularly.
I feel blessed that everything has worked out so perfectly, for example, I landed an ER job in the city I wanted to be in. Although I didn't end up going through a travel agency, I found the perfect position at the perfect place at the perfect time. Scott and I were both offered our jobs "officially" on the same day. We will work 15 minutes away from each other. We also found an apartment where we didn't need to compromise on anything. We have a furnished place that is at the resort Scott will be working at, has a washer/dryer, heated pool year round, parking, and is on the free bus shuttle line. I strongly believe we got exactly what we wanted because we kept believing everything would work out. We acted as though we already had the jobs we wanted and already found the perfect place to live.
Where you are in your life right now is not set in stone, you can remove things from your life that are no longer serving you or you can add things in your life that are missing. It is never to late to follow your dreams. I leave you with this quote that came to me when I was sitting at the dock on Orr's Island..."Change is in the air and I am moving graciously with it".
Until the next pit stop along our road trip, go have a new adventure!
-Heidi
