We have seen wildlife. Last night we had three dear eating grass in our front yard. They were there for a least an hour. There is a moose in the area. We've seen him a couple times.
Our girls have discovered the rocks. Every day they go outside and fill their pails up with rocks. They move them around, dig them, water them, dump them and then start all over again. The need for mud pants is very apparent.
When have started making lists. When we go to Calgary we have a list of about 10 people we want to see and about 20 things we need to get. We are lucky if we see any of our friends and get about 10 of the things we are looking for. At the end of the day 3 tired girls head home and Mom's head is filled with the things we didn't get, wondering where she will get them and an hour to stew about it plus feeling guilty that she snuck into town and didn't see any of her friends. It takes the whole day and often feels like we have accomplished nothing.
My very tired husband went to bed at 9 pm last night. I was amazed he lasted that long. He is on generators this week which means he starts work at 530 am. With the hours drive in he was out of bed at 4 am. He is already getting pretty frustrated about not getting to do the things he wants to around the farm. By the end of the work week he is left with about a day and a half to fix the generator, build a deck, put this tools away and fix the road. When the snow is melted we are putting the garden in and there is always fencing. I'm truthfully not sure how long this will last. Ironically I am here all week and have the time to do these things but I don't know how or even want to fix a genrator. Plus he told me last week "You're really bad with a tape measure."
I got invited to a girls night out. It got cancelled at the last minute so I didn't get to go. It felt like starting high school all over again. What if they don't like me? Will I never have friends again? I was kind of relieved to have another week to mentally prepare. It's different then starting a new job. Even if your collegues don't like you they won't stop inviting you to work. My kids will go to school with these women's children for the next 13 years. I can't screw this up.
It struck me this morning that it would be very easy for a person to get depressed when they move. I'm not depressed but I can understand how it could happen. You don't have any good friends in the new community. No one to call up at the last minute to say you want to drop by or meet somewhere. In our case, our old friends are just a short hour drive away. But somehow that short hour drive away is a very long hour. It really takes the whole day to go to Calgary. When you move to a new community there are a lot of new people to meet but no close friends. It could get pretty lonely. Lucky for us we have family across the road, a phone and the internet.
