It was just fourteen days ago today that I moved into Brooksby Village. As the days went by I found what fits where and what I needed to make the place feel like "home."
Today was the first day that I am staying home all day.
I did laundry, paid bills, did a bank statement and even had a nap. With everything that I had to do and think about I haven't had a nap in a very long time.
This was the FIRST day since I moved in that I really feel like this is "home."
The pictures are not hung, there is more to be done about placement of furniture, but it's comfortable and I pretty much know where things are.
A few things are "among the missing" but I'm sure they are here somewhere!
One day last week had a descision to make: Should I go to the market and shop for some staples or attend a class in "Chi Gong" which is the ancient art of gentle movement.
"Gentle" sounded good to me so I skipped the market, went to the class, and met a very nice lady who had recently moved to Brooksby too. We can help each other find the in's and out's of this large community!
My mother's words came to mind that day, "If you don't go out, nothing happens."
A BIRTHDAY
If you told me one year ago that I would be living in a retirement community I would have said, "you must be kidding me., it's not going to happen!"
But here I am celebrating another birthday in my new home.
In previous years, Steve and Carol have taken me on mystery rides, places that were unique, towns that I would enjoy but not able to get to on my own.
This year was different. They came here and brought lots of wonderful and thoughtful gifts.
I'll just tell you about one that was especially thoughtful.
Wherever I have lived in my adult life I've had a print or photo of Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
Even when I rented a condo in Florida, a Sunflowers print hung in my bedroom.
Now I have a Sunflower that is on my bathroom wall. I couldn't hang anything on that wall because the bathroom door closes on that wall so a framed glass print was out of the question.
Steve had a remedy for that! He found something that looks like it's framed but it's not. It fills up the wall nicely.
Easy Apply Wall Sticker Painting - Sunflowers, Vincent Van Gogh
I have my sunflower and no worry about breaking the glass!
We were so busy doing so many things that when it came to dinner time I suggested we pick up a "meal to go" at one of Brooksby's casual restaurants.
We took it home, had a feast.
Now Steve and Carol know what I am talking about when I say, "the food is good, generous, and enough left over for lunch or even dinner the next day!
As a matter of fact, I'm having dinner at home tonight, all I have to do is heat it up!