Monday, October 25, 2004
Well, we're getting the word out to those close to us, so I feel more comfortable now in just spilling the news more specifically about our move. Michelle has accepted a position with a small pharmaceutical company located in Seattle, WA. She begins work on November 8. I will leave with her on the Nov. 4 and drive her up there. I'll be there for about a week, looking for a place to rent, making some potential job connections for myself, and helping Michelle familiarize herself with her new digs. I'll come back home and keep getting our place ready to rent. Michelle will make a visit home for Thanksgiving weekend, and then go back. Then she'll come home over the Christmas holidays and we'll pull out of town the week following Christmas.
Seattle is an exciting place for us. We're not at all put off by the rain thing. We like the area and feel comfortable with the culture, so we're looking forward to learning and experiencing life from a different perspective. We will definitely miss SoCal and will continue to think of it as our home - and God willing, we will return. It'll be hard to be away from our families. I think we'll realize quickly how much we take it for granted that we can so easily see them now.
I'll have more thoughts as we prepare for the change ahead.
