New move

Hi there,

February! Just a little over a month into a new year and just a few days into a new month. And this new month is bringing lots of new things into my life. 

I am looking at my last couple of weeks in my first year of Remicade. Wedding plans are going along fairly nicely, and relatively stress free, might I add! And now, with this new month, I am getting ready to move into an amazing place. I am beyond excited that I will be moving into my own place. No roommates, until I get married that is. This just makes us feel like we are going to be one step closer to being married and starting our newly wed lives off.

Timing, however, is going to be a bit odd for me. I am moving the end of this month. I also have my next treatment on the first of March. Which means I will be having to move into a new place a day or two before treatment. Yikes! I guess the night before I will have the most important boxes unpacked first. Oh and of course, my bed set up, because I will be living in my bed for the first couple of days after treatment in the new place. 

Although, this is a very exciting and good step in life, I also have some fears. This is the first time I will be living alone. That is a tad scary being on treatments and knowing there will be no one in the house if I need someone. I haven't needed anyone before, but it's scary that if I do, there will be no one else there. And then, there's moving itself. The days before treatment are not easy for me as it is. I am usually more sore and tired. Now, I am adding having to do a lot more physical work right before having treatments and having to be prepared to go for treatment the next day. And then there is after treatment. After I move I usually will take the next day and go to the store for groceries. Knowing how I usually feel, that may not be as thorough as I would like of a grocery trip. Then there's the idea of unpacking. I am one to be unpacked (well mostly) by a couple of days after I move into a place. It's going to drive me bonkers to be staring at boxes and not feeling well enough to unpack them! (I am almost planning on becoming a hermit in my bedroom and banishing the boxes to a different room so I won't have to stare at them.)

As I have said time and time again, I have been incredibly fortunate to have such amazing people in my life who are so supportive. A couples small group that Ryan and I are involved in have all volunteered to help make this an easier process for me. A couple of them have trucks to tow the big stuff. The guys are willing to do the lifting that I will need done. And the girls have even volunteered to help me get packed/unpacked if need be. 

It does ease my mind knowing that we will have a ton of help. And I know it all will work out, just the way it always does. I think I am more excited for the challenge then I am worried. I am ready to face this eventful week coming up head on. I am ready and happy about this big step I am taking to move one step closer to married life!

Nikki De

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