Back Again

Wow, has it really been three months? I’ve intentionally not written since things have been so up in the air in that time. For a while I didn’t think we were going to move to Colorado, I had pretty much given up on the idea frankly. And it was too depressing to write about. And I also wasn’t yet ready to give my attitude a positive spin and talk about all the reasons I was glad we weren’t moving—because I wasn’t glad we weren’t moving.

Anyway, WE’RE MOVING! It’s official. Last week Doug was offered a position in Colorado. And me? I took an in-house job in December as a marketing director. I expected to enjoy it. I expected to make a big difference in the company (which I not at all humbly did), and then help them find someone to replace me. Little did I know I would actually love it, and then be sad about leaving them. So I’m not. I’m staying on and working from Colorado (from home), and then flying out once a month for two or three days for meetings.

Ummm, so . . . could life BE better? I’d be hard pressed to come up with HOW.

Right now we’re working on getting the house ready to put on the market. Last weekend I sorted through the entire downstairs of the house, leaving either what we need for the time being or what we’re taking with us, and moving everything else into the garage in preparation for a HUGE moving sale. Doug worked on fixing this and fixing that, and we’ve got a couple of handyman-type people coming today and tomorrow to give us estimates on fixing everything else.

The biggest news? Doug is leaving in about three or four weeks. We’re not leaving until after the end of the school year. It’ll be a tough couple of months, but we’ll get through it. The boys and I will miss Doug a lot, but in the long run of life, it will be worth the effort.

A funny story: Doug gave his notice at work last week. His boss asked him where he was going. Doug told him Colorado Springs. His boss said, “I’m looking at houses in Monument.” His last day is the same as Doug’s and he, too, is moving to Colorado Springs and looking for houses in the same small town we are. How bizarre is that?

My mom is seriously considering moving too, but keeping her house here. Sometimes when I talk to her I think it’s definite, sometimes I don’t. She’ll be here for Easter this weekend and I’ll get another feel for where she’s at this week with it.

We’ve actually done some pretty fun stuff in the last three months, and fortunately I’ve got the photos to remind me of what it was. I’ll try to update retroactively in the next few days. Actually once Doug leaves for Colorado I’m sure I’ll have plenty of time to catch up, when I’m awake at 3:13 in the morning thinking about everything I have to do and not wanting to do it.