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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

In one day..

A lot can change. Plans, perspective, attitude, etc. All of those things have definitely changed for me since my last post. I will admit yesterday felt like someone had died all day...because a dream and hope had died. But I was surprised with my strong sense of planning that kicked in. Almost immediately my brain started plotting out what our next step should be. Luckily my husband jumped on the bandwagon and my parents agreed to help out too. So here is the next plan:

We already had given notice to be out of our house by...TODAY. But we kept extending and they said no sweat just tell us when you will be out for sure. So I decided why pay rent here when I know I'll be spending most of my time in SG? I'm sick of packing an overnight bag...driving back and forth etc. And my house was already mostly packed up anyway......

So we are moving this weekend....into a lovely storage unit! Ha ha...we will store most everything and move in with my parentals for a couple of months. Hopefully by the time summer is over we'll have another job lined up. Yesterday I said we had no prospects but turns out we have a few, and some great connections have emerged. So we have hope..lots of it.

Ben still has to finish his internship but is hoping he can just come up 2-3 days per week to finish it. So Connor will be able to have a fun summer! Getting popsicles from grandma, watering the flowers with grandpa, going for rides to get treats with his aunt Desi and Tasha and swimming in the little pool in the backyard! And I can relax and enjoy the time with family before our next adjustment/move/life change...

I really am starting to feel so differently about things. I woke up this morning with renewed energy for the future and a peace about things not working out the way we thought they would. I still don't know where we'll end up...but maybe we're just not supposed to live that far away from our families!

Thank you for your support and love. The comments and texts have been super helpful. :-)

4 comments:

Jessica said...

Oh I'm happy for you! I'm glad I checked back today. Good luck with everything! I bet you'll have a blast at your parents. You do have wonderful ones or so I (used to) hear from my grandma all the time.

KaraCampbell said...

You forgot to mention spending time with me! Party! Movie Night? Lets! Heck I'll even come over just to chat with you and bethy.

Avree said...

Hi Kirsten, we've been out of town and I just saw that Ben didn't get the job at Yale, I'm so sorry! Dissappointments like that can be so hard! But it sounds like you guys have a great attitude! Good luck!

kate said...

I just read the two posts, and I totally understand that feeling to some degree.

Graham and I told everyone we were moving to Portland two years ago. I started selling everything we owned six months before the "move." Well, after months and months of searching, the jobs never came. We felt so embarrassed that we just took a job in phoenix, because we had pretty much written off everything in St George. Phoenix was different, but we made great friends, had an INCREDIBLE summer in jackson, and then finally made it to Portland.

What I'm saying, is the Lord sometimes has a round about plan. You guys may never go to Yale, but I'm sure there is an amazing plan in the works.

My prayers are with ya lady!!