Over the last 2 months I've had a hard time blogging because I couldn't blog about the biggest thing going on in our lives: a possible move away from DC. Several months ago we began searching for jobs so we could move somewhere closer to family and more affordable. We were discouraged after having very little success. We were really excited when a great opportunity turned up in San Antonio, Texas. It is not nearly as close to family as we were hoping, but we decided to look into it.
The application/interview process took about 2 months long so I could never say anything even though it was basically all we were thinking about. Two weekends ago we visited San Antonio and the job offer became official. After a few days of consideration and weighing the options we decided to accept. We've both given notice at work, so we can finally talk about it. So in 12 days we will be leaving Maryland, on our way to our next adventure, in San Antonio!
Stephen will be staying in the education sector, working in the operations department at a charter school district. We are really excited about the schools, the leadership, the opportunity to move forward in a career, and a shorter commute (which hopefully means a little more time at home). I, on the other hand, will be staying home full-time with Seth! I am so thankful that I was able to find a flexible job here in MD, but it's been hard to mentally juggle stay-at-home-mom days with work-days-- feeling like my efforts in both areas were inadequate. I'm sure I will still feel quite inadequate as a mom, but I am excited to be able to devote more of my energy to teaching and loving Seth.
We are sad to leave our church friends and regret that we ended up dragging our feet a little instead of jumping in and loving this area from the start, but we'll always remember the
great people we met and the fun memories we made here.
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| "We're moving?! To Texas?!" |
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| "We need to start packing... NOW!" |
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| "Hey if you turn this thing on I could really help out with some of the research for moving trucks and housing." |
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| "Not sure why I'm wearing this funny costume, but I'm gonna miss this place. Bye-bye Maryland friends :(" |
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| "I could possibly get used to this- especially between the months of October and March." |
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| "A riverwalk? And hanging out with Mom AND Dad? I'll take it!" |
