#SongoftheDay The Middle (Jimmy Eat World)

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We're moving next week. We're not happy about the move, but it's happening nonetheless. I'm going to miss this little house. I know how fortunate I am to live indoors at all, but the past three years have been the only time in my entire adult life when I've been able to live in a house, and going back to living in a high rise isn't something I'm enthusiastic about. The house and town (despite being very small--both the house and the town) are way too expensive to live in. Plus, there's the lack of access to medical care and public transportation. 

So we're moving.

I'm really sad. And stressed. And busy with all the packing. And my health is poor, as usual. Ill health makes sadness and stress even harder to cope with.

That's the big reason I haven't been around. It occurs to me that the last time this blog went on a big hiatus was the last time we moved. It really does consume your life and energy.

This song has been in my head every day for days. I wake up hearing it inside my skull. I guess it's my mind's version of a Hang in There, Baby poster, encouraging me to stay the course. Maybe it's working. I would never have said this is a song I liked, but I appreciate having a cheering section. I've even started singing it around the house.


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Giselle


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