1517 to 550

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We did it!  Finally unpacked everything and managed to downsize from 1517 square feet to 550 square feet.  Stuff is just stuff is our general motto, except for the fact that books don't count, because books aren't just stuff, books are worlds.  Heavy worlds that fill many, many boxes and line spots on all four living room walls, but worthwhile ones.  Books aside, the general rule for downsizing to a place about 1/3 the size of the old one was, we don't need things we almost never use.  Futon?  Gone.  (And the angels broke out with the Hallelujah Chorus.)  Extra dresser, gone.  Papasan chair, gone.  Second office desk, gone.  Guest bed, gone.  And it's all okay.  Cuz, stuff is just...stuff.  Whatever.  We're cozy now and it's okay.  We spent the weekend binging on organizing our book collection & watching Parks and Recreation and life was wonderful in its simplicity, the simple act of being in the same room with each other suddenly something we don't take for granted.  (Also, the people who live in the house up the mountain whose yard is visible from ours have a PONY.  So life is great.)

Since we pretty much took a three month break from dealing with infertility outside of headspace, coming back to it now, we're turning some pages, and making some pretty big decisions.  Right now, we're very much in the "this would be so great, this is what we want, this is what is right for our hearts and what we want to do so badly, done and done let's DO IT" stage, and I'm sure we'll come down from our "we made a decision that feels incredibly right" high to going through the many, many steps of finding out if we *can* (hello, several library books on hold for me).  While I blog about a lot of stuff, this one I'll have to figure out a little more first, before I share anything, or share that I won't be sharing much, if that makes sense.  Or share that we changed our minds, or share that it turns out it's impossible for us, etc etc etc.  Right now = "yay decision" high.  Later, the hard stuff.  Whatever way it goes.

Life is good.  Life will be okay.  I don't know if it's reading The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights by the Dalai Lama or being together or making a decision we feel happy with, or a combination of all three (probably all three) but I am deciding to curb the cynicism for now.

ALSO.  Lest I forget, a huge thank you to those who responded so kindly to my last post.

HEARTS.