So for those of you who follow my blog closely, you probably realized I did not post anything last week. There has been a lot going on for the last couple of weeks, and I wasn’t ready to talk about it just yet; and it was difficult to come up with something else to write about because my mind was so consumed with what was going on around me.

First of all, Nate and I have called it quits after five years of being together. While this may come as a surprise to some, it was probably something that should have happened a while ago. We were starting to argue a lot, and we weren’t spending as much time together as we should have been. We both admitted we weren’t happy, but either didn’t realize it, or didn’t want to admit that it was the other person who was making us feel that way.

It all came to a head while we were home for my sister’s wedding a few weeks ago. I won’t go into too much detail, but certain words were said, and I think that’s when we both realized we weren’t meant to be together forever. And while I was ultimately the one who pulled the plug on the relationship, I think it truly was more of a mutual decision. However, that does not mean it was an easy decision. We talked a lot over the last few weeks, and we cried together too. It was easily the hardest and most painful thing I have ever gone through to date, but I know in my heart we both deserve to find happiness. And I know now that it wasn’t going to happen if we had stayed together.

On top of that, I decided I didn’t want to live in Virginia anymore if Nate was no longer a part of my life. While I enjoyed my six years living on the East Coast, I miss being a part of family events and being close to all my loved ones. Especially with everything that happened to my dad a few months back, it just made it really hard to live so far away from home.

With that said, I packed up my life, quit my job, and road tripped back across the country to South Dakota. It wasn’t a difficult decision to move back to South Dakota, but it was pretty hard saying goodbye to all my friends out in Virginia.

Leaving my job was actually a lot harder than I expected it be. While I know I was itching to move up and get back into my marketing background, I really truly enjoyed the people I worked with at the Department of Energy. It has been my favorite job so far, and I will miss everyone there. They were all very supportive of my decision though, and could definitely understand that I wanted to live closer to my family.

So for now, I am living with my parents in Watertown. I’m applying for jobs, and trying to get my feet back on the ground. My plan now is to try and find something marketing related either in South Dakota or Minnesota – so if anyone knows of any openings, please hit me up!

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks, and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it all. But I know in time, things will work out for me. This is just a bump in the road, and pretty soon I’ll get my life on track and I’ll be on my way to truly being happy again.

So, here’s to new beginnings, and I’m excited to see where life takes me in the next chapter. Oh, and of course I have to include a picture of my cute new roommate.

Until next time 🙂

Megan Reiffenberger