The end of another chapter

Today officially marks the end of another chapter in our life.  We are finally moved into our new home and out of the condo!!!  Yesterday I finished painting and patching and turned the keys over to the landlord. It was a bitter sweet farewell for me, especially.  The Lyndale condo was my first official place in Chicago.  So many things happened there.

I moved there a lonely, bitter, angry, confused divorcee.  And I am leaving as a revived matured husband, father and family man.  Devoted and dedicated to making his family happy and prosperous.  Through the years, the condo went from an empty bachelor's shell to a home bursting at the seams with children's toys and more clothes and shoes than could be imagined!!!

As I walked out the door yesterday afternoon, I reflected on the good, bad and indifferent times I had and shared there.  Now it is time to begin a new journey.  I hope to be able to keep you all posted on the creations in our new home.

Sleepless in Chicago.....

So here I sit, sleepless in Chicago.  I was tired but the baby woke up and now I can't go back to sleep.  Too much on my mind.  So many things have happened since my last post.  We've recently moved to a new home.  Franco is in 1st grade.  Lucas is walking like a professional.  I'm still not working.  Rina is working most of the time.  These last few weeks have really driven me to think, deep thinking.  I know that's not good, but I can't stop it.


Aside from the exhaustion of moving, we are still the semi social butterflies.  We are constantly invited to this party or that gathering and we continuously schedule ourselves for everything, even if it doesn't work for reality's schedule.  This weekend for example;  Rina's brother invited us over to watch the Mayweather/Ortiz fight and some BBQ.  Although going anywhere was the last thing we wanted to do, we cleaned ourselves up and went.  Had a good time until some fallout drama this morning.  And then this afternoon, we attended the first monthly "Meal of the Worlds" at Lucas' godmothers.  Tired, exhausted.....these words don't really describe it, but what I stopped to notice was the enjoyment and relaxation I felt.  There were a few minutes when the stress went away and I simply just enjoyed being.  (Yep, just being.  No typo there!)


A long story short, because I may actually be able to go to sleep now!!  Through all of the hustle and stress of life, I am constantly reminded that I need to focus on LIFE in order to FOCUS on life.  Thanks for listening.

Lucas taking some of his first steps!!!

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Some fantastic news for my viewers.  Google is slowly catching up and now they offer a mobile view of blogs.  So if you are viewing my blog from your smart phone or mobile device you will have a much easier way to see it.


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