I <3 NYC FOOOOOOD

Lets update again...


I love NYC food. Seriously, nearly everything is delicious! Hey! Ever notice that Delicious has the word DELI in it? I know why... omg! I cant wait to head Ben/Jesse/Emilys direction for some yummy-ness. I told Boy that those sandwich's beat flowers any day!! Thank God for the treadmill in our place.

So Boy is almost completely unpacked and I still rummage through boxes for clothes. Did I pack too much or am I just being lazy? Maybe a little of both. By the time I get home I am SOOOO tired!! I cant stand it!

My co-workers are getting cooler as the days go on. Since I'm the newbie its tough. But luckily there are quite a few that haven't been there long so I'm in good company.

I feel completely unconnected from the world this week but next week will be better. this weekend I will get a lot done. We only have Internet in one room... the bedroom. Cant complain, its free (and slow).

Hopefully tonight and I can FINALLY sleep through the night... eh

Lots of Love,
XoXo!
M

Working 9 to 6ish... ISH

Ever feel like the only thing you do is work? Me too!

First day at the new job... whats there to say? I hated it. But I went back today and really liked it. I think yesterday I was feeling so homesick for my family. Dad sent me a photo message of Crash (Landon) and I got it while on the subway... I burst into tears and did not stop from Manhattan to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn... in fact I did not stop until about 20 mins after I got home. It was a tough day.

The job was so busy that I didn't get to know anyone I worked with and it seemed like they had noooo personality and it made me lonely. But day two was much much better. I worked with this great girl and she was a lot of fun.

I'm exhausted. Boy is more unpacked than I am! I get up at 6:30am and he wakes up with me and makes me tea while I shower and get ready. He turns on the news and even irons my clothes! Great guy! Feeds the kids (cats)... so sweet. Great Boyfriend! Love him to death! The Best. Even makes me breakfast.

Im very much looking forward to this weekend. Im going to finish unpacking, clean our apartment, and get a mani/pedi!

Kudos to Mom! She got the new job!! Im sooo proud of her! I knew she would!!

Okay, Bedtime.

Lots of Love!
XoXo!
M

Sending Love from Brooklyn!!!

I'm writing you from the pink room known as the bedroom. I'm sitting on the air mattress because Dad and Patti come tomorrow with the truck then the movers are gunna take care of business and i cant tell you how much I'm looking forward to that happening. It's going to be a long weekend for us!!

We're so thankful for the friends and family we have. They are so supportive. Blessed doesn't even begin to cover it!

We are going to make little videos, mainly for Jon(ah)s parents but we will post them for all to see... just us moving in and what not.

I love our bathroom! So far... we only had one box...

Tomorrow I will have more to say. I'm beat! We started our day @ 3am.

Lots of Love from Brooklyn!
XoXo!
M

I'm leaving in a mustang, don't know when I'll be back again

I'm taking a little break from cleaning and finishing touches. It's quiet and I'm left to my thoughts.

Tonight we had a going away dinner. Beth made a delicious meal, the kids were just perfect, and Eddie and I played some Wii. Dad was a little bit of everywhere. It was nice. I wondered why we didn't have a dinner like that once a week. Why it took one of us leaving to break bread with one another, family style. It was perfect and I only cried a little and in front of only one person, Crash {Landon}.

When I picked him up from Eddie and Beth and put him in my car and started to talk to him I realized that we weren't going to have our regular chats about him being such a handsome and happy baby. That I was going to have to make a real effort and so were they. It hurt. But there is always a sacrifice for things that you really want in life.

I changed Kayla one last time, man was it a horrible diaper too, and she just looked at me like she knew. Kayla is so wise, maybe she didn't know at all but I like to believe she did. And Eddie kept telling Kayla to say goodbye to Auntie because you wont see her for a while and by how often Eddie said it I knew that he felt it too. Leaving Eddie is never easy for me. He was my very first best friend and he means the world to me and now his wife is one of my best friends, who I can tell ANYTHING to and never judges me or is disappointed in me and I love her for that.

And then theres Dad. Anyone who knows me knows I'm a Daddy's Girl. My Dad and I are close and when he convinced me to move here I knew that I would be safe. Ive had more than my share of bouts with depression and Ive always run to Dad for them because I knew that he could take care of me when I couldn't take care of myself. He is truly my protector. Leaving him has always been scary.

So now you know what I am leaving behind. This is what I will be missing while living in the concrete jungle. I'm truly a blessed girl to have had 2.5 years here with them. And I cant wait till they come visit me and when i come back to visit them.

So now I take a break and wait for Boy and his parents to show up with their packed van. We'll unload it into the house and then say our goodbyes to them. I fear this will not be easy either. Its going to be a long couple of days for us. This is my calm before the storm.

Well, in much much brighter news, Mom, who has been my biggest cheerleader in this move and just moved herself, just had a big interview! She will find out sometime this week what the verdict is... I know she rocked it. Cant wait to hear the good news.

Back to work. May not be on for a while. Please pray for us.

XoXo,
M

These are a few of my FAVORITE things

I'm writing to you from the only piece of furniture left in the living room while watching Lilo and Stitch with Kayla. It's raining and pretty chilly out. She is trying to learn how to drink out of a straw and is being the sweetest thing. I get the pleasure of watching her while her Daddy {Eddie} and Papa are replacing my car top.

I believe the thing I'm struggling the most with is leaving the Kayla and Crash {Landon}. I have always adored the "grandkids" {my nieces and nephews} but this is the first set that I was of age to have my own. This is the first set that were born when my biological clock was ticking- correction- Kayla started my biological clock.

Before Kayla was born and after The Picture People, I was all done with kids. I didn't want any. Well then when Beth and Eddie got pregnant I was so excited to have a baby around since I live so far from the kids in Erie.

When Kayla was born and I held her in my arms that darn clock started ticking ever so lightly, but it did start. As I watched her grow and spent lots of time with her, babysitting her, playing dress up, taking a million pictures of her my heart warmed up to the thought of having a family and I began planning.

That's right, I changed. My whole world changed. Megan became a planner and maternal and wanted a family and was okay with the thought of marriage. I settled down, wanted a home of my own. Kayla helped me grow up. Then Beth and Eddie announced they were having a little boy...

Crash {Landon} was a different experience for me than Kayla. Kayla helped me to grow up and Crash showed me the responsibility behind having a family. He is the sweetest little guy and I got to experience having a baby around while in a serious relationship. Being able to share that experience with Boy was so special. Now, Crash is very close to me. He's my little guy! All smiles.

Beth calls me 2nd Mommy and I do feel that way with the kids. They mean the world to me. Ive been there for everything.

Leaving them will be the hardest part of this move. Every time I think about it the flood gates open and I'm a wreck. I'm going to miss them so much. I hope they come visit the most and we will be coming back to see them and the rest of the family. I don't want to miss everything with them like I did the rest of the kids.

Kayla and Crash are a few of my favorite things.

I can see the finish line.

Not much to say today. I guess the update is that we have to sign the lease on Friday by noon. Boys parent are dropping him off at 2am {not sure} and we will leave from there to so sign the lease. The office is in Manhattan so we are planning to drive my car to Bay Ridge {Brooklyn} and park then take the subway into the city and hopefully grab a deli sandwich on the way.

Today i have a disaster zone to clean up and finish packing my clothes and scrapbook stuff. I don't feel like doing it but I'm so close to being done with all of this. Really looking forward to the finish line.

XoXo!
M

Bags are {almost} packed and I'm ready to go

Wanted to share the moving pic with you. Believe it or not we STILL have a few more things to pack up but its going in Dads truck. ALMOST READY!!

We played the lotto tonight. Dad said if we win we will ditch the trailer and buy new and let someone else do all the work. haha

XoXo!
M