One Week

Tomorrow will mark the one week mark since Maddy and I have been in our new house. It's been easier in some ways and harder in others. My day got started off wrong on Monday when my work computer would not work. I was so stressed out over trying to get that fixed on top of the emotions I was dealing with with moving away from home..again. I was worried about Maddy and how she felt and tried my best to create as much "normalcy" as I could in our new house. I took advantage of the unexpected time off work and tried to clean and organize around the house. I really wanted to have it all done for when Maddy got home, but that just did not happen. Maddy was happy to see me when I picked her up from school and she asked if we were going to our new house. She seemed excited, which made me feel better but little did I know. Our first dinner was nothing amazing. We had a hot dog with a banana. After dinner we played until it was time for Maddy to go to bed. Her bed time got stretched a little to 8:30. Tuesday rolled around and I realized I would once again be out of work because they thought the storms we had fried my computer (turns out all it was is the IP settings needed to be changed so they wasted money on shipping me a new computer). My mom came over Tuesday to help me try to get my house manageable. She accomplished a lot and I was very thankful for her help. Tuesday was probably the hardest day emotionally for me. When Maddy woke up she asked if we were going to come back to her new house. I told her yes. She said, "But I don't want to go to Maddy's new house, I want to go home." Honestly I have no idea how I managed not to burst into tears, but somehow I managed to stay strong and I told her her new house was her home. She proceeded to tell me that she wanted to go to Nana's. I felt so horrible. I was missing "home" too and the transition was a bit rough. After Tuesday morning she started to seem better. Tuesday was our first dinner I cooked. I made london broil, mashed potatoes, and peas. I was very pleased with how everything turned out. I marinaded the meat in A-1 sauce and put some Nature's Blend all over it and some garlic and salt. I marinaded it overnight. I used A-1 because I am still in need of some basic supplies and did not have Worcestershire sauce. I actually really liked the A-1 marinade and will def use it again. Maddy enjoyed dinner as well, but didn't like the meat. Wednesday morning my work computer was up and running and I started feeling a little more normal. My mom came over again for a little while. We were supposed to do some more cleaning/organizing but we ended up working and talking. By this point Maddy was excited to hear we were going to her new house when I picked her up from school. The only thing missing was Manny. I left him at my mom's while we got a little more settled first. I missed him terribly but knew my mom was taking good care of him. I won't recap Thursday and Friday as I'm sure it's a bit boring, but I did want to document some of our "firsts" in our new house. I have a few pictures to go with this post, but I will have to add them later. Maddy is adjusting very well and seems to really like her new house.