"It is! It is the Easter Beagle!"

Happy Easter!! It's almost 4pm and I can't believe I haven't had Easter dinner yet. I have been thinking all day about being at my Gramma's house, which was where I was planning on being before I got the job. We usually would eat around 12-12:30pm, after church, and be relaxing on the couch the rest of the day! This was of course after finding the Easter Basket that the Easter Bunny hid for you the night before! We would walk into the house and the overwhelming smell of cooked ham and all the pies and chocolate took over! She always has this enormous basket of candy with the green grass and peeps, jelly beans, chocolate eggs, chocolate coins that were crispy or plain or peanut butter, and you always had to get to the basket early to get a Cadbury Creme Egg because those always went fast! At dinner there would be a piece of chocolate in foil with a bunny on everyone's napkin. The dinner candles would be wax bunnys and there would be all sorts of eggs and bunny figures on the table. The table cloth was Easter themed and the aunts would be pretending they were bunnys or making some comment on the Easter Bunny coming to Gram's the night before. All the younger kids would be begging to eat the candy before dinner and they were usually allowed to have one piece. All of us would tell our life update over and over to the aunts, uncles, and cousins that we haven't seen in forever.

I could never wrap my head around the idea that this day and other holidays were always the same. The tradition was always there and that was something you could count on. You always knew what to expect and had that to look forward to. It was home <3.

Halleluia! The Lord has risen. Let us rejoice and be glad!

These boxes will not unpack themselves.

Day one in the new apartment and I am already starting to feel at home... the living room is still a mess and I still can't find half the things I'm looking for but hopefully I can get a lot more done before I have to leave. Tonight I am going to watch the Tarheels become the champs yet again with some new friends. It's funny because I thought this day in particular would be harder than it has been but maybe that's because I'm trying my hardest not to think about things too much. That is a bad habit I am trying desperately to break.

I stopped by the library on my way home after seeing my friend, Dr. Taylor, the chiropractor, to pick up a book. It's apparently "The Smart Girl's Breakup Buddy", or so says the cover. "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken" will hopefully be my best friend and motivator for however long I need it to be. I know it seems that I might be putting a lot of faith in a book but what else do I have to hold on to at the moment?

I had my final interview at UNC on Friday. I met with my boss and her boss so that he could agree with my boss that I am the best candidate for the job. He did agree and I now have a job. Finally. I'm nervous that I'm not more excited. I think I used up all my excitement the moment I stepped out of the interview. I just wish that it wasn't taking so long. It feels like this process has been going on for months now, which in some meanings it has, but in actuality it started only thirteen days ago. They are running a background check now and my boss should call me by Friday to set up a time for next week to officially begin things. I think I might just be on "change-overload". First day in my new apartment, first official day of knowing I have a new job, and first day of being single, really and truly single, in almost 10 years. What a year it has already been.

I feel really lucky though to have what I have now. I know I couldn't have been alright a few years ago if all this was happening then. I am so thankful for all the new and really good people that I have in my life now and, of course, all the old and really good people that have been in my life for a long time! It's hard to understand how all of this is going to work but I now know it all will.

With that said, I should get back to unpacking this new life!