The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers....

Midland day 8
Scenery: Flat and brown
Friends: 0 (here kitty, kitty, kitty)
Gracy: Loving her new school
Chase: Wants to go back to "Nebada" to get his blue walls.
John: Still loving his job
Me: Trying to be more like Tigger and less like Eeyore.

So, I have decided to try and find the positives in all of this change and to stop complaining about all of the things I am missing. For example: I am now able to vacuum the whole apartment with a dustbuster, I can now multi task while Chase is in the tub since the computer desk is right outside of the bathroom, cleaning the kitchen is a breeze considering that I only have 2 decent size pans and a casserole dish, and I finally live near an On the Border.

We also live less than 5 miles from the mall which normally would strike fear into John, but it reminds me a lot of the old Richardson Square mall. It has decent stores, Dillards, JC Penney's, Justice, Aeropostale etc..., but a whole different group of people than I am used to. So, my Tigger view on this is that I will obviously save money by staying out of the mall unless John is with us and honestly how often do you think that's going to happen??? (insert John's happy dance here).

Grace on the other hand has been Tigger since day one. She finds wonder in every cactus and tumbleweed and will tell everyone how much she loves it here. Her first day of school was yesterday and she was more excited about finally getting a locker than anything else. She already has the combination memorized and has it decorated with cute magnets. But I got worried when she got in the car because she stated that it had not been such a great day, when I asked her why she said, "there are like 90 kids in the 4th grade and I only have like 12 good friends and only 2 best friends!!". I reminded her that it was only Tuesday and at that rate by Friday she should have like 48 good friends and 8 best friends and that I had been her for a whole week and didn't even have one friend yet. (sniff, sniff, insert pause here, I need a tissue).

Okay, so maybe I need to work on the whole Tigger approach a little. Maybe my Tigger theory would be more productive if it were accompanied by a margarita.....On the Border is right around the corner you know!