The gypsy bride... Life as a moving wife

No one wants to be the new girl in class, that awkward walk at lunch time, where every smile you get is greeted with a bigger grin by you…lolll and while everyone else would mingle in their little cliques, you act like “oh I just love being alone” and if by mistake you join them in, you smile at almost everything they say…. Yeah that is what it feels like moving from one place to the other and if you are like me, just when you start fitting in and making great friends, you move again…sigh A friend recently joked while they were helping us move again, that they always meet us moving…We recently just moved back, we have moved again and would be moving again. Did I forget to mention we did all that with a baby? And with a baby you can imagine the load and stress. In the beginning, it may feel like fun but later you start feeling disorganised, everything may scream instability! and these are some feelings you may have especially when you don’t have an office job. Questions and uncertainties begin to arise..

“What about me?…” “I also had plans for my life..” Well this is what you should know about being a gypsy bride.

You cannot plan long term: I pretty much had a long term plan when we got married and I moved to join Mrpossible in Lagos but now I would have to fit into some other place and if tomorrow I have to pack my bags up, then I would do so too. No need to decorate like you are staying for a long time: I wish someone told us we would move quite a bit, I wouldn’t have decorated as much as I did, okay maybe I would but wouldn’t have spent so much on it…. okay don’t get it wrong, I don’t mean you should now live life like everyday is a camp, but buy things you can easily move with and things that when sold at a ridiculously low price, you will not feel too sad… We actually missed our couch when we sold it, oh well…It’s gone to a good home. Make the most of wherever you stay: Every place you stay is for a reason, so wherever you move to, learn something new based on your passion; you mustn’t do a masters degree because you were posted to United Kingdom for five years, just do something you are passionate about; cooking, Language, sewing, masters degree perhaps.. Enjoy it while it last: There are two ways you can react to always moving, either you make a fuss about it or choose to enjoy it… I have chosen to enjoy it! yayyyy. Think of a business you love that can be mobile, especially if you are not working in the office…event planning, blogging, web design, social media marketing etc Be open to meet new people: Your old friends will always be there but please socialize and meet new people… There are a lot of people out there, some you would be glad you met and some you would probably learn a life lesson from. I cannot say I have got it all covered, there would be days you may not feel all jumpy and excited but remember when moving from place to place or moving to a new environment, you are at your best when you decide to enjoy it… Oh yes! It is a decision… Lolll Care to share your moving story? What does your life on the road look like?