I Like to Move it

Ah, the new year. A time when people look back on the past year and think about all that the next year might bring. For us, it's going to bring changes and lots of them. Most people would probably say adding a new baby to the family brings enough changes for a year, but not us. We've decided to add another big one to the mix and move to a new state.

Yep, we're moving! You might not have known because he's not into personal stuff like that, but Craig graduated in December and now he has to start working in the real world again. So off we go, this time to Missouri. (We'll be attempting to keep our new location no more specific than that for privacy reasons but who knows how long that will last since inevitably we will want to talk about some local issue. Oh well, we'll try at least).

We've never even visited this area, but that's okay. It is within 5 hours of where my 'rents live which both us and them are thrilled about, especially with Nigel's coming. Craig interned for the same employer, but in a different office, last summer so he is pretty sure he will enjoy the work. For a little while we knew he had a job offer with them but not where it would be which made me nervous as most of their locations are in bigger cities. I knew that would inevitably mean either a high cost of living or long commutes, neither of which is very appealing, but the whole time Craig has been in school we have really been trusting God to open the right doors for us and praying that he would help us make the right decisions for our future. If that meant a big city, so be it. The place we got, we didn't even think it was an option so when it was offered to us, I really felt like God was giving us even more than we knew to ask for! It is their only office in a smaller city and I've heard good things about the area so I think it will be a great fit for us.

Plus, while we love College Station and A&M, we're ready to get somewhere and get settled. Next week is our third anniversary and this will already be the 3rd state and 5th home we've lived in - crazy! I always thought my life would be more settled after leaving my military family's household but nope. I'm not complaining because it has enabled us to have many great experiences. We've always made good friends that I feel like God hand picked for us in our different situations which is a blessing, but it is hard to leave them and start over again making a new life for ourselves. Leaving is bittersweet and right now I'm concentrating on the sweet parts and pretending that the bitter parts are not happening yet.

We are actually leaving town in just over a week and it's been a little bit stressful working out the details, although I know it will all come together in the end. We have a few posts saved which will be going up over the next week while we are busy finishing work, packing, driving up there, finding a place to live (no, we won't have one until we get up there so if you want to pray about that, we'd appreciate it!) and getting settled but I don't know when we'll be back on here after that. Hopefully not too long because I want to be able to tell you about all the good things we love about our new home!