Pain. Everywhere.

**Below are just some thoughts....helping my brain and heart to wrap around the idea that we have finally moved**

We are blessed. You see, we did not actually have to "move". We had a relo package where the movers came in and packed EVERYTHING in our house, shop out back and storage unit! Seriously, the wrapped up loose random stuff. Everything was in a box.

They delivered everything Friday afternoon and this is the first time I think I have sat down and had time to myself in a week. What an amazing feeling to put on real clothes (not nasty moving clothes), sit in my chair with my coffee (a chair that now fits in my bedroom!) and have a date with my laptop.

I am in pain. Everywhere. Every inch of my body is somehow hurting or is sore. Even my heart. Columbus will be great. God has given me a piece about it, but that doesn't mean that the next few months will be easy! I have so much anxiety about finding girlfriends, couples friends, mommy friends! I know I will be able to meet people, but how exactly do I find a "group" to be a part of. Will they let a "new girl" into their group of friends? As bubbly as I normally am, this part of moving makes me crawl into a little shell like a turtle and peek my head out every once and a while, but then snuggle all back in to my comfortable place.

We drove back up to Atlanta at 6am Sunday morning to attend Vinings Lake Church one last time and I was able to sing with the band for the last time. God knew we needed the people at that church in our lives 2 years ago and it was so hard to drive back home on Sunday afternoon. They surprised us and had a lunch for us after church with 30 of our friends and like a million of their kids! I will cherish that sweet surprise for a while! An old high school friend sent a message to me on facebook and said this about finding a new church..."I found looking for a new church is almost as important as finding the right house". Isn't that the truth. It is so important to find a place where you feel comfortable and at home and feeds you while also letting you feed other people! I'm excited to try some churches here that we have heard great things about!

I have never been great about blogging, but I realized after reading Kelly and Katie's blogs, that this doesn't have to be an outlet to share stuff with my family in Texas...it really can be an opportunity to scrapbook my families little life and adventures. Katie recently printed out her blog to keep! I am going to try and make a habit about blogging about life...about everything and document the Flannagan life. Feel free to take this adventure with us~ I know I like sharing in yours!

Have a great Tuesday - and be on the lookout for posts on the last few weeks...Texas...to the move...and decorating the house!