I don't think it's very fair that I didn't even do one blog post for all of 2015. I quit posting and the year just flew by. I have a couple of friends who have mentioned that they started reading my old blog posts again. I've received Snap Chats of funny things and I can't stop laughing about them. Of course, it's not because I think that i'm funny (which I do think that some days), but it's because of the funny memories that I have posted on here. How would I ever remember about the time that Sam ate monkey bread out of the garbage without this blog? I've been laughing about that one for a full day now. I really do believe in writing stuff down so I can remember things but sometimes it's such a chore.
I thought that I would just start doing a hand written journal but that didn't happen. My other thought was that I would start fresh and create a new blog. The only problem is that the other stuff is too good to just forget about. It's my life for crying out loud! Since it's the new year I figured I would do a random post of 5 things that happened in 2015.
1 & 2.) I moved back to Idaho and bought a house! This is for sure the number one thing that happened in 2015. I always knew that I would move back to Idaho. I love Idaho. The only problem was that I had made some really good friends in Utah and the thought of breaking away from them kind of made me sick. I'd spent the last 4 years with them and they had sort of became my family. Not to mention my brother Cole and sister-in-law Kier lived there. How could I leave them? I knew that they probably didn't need me around all the time but I for sure needed all of them.
I got a new job proposition through my company last summer and the thought of taking it meant that I would be in Utah for longer. I kept having these thoughts even though I really did love being there. But I had also been super over living in an apartment but I knew that it would be so much more money to buy a house in Utah. I was going to be 28 so that means that I had lived in an apartment for 10 years. Many different apartments actually (10 to be exact--since I moved around a lot in Rexburg, but still.. that's a lot of apartments and a crap ton of roommates).
Instead of taking this new job opportunity I was given the chance to work from home in the current position I am in with Franklin Covey. I cried about it too many times. I knew it was something I had to try or I would regret it but I didn't want to leave at the same time. Long story short, I committed to the decision. I started looking for houses in September and signed all the papers on November 2nd, It all happened so fast. I still cry sometimes when I think about all the work I still have to do on my house to get it the way that I want and when I think about how all my friends in Utah get to hang out and I'm not going to be there. It's hard. But it really was a good time to do it. We were all growing up, none of us were meeting people who we could really date and were kind of just doing the same things over and over again well... now I'm alone. It's all good though. It took me a year to meet people when I was in Utah and I don't expect anything different with this move. Bottom line, I know that things work out the way that they are supposed to. I love my cute little house and will love it 100 times more once I get it all painted and decorated and all the special projects done that I have in mind. It has a lot of potential that's for sure!
It's a cute little house in the subdivision in Notus, Idaho. It's the smallest little town only 7 minutes from my parents and grandma. There's nothing in the town at all but it's only a 15 minute drive to Costco/target. I was always meant to be in a small town. I got really used to the city over the last 10 years but I never felt like I could breathe there. Literally. I would sometimes have panic attacks because I wanted to go for a walk outside without having to be around so many people or on main street. I love a country road and less people. Also, all the green and farm land around here in the summer is everything!
3.) I got a bunny. The number one question or concern people have for me now that I live alone in a house is "Don't you get lonely?" Honestly, sometimes it is lonely. But not any more lonely than it was when I had roommates. We all did our own thing and I used to just spend a lot of time in my room. Now I get to have the living room to myself. The bunny helps though. She's not your typical pet. I need to google it but I don't think bunnies know how to listen. Either that or this bunny really is just living up to her name. I've named her Regina George from one of my favorite movies "Mean Girls." She's the queen bee around here. She loves shoes and clothes (chewing them, that is), she's a show off, she's super tiny, keeps herself looking good with her own grooming, and she's naughty. She's truly a Regina. I love her! Even though she's not good at cuddling most days, it's just nice to have something to take care of. She relies on me and whens he sees me she gets super excited and wants out of her cage. I love giving her treats and watching her run and jump around. I'm trying to make her a nice girl but until I can figure out how to get rid of all cords in my house, I think that's a lost cause.
4.) I got a nicer, newer car! This summer I decided I was officially done with my car after someone at my old apartment complex decided to rip my side mirror off. I just rolled my eyes and that week traded it in. I have a Ford Fusion now with black leather seats which is all I ever wanted in my life. Ok, I'm joking. But I really do love it. The only problem is that I can't really keep it clean. I go to visit mom and dad all the time so keeping the dirt and mud out of it is pointless. Oh, and the dust! eek. I'm getting used to letting that one go.
5.) I have a new nephew!! This really should be number one on the list but it doesn't seem like this happened in 2015 but it totally did. His name is Corbin Wade and he was born in June. He is seriously the cutest. I hate that they live so far away. I was able to fly out to see him a couple days after he was born and he was just so tiny. I held him as much as I could while I was there. Waiting for him and his family to come and visit is a nightmare. They moved to Michigan in August and they haven't made it out to visit yet. He's so huge and he doesn't even know us which makes me super sad. We face time occasionally which is great but it's not the same. In my perfect world, I would live less than a 5 hour drive from everyone I love.
I'm sure so many other things happened in 2015 and that I learned a lot of lessons. But really, these are the biggest things that stand out. It was a year of decisions, changes, crying and laughing and more crying because I turned 28 at the end of November. All jokes aside about my age, I really feel like turning 28 was super easy. The trick is to already think you are older than you are. You see, I've thought I was 30 since I turned 25. So when I remember that i'm 28 I can't get over how young I am.
2016 will hopefully be filled with less hard, life changing decisions and more fun experiences. I've already been asked to help with a couple of fun jobs outside of work which I am really excited about. I just plan to fill up my time with doing new things, even if that means I have to do them by myself. I don't mind. I think I'm kind of cool. Now if I can't just get my mom to forget that I promised that when I turned 28 I would start online dating. Although, if I could find some dude soon then maybe he could start doing some free labor on my back yard renovations this summer.. hmmm... I'll let you know when "hell freezes over." I hear it might be when I turn 29 now? Stay tuned.
