But, seriously...
In all honesty, I have mixed feelings about juC's new job. It's exciting because he will finally (hopefully) have a job that he can be happy with on a daily basis. And hopefully not have to work 10 or 11 hour days. But since it's still right here in Northern Virginny, that means that we are staying...for good.
I never thought I'd be raising these kids here.
For years now I've lived with the mindset that we'd be moving as soon as juC found a job somewhere else. And truthfully, that was my motivation for accepting that we are here now...that soon we wouldn't be. Now that he has the new job, I have to accept the reality that this is where we will be, where my kids will grow up, and where we will truly settle down. And since I haven't been happy living here for years, it's a hard reality to accept.
But I'm trying...and some days are better than others.
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I seriously feel your pain, child. So seriously. And I wish I could help. But since I can't, I say just go ahead and wallow in it for a while. Sometimes, that's the only thing a person can do.
Greenville, NC isn't as far away as Walterboro. Come down to see us sometime, just to get away. Really.
Sad, but at least there are good schools, and lots of opportunities for your children. There are much worse places to live like...Tenney Minn. , Take a look :
http://micah.typepad.com/dogears_wrinkles/2008/03/the-smallest-to.html
See don't you feel better about VA already?
Can I tell you?...just because he has a new job doesn't mean you'll be there for ever. I've thought every move I made was going to be the last one and I've been in California, Texas, Oregon and now So. Carolina! And that's not including the number of different houses in each state. So...don't give up hope and go with the flow because you NEVER know when the tides will change.
In the meantime, as the song says, "just put on a happy face!"
oh, yeah, and I forgot that I started my life's journey in Colorado...so you just don't know where life will lead you! (o;
Honestly, if the schools there are good, that will go sooooooo much further than you can imagine.
But I know the feeling, being so far from family.
Gloria, I would love to come visit Greenville!
Cindy, I wouldn't mind being in a place where only 5 other people lived! :)
Mother, it took Jud 5 years to find a new job when he WASN'T happy where he was working. How long do you think it would take him to find a new job when he IS happy??
Lo, the schools are good, but there is a CRAZY amount of pressure on the kids. So when people complained about that I always thought "Thank goodness I won't have to deal with that."
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