leaving gram's nest?

so today my mom called to say my grandma was upset about my new house in san antonio. she's nervous because it's kind of across town.

since the age of 5 i've lived about 4 miles away from my grandma [minus being away in new england]. she picked my brother and i up from elementary, middle and high schools for the majority of our time there. even since i've moved up north and my brother's started college, we're always in the neighborhood on weekends that we're home. the church we go to is directly across the street from her neighborhood so its a guarantee we'll be nearby on sundays. if we were ever locked out or in need of a ride, grams has always been 5 minutes away.

now me, my mom and bro are packing up and moving west. we're staying in san antonio but definitely switching zipcodes a bit.

i think grams thought our move was partly to get out of the family net [never mind the fact that the majority of time i'm thousands of miles outside the family net]. that was totally not it at all. we just found a nice house that met all the requirements for a great deal.

it's cute and sad that grams was upset about the move. i know she loves us a ton, and this just emphasizes that. but also sad that she thought we were leaving her with our minor move across town. she's worried she'll see us less. oh gram.

[yes. my family is far closer than most other families i know. considering i talk to my brother, parents, cousins, and grandparents on a daily to weekly basis and see everyone at least once a month - we are special.]

stay tuned

i really do mean to write here more frequently, i just keep getting distracted.
there's so much going on in my life right now, and i want to document it all but sometimes i'm just too busy or too tired or too lazy to put it all into words.

i'm buying a house, with my mom, in san antonio.
i'm renting an apartment, with maria, in new york.
i'm working a LOT, at the same place i've been for the past 2.5 years. i never thought i'd stick around this long.
i have so many places i want to travel to, friends i want to visit. but. BUT. now i have two new homes to settle into. i don't want to neglect anything. i feel like every minute is packed and i'm already being torn.
i'm about to hit my quarter-of-a-century mark. i feel like the angst will start to hit me pretty soon. there's already a trickle of impending freak-out.

i guess this is growing up.