Outta here!

Haha! I was just looking back through the old post and now I'm wishing I had a little longer here in Idaho Falls! I'll be headed to Oregon at the end of this week, and honestly I'm not feeling all that excited. All I can think about is how much I'm gonna miss everyone here! These past few months it's been great getting together with all my brothers and their families. Hanging out with Mark and Curt, playing with my nieces and nephews, long talks with the parents, relaxing and enjoying the summer, it really has been a pretty great summer.
We went up to Utah two days ago for my cousins wedding. It's a drive I have made probably a thousand times, but this time I made an effort to look around as we drove. Idaho is such a beautiful place...even the nothingness between Idaho Falls and Provo :) That is actually saying something considering all the places I have lived over the years. Hawaii, West Yellowstone Montana, Oregon, Utah....all beautiful places, yet I still keep ending up here in Idaho Falls. There is just so much that I love here! Not just the trees and the fields and the mountains, but the people!!
I was looking in the paper the other day and I saw that football practices start tomorrow for all the high schools. For like three seconds I thought to myself, "Wow I probably better go over to the school and get the training room ready for practices!" Then I remembered that I didn't have to do that, and then I got sad because someone else is going to be in my training room, taking care of my kids, doing my job that I loved!!! And then I started thinking about my nieces and nephews, and how much I'm going to be missing in their lives. And then I started thinking about the rest of my family, and how much I'll miss being with them. And then I took a step back and a deep breath, and tried to remember why I'm leaving. It's the right thing to do. I'm way too attached to things going on here, and I need to focus on becoming independent. It will be ok, it's not like I'm goin to Africa! Haha! I'm such a wuss! I guess I just have to face the facts and know that I'll probably be coming home a lot the first little while, or wishing I could be home!