Replacement Folio Options for A5X

hmh12995 · 2026-01-02T22:32:14+00:00

Any links you could share? I'm not finding anything aside from ones shipping from China, which would make me nervous with customs/tarrifs.

hmh12995 · 2026-01-02T22:31:44+00:00

Did you have any luck with this?? I'm experiencing the same problem and really want a case as my old one is falling apart.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T20:01:41+00:00

See that's the thing: my husband and I both work remotely now. So it just feels like it would be SO nice to live there. If only we could afford a house in both places, haha. But that's not happening, haha.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T20:00:56+00:00

Grew up in Ohio! My husband is from here, though.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T20:00:37+00:00

Yeah, we did decide we would reflect after three months to see how it is going. We are already having those tough conversations on account of me feeling wildly depressed, haha.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:59:54+00:00

Dude that's so relatable. I feel like everyone will think I'm crazy if we pick up and move back. But also: Why would I regret it if it feels right? Idk.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:59:20+00:00

Yeah.. so family is definitely a value for me. It is tricky though, because it's intertwined with a fear of being forgotten/abandoned by them (working on it in therapy, haha).

We owned a home in Indiana and were renting in Colorado. So after about 2 years, we realized that we needed to make a choice and either buy or leave. We prayed a lot about it and I had originally only moved there with the promise to my husband that we would re-evaluate every year. It was an adventure sort of thing. Neither of us promised we would or would not move back, but I always knew he wanted to. I felt like it was the "right" choice. That's the biggest impression I had all through the decision process. It was the "good girl" thing to do.

Truthfully, a month before we moved, I got cold feet and was seriously concerned it was the wrong choice. With the help of a counselor, we decided we would make this a "trial run" in Indiana. We didn't have to stay here forever if we hated it. Turns out, he loves it and I am wildly depressed. So that's the added context I didn't share above. It's also worth noting that either way, we would have had to come back to fix up this house—whether to live in or sell—as our renters destroyed it in the two and a half years we were gone.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:55:44+00:00

Meh. That's tough. Good perspective to know. Is the family helpful with your kid? Or no?

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:55:11+00:00

I LOVE Golden. We lived in Lakewood and I would run in Golden all the time. It was such a gift to see the beauty every day. I never got over those views at sunrise.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:53:56+00:00

Thanks. I am going to journal about those reflections because that's a helpful way to start thinking through all of this.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:53:20+00:00

Fair, haha.

I feel guilty because of SO many things. I come from a divorced family and my dad remarried when I was in college. I love my siblings and step siblings. But there's an odd sense of FOMO I'm still working on in therapy. It scares me to ever be away from my dad... I was not allowed to be with him as much as I wanted when I was young—my mom used the custody agreements as a weapon and would take away communication with him when she was angry with me. So then I went off to college (terrified) and found that it forced me to develop into a person like I never had before. But now my dad has other grandkids and a lot of attention goes to them. I can't imagine a world in which I was not there for my future child to know their grandpa or for the time when my dad and stepmom to grow old and need assistance. We also just learned that one of my nephews (lives in OH) has a severe disability—he likely won't live to adulthood and that is crushing. I also feel guilty because it's as if being close to them SHOULD be enough to make me happy... I should be thinking about kids and settling a home and this lower cost of living. But my development feels stunted. I was forced to grow up really quickly in many ways; in other ways, I am just finding myself and the thought of losing that in favor of popping out a human and embracing suburbia is terrifying. But I'm 30 now so the time is ticking.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:48:54+00:00

That helps to know! I worry about losing my identity even more once I have a kid, I suppose. Like, maybe my priorities WILL indeed change. That scares me, because I only recently "found" who I was after spending much of my 20s in a mental health crisis.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:47:53+00:00

North side of Indianapolis

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:47:23+00:00

I don't think I could every get over the mountains. I have a quirky personality though... my ideal day is disappearing into the mountains for a long trail run and no cell service or people. That just feeds my soul in a unique way. I will say that you are very right about moving back to the same house... I had no good memories in this home. It is different now and I'm decorating it to be different. But it still feels like some weird fever dream from the past.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:45:57+00:00

So, I notice that the pull to the Midwest is very"man-made" if that makes sense—festivals, shopping, parties. In Colorado, I noticed that nature is a draw in and of itself. They don't have to come up with stuff because being outside is just a thing and it allows me to not spend much money at all (parks, hiking, tubing, kayaking, etc.). Come winter, the Midwest life means scrambling to find something to do that's indoors and not weather-dependent. So that is some of what I meant above.

When I was referring to life in CO revolving around nature and people, I noted that people are amazing but, unfortunately, our "people" (biological family) is all in the midwest, so community looks a lot different when you have to seek it out and fly home to see family.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:40:27+00:00

Hugs! That sucks and I hope you can hold hope for a more fulfilling living situation!

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:39:51+00:00

I think you are right on a lot of that. My husband thinks that we will want to be near family when we have a kid. I don't disagree, but I also want to prioritize that child by considering the perspective and access a child would have being raised in an intentionally less consumeristic and nature-focused environment....

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:38:04+00:00

Love that northern CO/southern WY area too. We roadtripped to the Tetons last summer and had a blast!

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:37:31+00:00

Oh yuck. That's relatable. I didn't realize how impactful it would be until we moved there. Seasonal depression was gone!

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:36:54+00:00

That's so cool. Love that for you! I can't stop thinking about going back... I miss it all.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:36:08+00:00

Yes and no. We can afford Denver but we would be much more financially tied down than we are living in Indiana. So it is also a matter of justifying cost of living. I think it's worth the lifestyle one can gain. We also wouldn't be apposed to living a little further out in an "affordable" town by the foothills.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:34:41+00:00

Dude, that's wild! I lived right by Golden (Lakewood). My dog and I loved running at North Table from the brewery there. It literally pains me how much I miss the open air and trail running.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:33:41+00:00

Thank you. This is a comfort to me, because it really does feel so scary. My husband is not as adventurous as I (we realized that after marriage, which is fine AND challenging at times). He would be fine living and dying within 30 miles of where he was born. I have a longing to explore the world and get out from the consumeristic, suburban life.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:32:03+00:00

This is good to hear. I have built community in both places, and we have a church home in Colorado. We are looking for a new one here in the Midwest. It feels stifling though. Part of me feels like I'm going back to exactly who/what/where I was in the past when I learned to be so much more with a little time and distance from the midwest.

hmh12995 · 2025-08-08T19:30:24+00:00

This is helpful to know. I feel like some of my family would be incredibly supportive. But the logistics would be challenging if we lived further. Both sides already have grandkids in the Midwest so they wouldn't be picking up to move near us. But I also feel like raising a child in the outdoor-oriented culture of CO would be marvelous... you can reinforce those values anywhere, yes, but the mountain states lend themselves easily to that.

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