There have only been a couple of posts since the last monthly review, eek!

June has been one of the hardest months for me. Making a transition across the country, to a place where you don’t even know a handful of people has been rough. Missing my boyfriend and starting a long-distance relationship is an entirely different thing that I can’t even begin to touch on here. I thankfully have had such a strong support group figuratively holding my hand through this whole process, and I can’t thank them enough. I’m not all the way through, but I’ve been trying to focus on all the positive aspects and good things that have been going on in light of the weirdness. I’m about two weeks through my job, and that couldn’t be more fantastic. There are amazing people that I’m being introduced to daily, and my team and boss seem like such supportive and great people to work with. I can tell that I’m going to learn a ton. It’s amazing that the environment has really been about collaboration and building each other up in positive ways rather than focusing on competition. I was looking for a place where I could be truly happy with what I’m doing day in and day out, and I know I’ve found that. It’s the big reason and thing I need to focus on when I’m dealing with those little irritants moving and acclimating bring on. Like how within 24 hours of moving here my car got towed.

June was this weird wonderland of graduating with my MFA, and then a complete relaxation. I finally got to meet Ciara when she made a spontaneous trip down to Savannah to explore before I left. I know it’s said a lot, but yes, blog world, I love you. Meeting kindred spirits like her really make all of these weirdly spent hours very much worth it. Hours and hours were spent on Tybee trying to soak in as much beach and summer and boyfriend time as possible. Megan came to visit, and we ate ourselves silly trying to take in our last Savannah experience (at least for a long while). We even went to get her a little tattoo that I lettered in celebration of both of our graduations. She’s a fancy French teacher and graduated with her MEd around the same time I did. Go Megan! And then, then there was the move. There’s not much to say other than it’s been a complete turn around, and not for the worst. It’s just a transition, and I’m stepping slowly through it day by day.

Have any of you moved far away from home or a place you were really familiar with? It’s been nice hearing people’s stories of struggles and happy endings as I’m going through the process myself. The perfectionist part of me is all “why haven’t you made one million friends and have figured out how to drive everywhere without a map, and have your apartment completely decorated?” Crazy me, right? The other side of me is so proud that I’ve potted three whole plants, and have caught up with all the new episodes of Pretty Little Liars. Go Kelsey! This month’s in review is in celebration of the little things. When life is in flux, and you don’t have a solid footing, sometimes the best thing you can do is celebrate living in the moment.

Happy Fourth of July friends.