A very b-b-blustery day!

It's the perfect day today to sit in the warm house and listen to the wind rage outside, and watch the dark clouds lumber by!

So here's what it really looks like, around here. You can see that some of the trees are green year-round, the pine-ish ones, but there are lot of trees that lose their leaves, too. Mine are all the balding kind, but they looked amazing during the fall. I can't wait to see them in spring and summer!

I even rearranged some furniture so that I can sit in my favorite chair and watch the sky out the front window. It's fun to watch the squirrels scurrying around, trying to beat some internal time-clock they've got going on.

Speaking of furniture, it was an interesting thing, what happened yesterday.

I had just come to the conclusion that there was nothing wrong with taking a sabbatical from worrying about stuff, at least until the school year is out in May. That's when I have to decide if I'm going to buy this house or not, but in the meantime, I really can just relax and see what's what. We have a snug house, food on the table, nice schools, and time to adjust to it all.

One of the things that I felt relieved about, too, was that I found out that I can keep my COBRA through my ex-husband's new insurance. With that, and realizing that there is no reason to panic right now, I was breathing easier.

Coincidentally, yesterday I went to the bank to have my CA accounts transferred here, and I found I'd made a certain amount of interest. I decided that the front room being empty and unused bugged me, so I took that little bit of interest, and went to the furniture store to see what I could do with it. I actually did very well for my money, and found several things that this house needed. I came home and started rearranging rooms, feeling more and more comfortable with how the place is shaping up. I was looking forward to the next couple months, just puttering around and tweaking stuff until it feels right...

...when the phone rang. It was my friend, with the great news that the insurance job, evidently, WILL be a reality around the end of the month. Isn't it funny that the DAY after I decided to let go of worrying for a while, the source of worry is alleviated for me?

There are a few things to figure out. JT will need after school care, so I have to call around the places near his school and find one that picks them up. I'lll need an office wardrobe, but that's not too difficult. I'm a little concerned about AJ coming home to an empty house every day, so I hope to find something for her to do. I may ask the neighbor lady, a single older gal, if she needs anything done around her house. She could "hire" AJ to putter around her house, but I'd be providing the paycheck. Neighbor gets free puttering, AJ is kept occupied after school and makes some money.

It will take some getting used to, being in an office all day every day again; I haven't done that since about 1989. I'm very much hoping and praying that I prove myself able to do the job. So there are some details to work on, but all in all, this is a very good sign!