Getting Settled In

So we slowly got settled into our apartment but living here is driving me insane. I just want out. I do not like this town, this state and most of all I cannot breathe here. My asthma is off the charts and I am on lots of medications like steroids. I told my husband I can't stay here much longer and that if I stay here my asthma will kill me. He knows we need to get out of here. Another reason to build that homestead.

One thing that has been absolutely difficult for me is that two of my older children have moved away. They both decided that they needed a change from Virginia. First my son Brandon went and he has been so far from me, it's just heartbreaking, but I know it's his life and he needs to live it the way he likes. He has a sweet girlfriend and I pray they get married one day. Brandon is like the most amazing builder I ever knew in my life. I only wish he was here to help me get this homestead started. But I know I would be like the annoying mother lingering around and that would drive him batty!

Then my older daughter Amber and my granddaughter Sophie-bear left. And they moved cross country a year or so before we moved. She got a job as a social worker which I know is very stressful due to the things she deals with there but I know she is just an angel and really cares for people so she will do a great job. Plus she has a great education behind her.

My younger daughter and her husband stayed her in town and are going to come do the homesteading with us which should be totally amazing. I am trying to show them how they can become debt free earlier in life than we are doing it.

I struggle being so far away from them. They are my heart and my husband and I hope that someday they will be closer. We even hope they will move to the homestead with us. After all we are that kind of family that used to be very tight knit. It's probably a good thing they left before we had to make the changes we did because it would have really stressed them out too!

Luckily I still have two at home who are still my babies. We got more and more settled in the apartment as time went on and we tried to have a good attitude about life despite it's challenges. The youngest is actually my grandchild but we are raising him the best we can.

We still are not there yet but we are in the planning stages for our homestead. Wish us luck and hope you get to see our homestead as we build it. I will probably do most of the planning while my hubby is working and he and I will be pow-wowing our ideas.

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