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tokana's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moving Up I’m moving. Again. This will be my 7th move in the past 3 years, all within the Greater Orlando area. Hopefully this will be the last – the next time I move I am hoping it is out of state and off to school – but I’ve been saying that for years now… At least I can say I have progressively improved with each move. The first time I officially moved out of my parent’s house I was 19. I moved into a townhouse in Maitland where I rented a room. Since then I have lived in two apartment complexes (both on the higher end), one adorable studio downtown and now I’m moving into a spacious condo in Winter Park. Not shabby. What will make this coming move so interesting is that I will be living with my brother. If someone had asked me two years ago, probably 6 months ago even, if I would ever live with my brother again, I would have laughed. But, here I am. We actually signed the lease this afternoon. With C interviewing with the airlines soon he will be going off for training and then relocating out West. With my stable job, I don’t want to pick up and leave until he is settled and I find a school (or job if necessary) out there. That said I needed to find a roommate in Orlando to help me keep costs down until I can join C. My brother and I have not been especially close since we were very young. Even being homeschooled and spending all that time together, we really got on each others nerves more than anything. I’ve always wished that were different, I’ve always wanted a closer relationship with him, but it never seemed to work. First I was in that weird ‘young teen stage’ and he was still a kid, then I was in the awkward ‘older teen stage’ and he was in the young one and so on. But now, well, we’ve kind of met in the middle and now (I think) we’re both in the difficult ‘finding our own way stage’ and we seem to get along a lot better. In the past months we have even been hanging out just for the sake of each other’s company, almost like friends. I figure with my plans to leave the city soon, what better time than now to jump on the chance to get to know him better. And what better way to do that than to guarantee I’ll spend time with him? I just hope it doesn’t turn out to be too much time. I am really excited though. Moving out is a big step for him and I’m glad to get to be a part of that. And I’m glad we could help each other, he will help me keep cost down and I will help him get some renters history and maybe in the process we’ll finally cross the line between siblings and friends. This entry just got really cheesy. Sorry about that. Anyhow, I’m sure you’ll hear about any unusual encounters during the whole moving process. Our official move-in date is Feb. 15th, so there is still time to adjust to the idea. 3:32 p.m. - January 31, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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