Amy, I'd bookmarked this post to comment and I'm doing so much belatedly now -- I'm thinking of you and hope you're dealing as best you can. I empathize so deeply with the moving and exhaustion. I grew up moving a lot in my childhood due to my mom's chemical sensitivity and, while I don't have near her level of sensitivity, have found myself very attuned to various needs in my own dwellings. Having a sanctuary we can call "home" is such a baseline for everything else and can take up so much headspace to get right. You deserve all the peace and tranquility and mostly, to not hack up a lung!
Ugh, that sounds really hard. Every now and then we talk about moving, and I know that I’d need to be EXCEEDINGLY cautious about casing out the noise and smells and sight lines, at multiples times of day, before I could even consider it. We cased out some condos in downtown Seattle at one point, and after touring the third one, I knew I just couldn’t do it (thankfully Sara knew it too). I hope you get it sorted out.
Amy, I'd bookmarked this post to comment and I'm doing so much belatedly now -- I'm thinking of you and hope you're dealing as best you can. I empathize so deeply with the moving and exhaustion. I grew up moving a lot in my childhood due to my mom's chemical sensitivity and, while I don't have near her level of sensitivity, have found myself very attuned to various needs in my own dwellings. Having a sanctuary we can call "home" is such a baseline for everything else and can take up so much headspace to get right. You deserve all the peace and tranquility and mostly, to not hack up a lung!
Ugh, that sounds really hard. Every now and then we talk about moving, and I know that I’d need to be EXCEEDINGLY cautious about casing out the noise and smells and sight lines, at multiples times of day, before I could even consider it. We cased out some condos in downtown Seattle at one point, and after touring the third one, I knew I just couldn’t do it (thankfully Sara knew it too). I hope you get it sorted out.