The Big News

It's been awhile since we did any blogging, and for good reason. Things have been crazy around here! And we've been in limbo about our future, so I just kept holding out on a blog post thinking that when we actually knew what we'd be doing, I'd finally make a post.

Well, that time has finally arrived. After months of waiting and wondering, pursuing various options and waiting and wondering some more...

We are moving! To Virginia. Chantilly, to be precise. If you don't know much about Virginia and its cities (I don't...I've never been there, and will make my first "visit" when I get on the plane to move there) Chantilly is a suburb of Washington, D.C.--about 20 miles from D.C. itself. We aren't going to be there permanently--this is a temporary relocation for Brian's work. He's not changing jobs, but rather he's accepted a rotation position with the company he works for. We'll be in Virginia for about a year, after which we plan to come back to California and...well, who knows? We'll see how things stand in a year. We hope to be able to buy a home at that point, but only time will tell.

So, the insanity is about to ensue! The plan is for Brian to finish work here by the end of October, and we will probably be moving the first week in November. That gives us about six weeks to figure it all out and get out of here! I've been asked how I feel about it, and the answer is, I have very mixed feelings. I love El Segundo. We've been here for 4 1/2 years. I feel settled here, we have great friends and are happy. But we also feel very good about this opportunity. It's exciting in many ways. I've visited the East Coast a few times, but never thought I'd live there. This gives us the chance to experience something completely new without having to commit to permanently living so far away from family. I've never been to Washington D.C. or anywhere in the vicinity, so I'm excited to explore all it has to offer and for our family to have an opportunity to learn about so much of our nation's history there. I do dread change in many ways...it's hard to have to start all over, but we can do it! And we're excited.

Anyway, it feels good to finally be able to make the "announcement" and to move forward. Limbo isn't my favorite place to be, so I'm glad it's over. Onward and upward, here we go!