On this day in 2010

Facebook has a new feature. You can now see what you or your friends were up to "On this day in 2010." I'm not entirely sure how to make it show up, but this time last year was a very busy time, and I'm quite enjoying reading the old statuses and thinking of everything we've done in it. Especially when it's displayed with such a historic sounding title as "On this day in 2010." Don't worry. I know I just talked about what we did all last year. I'm not going to run you through it all again.

On this day in 2010, We had finished most of the packing and Dad, John, and Chris had come to The Frozen North Country to help us move all of our stuff into a truck and ship it back to Maryland. We had gotten the rental truck, been pulled over for smuggling people across the border, and were packing stuff into the truck in preparation for the twelve hour trip.

Emotions were high. I was stressed, we had only had a week to plan, prep and move. I was excited, we were moving back down to the DC area, where I had grown up. I was nervous, what was going to happen once we got down there? Surely we weren't going to live with my grandparents forever! I was even a little sad.

On this day in 2011, I am feeling quite different. The animals are sleeping, I haven't had to look at a box for weeks, we have plans for Thursday to go to a ball game with Dad, the house is clean and tidy (well, except for the laundry that Monty own't let me fold), and Zach is at work and will be late, like he has been for the past several weeks due to an overabundance of work and a lack of workers.

***We interrupt this blog post to bring you breaking news***

There has been an earthquake all along the East Coast!

That's it. You can look it up in the news but I thought I should probably mention it, as it is a rather strange occurrence and I was in the middle of writing as it started.

***We now bring you back to the not so historical, historical blog post***


While we left behind a lot of things in Maryland and don't for one moment regret our decision to come back down, we had built a life in New York. We had made friends and plans and were rather firmly rooted in the neighborhood- at least to a few people. We grew to love the people and still talk of them often. When it's cold nine months out of the year (well, maybe not quite that much, but it seemed like it to us!) people develop warm hearts and open arms.

Even when you get what you really wanted- a place close to family, a home that you bought, and a warmer climate- there are always trade offs. We'll always remember and always be thankful for the people in The North Country.

And that's what I'm thinking about On This Day in 2011. Those people in 2009-2010 (and the earthquake).

God bless and see you soon,

Joelle