Moving On

[drakyndra]

Wow. This is just a weird thing to say, but...well, I have now officially moved out of home.

Wow.

This is just weird.

I mean, yeah, I've spent most of the past two years at boarding school and college, and have only really been home for the holidays, but it was still home, you know? I still lived on a farm out in the middle of freaking nowhere, with my parents and The Sister.

But now... well, lena_supercat is letting me have her room while she is away, until the start of February. And at some point, whenever we get all the organising done, altheas and I should have worked out our own sharehouse.

I don't live with my parents anymore. I don't live with my sister anymore. I don't live with my family anymore.

Wow.

It just...it just means everything will be different.
It means I won't have The Sister wandering in, asking to borrow my clothes.
It means I won't have to be in a car for half an hour just to see my friends.
It means I won't run into old school teachers every time I go into town.
It means seeing a movie, or going shopping is no longer a big deal.
It means I won't be dragged to all those boring dinners down in Byaduk.
It means I won't have that tiny little room, with not enough cupboard space, and all my random things over every flat surface.
It means the first time that I won't see the cats again.
It means not being able to go down to the orchard in summer and stealing all the fruit.
It means I won't live with my family any more.

Wow.

This is just so weird, I just can't get over it.

Comments

[kniblet.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's a big step. Good luck with the new independence.

I haven't lived properly with my parents since I was 17. (And, yes, I am old.) I still visit for weekends a few times a year, but it's not home. Although, this may have something to do with the fact that I've never actually lived in my parents' current house.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm 19, so it's not that much older. And I was 17 when I first went away to boarding school.

[kniblet.livejournal.com]

When I was 17 my parents emigrated to the US and I spent half the year living with my aunt and the other half with my grandparents. When I moved to the US I lived with one of my sisters at uni. I did live with a boyfriend for a year in med school, but I don't think I was properly independent until I finished medical school and moved up North for residency. I was 25 then. So, you win. :)

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Nice.

And rather complicated.

[kniblet.livejournal.com]

Well, I never claimed to be simple. :)

Happy moving.

[laurenthemself]

On the bright side, you'll be around for Things now!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Yay!