the new year has definitely started out on a high note and even a few low notes, but most of all we've had quite a bit of change in the fast lane!
back on december 5th tyson was offered a job...and 3 days later he accepted this job offer. and that's when life went into warp speed! accepting a new job was one thing, but starting it on January 9th in a whole other state was another thing! we had to find a new house to live in, tell our landlord we were leaving and hope he would/will be able to find someone to take over our contract that we are still in till June! pack up our ohio house, find a moving truck, say goodbyes and move all in 3.5 weeks time!! big sigh! happy sighs! sad sighs! exciting sighs!
the fall quarter ended december 9th, so we couldn't feel more blessed than to have a job so quick and on top of it, tyson got the job he really wanted!
it was hard at the same time because pretty much everyone was leaving for the holidays, so saying goodbyes happened quickly or not at all. everything happened so fast we still don't feel like we even got a proper goodbye to a place we love so much and hold so dear to our hearts. we have plans to head back and do a few more things and have a proper goodbye!
once we got the job, we drove to this new state to find a home. and it. was. hard! we saw good places and a few not so good. who knew we would be city people? i guess living in Columbus for almost 4 years and literally being down the street from the city and it's perks grew on us. but we just didn't have time to find a place in the city or the money. (remember we are paying to live in TWO places right now!) so we settled for suburbia! but a good settled! there were moments of fear, moments of "what if" and of course tears (on my end). but all in all it worked out. we found a fabulous place and felt good about it! we headed home to Columbus to celebrate christmas and then right after christmas...we hustled to get a moving truck and our house packed up.
Right when we found out we were moving, we started talking to brody about it everyday! every morning when i'd go in to get him, we would talk about what was going to happen. we were moving, to a nice city, to a new home. a big moving truck would be coming to take all of our stuff so we would have all of our things with us in our new place. we would have new parks, new museums, make new friends. and most importantly all three of us would be together! i would talk to him about it in the car, before nap, at dinner time. to really get into his little mind that things were changing. we tried to make it exciting and happy.
once room after room started getting packed the change was amongst us. whether or not we were ready, it was happening! we ordered an ABF truck that got dropped off at our house January 2nd. we got everything loaded up, besides brodys room. that was the last room to be packed. his room got packed up on the 3rd and put in the truck. our truck got picked up on the 4th and got dropped off to us on the 7th.
we stayed in our Columbus house till the morning of the 5th. the morning of the 5th, we said goodbye to all things familiar. goodbye to our house that we've loved dearly. goodbye to our little city, the ohio state university campus and everything else in between! what an awesome time we've had in ohio!!
it's all been really sad, but really great at the same time.
everything went so smoothly it was almost to good to be true. like ya know, everythings gone so well, something bad is bound to happen? but really everything has been wonderful. we've got pretty much everything all unpacked and in it's place. we've tried to make most everything seem as familiar to brody as possible. he has done AMAZING with all this change that has happended so fast. he definitely knows we are somewhere different. but i've tried to keep him very busy and show him all the new things that i'm sure will come to be some of our favorite things. he is my happiness! i on the other hand miss ohio so much, more than i imagined. as hard as i am trying to be happy, i can't find but help that my heart is in a whole other place and i am just waiting for it to catch up to me. and i know it will, it will just take time. everything just went so incredibly fast, and i'm just starting to feel like things are slowing down. and i know we've only been here 2 weeks. but it seems like we've been here so much longer! but we really do like it here! we've done some pretty exciting things in a short amount of time that we've been here so far and i know it will only get better.
tyson LOVES his new job. LOVES. which is awe.some! he comes home saying "i got to do statistics today, yay!" yay indeed for my statistician!! i am happy that he gets to go out and do what he really enjoys. it only makes life sweeter!
our "student life" has officially ended. and it's werid, so so werid! we've been quite blessed and comfortable in our "student life". but the next chapter of life beings! we're big kids now!! we are excited to live in a new city and we couldn't be more thrilled for all the new adventures we know are ahead of us.
we are excited to say our new home is in Richmond Virginia!
everything went so smoothly it was almost to good to be true. like ya know, everythings gone so well, something bad is bound to happen? but really everything has been wonderful. we've got pretty much everything all unpacked and in it's place. we've tried to make most everything seem as familiar to brody as possible. he has done AMAZING with all this change that has happended so fast. he definitely knows we are somewhere different. but i've tried to keep him very busy and show him all the new things that i'm sure will come to be some of our favorite things. he is my happiness! i on the other hand miss ohio so much, more than i imagined. as hard as i am trying to be happy, i can't find but help that my heart is in a whole other place and i am just waiting for it to catch up to me. and i know it will, it will just take time. everything just went so incredibly fast, and i'm just starting to feel like things are slowing down. and i know we've only been here 2 weeks. but it seems like we've been here so much longer! but we really do like it here! we've done some pretty exciting things in a short amount of time that we've been here so far and i know it will only get better.
tyson LOVES his new job. LOVES. which is awe.some! he comes home saying "i got to do statistics today, yay!" yay indeed for my statistician!! i am happy that he gets to go out and do what he really enjoys. it only makes life sweeter!
our "student life" has officially ended. and it's werid, so so werid! we've been quite blessed and comfortable in our "student life". but the next chapter of life beings! we're big kids now!! we are excited to live in a new city and we couldn't be more thrilled for all the new adventures we know are ahead of us.
we are excited to say our new home is in Richmond Virginia!
2 comments:
I've been thinking about you the past few weeks and wondering how everything has gone with the move. It certainly was fast, especially with the holidays in the middle of it. I can't wait to see pictures of your new home and neighborhood. I'm so glad Brody is handling the change well too. :)
I have been wonderingwhere you moved to! I have no idea how far Richmod is from Norfolk, but my brother and sister in law live there for another year while in medical school. If it's close enough, I'd love to give you her contact info so you can meet a new friend, i think you would get along great!
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