Day 30--the one month mark!

We have hit the one month mark!

Part of me feels like we have just always lived her in NY.  The other part of me feels like we only moved yesterday.  I guess it just depends on my mood!

We have been so blessed the last couple of weeks with visitors and adventure.  My mother-in-law was here for a week and it was amazing.  My cousin visited for four days and I don't think we ever went to bed before 1:30 AM.  In a week and six days we have seven more visitors coming for a week!  We are really looking forward to it! 

My daughter starts her job tomorrow as a day camp counselor and my son will begin day camp tomorrow.  What an awesome opportunity for them to get out, meet friends, and explore the community.  I am so excited for both of them!

We had a nice 4th of July.  My cousin and her boyfriend, along with my husband's friend from work came over and we grilled hamburgers and had all kinds of delicious food.  We swam and all had a great time!  It's nice to have people over again.  It just makes this place feel even more like home.

Again, I can't belive we have lived for for one month now.  I have learned how capable I am, and how remarkable my children are. 
I am so proud of thefab4.  We arrived here one month ago.  We shy, felt like aliens, and felt so lonely.  The feeling of "lonliness" is not something I would wish on anyone.  I think of myself, even two weeks ago, and the change is phenomenal. 
I cried so often when my kids went to bed.  I would just fall into my husband's arms at night and sob...sometimes for over an hour.  I just missed "home" and everything that was familiar.  I missed my comfort zone.  The place I drank my coffee every morning, the walk to my mailbox, my running route, and even the lady who woked at the video store...these were all very simple things, but once we moved, I longed for them. 
Most of all, I missed my family and friends.  Sometimes I would just picture the face of a person I loved, and I would literally break down and cry. 

Yes, a lot has changed.  I actually leave the house, occasionally, without my GPS.  I NEVER thought that would happen!  I, for the most part, don't feel like an alien when I go out into the community. 
Mostly, I have realized that my family in Illinois are ok.  I am ok.
We talk on the phone a lot, and we love to skype.  We text pictures of our kids to each other throughout the day.  Distance can't control a relationship.  Only the people involved in the relationship can control it. 
Of course, distance makes things more difficult...but not impossible.  Even my nieces and nephews, who are both under the age of 2, will skype with us.  It's amazing how a family will come together and connect over a comuter screen. 

I must say, besides the Lord giving me peace, the thing that has helped my family and I transition into this new place is TECHNOLOGY!

Tomorrow begins month two!