I have lived in Raleigh for almost five months now.  The time has flown and dragged simultaneously.  It feels like I blinked and the entire summer flew by, but at the same time, so much has gone on since June when we began our new life here.   There were fleeting moments when I didn’t think that things were going to work out.  I imagined numerous ways that I could make an escape if necessary.  I thought about quitting my job and going back to Winston-Salem where I wasn’t much happier, but at least I had someone to help with Kylie.  I considered packing everything into (another) U-haul and driving straight…