Exhaustion

I am tired. Very tired. 

In five months I got married - as did my brother Michael and daughter Andrea - three weddings, two of which I was intimately involved in the planning.

I accepted a position in not just another town but another province, albeit the one next to Alberta, but in a huge country like Canada it might as well be another country. And, as you know if you have been reading my blog I sold my home of 27 years and in the process my daughter Stefanie moved out and got her own place. This was a huge change for her and I felt it.  I rented a condo in Victoria that I will move into at the end of August but for now I am staying at a friend’s condo as they are away, my third new ‘home’ in two months. I am living out of a suitcase, well actually several suitcases, and feel like a vagabond.  And my husband is still in Edmonton!

After two years of pretty much being on my own schedule I am at a job by 8 am every morning and there until the work is done for the day, meeting new challenges and new people several times a day. 

In the process I am discovering a new city, the streets, the shopping, the amenities. Today I found a walking path around the circumference of a public golf course. As the saying goes, I killed 2 birds with one stone.

There are moments when I ask myself why? Why am I living in a strange place? Change is difficult, it takes an enormous amount of energy.  I don’t always feel well, maybe the lower elevation or just adapting to the new environment. Despite my positive outlook people are not always welcoming. Work has its problems.  The sun does not always shine.

But I’ve made it this far.  I drove back to Victoria from Edmonton and was welcomed by my Aunt Jude and Uncle Jack along the way, they live in Chilliwack. 

 

Me, Aunt Jude and Uncle Jack enjoying a salmon dinner

Then my cousin Angela and her family who live in Langford, a suburb of Victoria, had me over for dinner on Wednesday with my visiting sister and her two boys. 

 

From left Luc, Nic, Chris, Graham, Jennifer, Angela, me and Matt enjoying another salmon dinner

My Mum is coming over tonight.   

 

My Mum

After 30 years of not having family, other than my children nearby, I now have family very close. 

Life right now has its ups and downs. But despite the stress of everything new, so far I am moving forward, day by day... and hopefully yawning less.