New Normals

Adjusting to a new normal is our drama right now.  The biggest new normal is that Steve and I HAVE to share a bathroom. The other house - we each had our own bathroom (after the girls moved out) and now we share this teeny tiny bathroom in which it is really difficult to turn around without hitting the sink or the bathtub or the toilet.....oh well - it makes for some good laughs.

Another new normal is that we don't have to climb so many steps, which is a very good thing. The other house - the laundry was in the basement and our bedroom was on the 2nd floor and we had about 6 steps just to get into the main level from the back door. Lots of going up and downs. Now we have everything on the main level. We do have a basement but it will be mainly used for storage.

 Another new normal is having a huge garage. I think it may be the same size as the house....maybe not...but it feels like it.

Another one is that instead of the 25 minute drive one way into work and then back again - now it's like 5 minutes (depending on traffic) and about 10 minutes when I ride my bike. I like that a lot.

One more new normal is that today when I left my sister's house I almost turned left to go back to Elkhart and in the nick of time I remembered that I can turn right and be at my house in 10 minutes or less.

Lots of newness right now. Much too soon - all the new normals will just become normal and life will go on.....but I do hope that very soon I can share with you a huge new normal that is coming at the end of this month. Stay tuned......Unless you've become quite tired of my "novels".  Then I really don't care because this is really just for me to get all my words out and if you want to - you can listen in. hahaha  And then Steve doesn't have to listen to ALL my words....for which he is very thankful.