We
Are
Moving
To
Portland!!!
Ha! I know, I've already told you guys this. The fact that
we had plans to move to Portland is nothing new. The catch is that we will be
moving to Portland as of the end of March!
Back when we were in Fayetteville (it appears a lot of
things were put into motion unbeknown to us “back when we were in Fayetteville”),
I applied for several job postings. I applied only in Portland and only at one
specific company (my top employer choice, since I had the option of being
picky). With the economy being in the state that it’s in I put little stock in
hearing back soon. Also, we still didn't know the results of the reality TV show casting then, so after I applied for that batch of jobs I decided to wait on
applying on any more until we had a more definite timeline worked out. Several
days after applying I got a call back and a request for an interview for one of
the positions.
Well, fast forward two months and a succession of
interviews, and I got an offer! As of April 1 I will be a proudly employed member
of the Portland community, working at the Nike World Headquarters! Our new and
revised plans now include us spending two weeks in San Diego (a booking we made
a month ago, see we finally learned to book RV parks ahead of time!), then a
week driving the 1,000 miles from San Diego to Portland, and then a week in
Portland to get settled before I start my new job on Monday, April Fool’s Day. Our
plans to go to Russia in May are still on track, so that portion of the plan
did not change.
So there you go. We are super excited! Once the offer was
accepted a timeline to the end of our amazing year on the road was set and we've slowly been watching the days dwindle. We are trying to make the most of our
last four weeks and live in the moment, but at the same time I can’t help but
not think about the future. There is so much to consider! Where will we live?
We sold everything but some clothes, what do we need to buy now? Going from a
life where our major daily questions included “what should we eat for dinner
tonight?” and “what do we want to do tomorrow?”, to this new and complicated
reality has been stressful to say the least, but a positive stressful.
Sky and I have been reading our Guide to the Pacific
Northwest at night, and daydreaming about all the amazing things we hope to see
and do once we get there. I hope that this settling down will by no means mean
an end to our adventures and travels. With all the northwest has to offer I
expect we’ll be busy for at least two full years just exploring the state of
Oregon, not including a trip to Alaska, and all the amazing nearby states like
Montana, Idaho, Washington, Nevada, Utah and CALIFORNIA! I hope this new
chapter in our lives will be just as exciting, if not more so, than this
current one, and that’s a lot to live up to! :o)
Happy New Life Beginnings!
M.
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