Moving!

I haven't blogged for a whole week! I've been a little preoccupied.

My best friend Jaime has been trying to get me to move back to my hometown for YEARS now. Tim flew out to UT a couple of months ago to interview for a job with the company her husband works at. We didn't hear anything and assumed they had filled the position, which they did. But then last Thursday, Dave (Jaime's husband) called and offered Tim a different position. At first I told Tim "NO!" I had decided that I was content to stay here in Vegas, I still don't care for our neighborhood but I LOVE the elementary Emme and Jarek go to and I'm really liking their teachers so far, and Tristen has had a great start to this school year as well. BUT, Tim wants to take the job, he's ready for something different. So, we're moving! If he hasn't already, he'll be giving his two weeks notice sometime today.

I'm torn! Really, I'm just feeling nauseated about the whole thing. We can't sell our house, which means we'll have to rent it -- which is scary! But we're hoping that the market is starting to pick up and we'll be able to rent it for a year or two, then sell. We'll stay at my parents' house until we figure out what we're doing. My parents are snow birds and are planning on leaving their house and heading out this way in the beginning of Oct, so we'll have their house to ourselves until next spring when they come home.

I'm really bummed about the timing. The weather is just starting to cool off here and the comfortable season is setting in....we're going to FREEZE in UT! I was freezing when I was there last JULY, and it's much cooler now and only going to get colder. My mom said it didn't even get up to 60º the other day, and we're still in the 100's here. The kids are going to have to switch schools five or six weeks into the year now too. I worry about them being "the new kid." Oh, and Emme will only go to 1/2 day kindergarten -- she really is ready to be in school all day, and I'm ready for her to be in school all day! I've been absolutely enjoying my days with just Camden home and not having to go ANYWHERE after I drop Emme and Jarek off in the mornings.

I also worry about the prejudice out there. When we lived in UT I really wanted to raise my children somewhere more ethnically diverse, and Vegas definitely is that! Color hasn't been an issue for any of my kids out here. Of course, there are different issues here, that's just not one of them.

I feel bad about making the PTA find a new secretary too...and I haven't talked to anybody about it yet. Not that I think I'm irreplaceable or anything, but I don't think there's anybody else who really WANTS to do it. Our ward will have to find a new Cub Scout Committee Chair too, which I feel bad about, but not quite as bad ;)

Those are all the cons, so what are the pros?

Are there any?

Just kidding, there HAVE to be some....

My best friend is there (although, she wants to move)....and several other friends and cousins. Tim will be making a little more money and the cost of living will be less, especially if we build on the land my dad has offered us. The kids will be able to play outside during the summer, and not just in our tiny locked backyard. Our lifestyle should slow down a bit -- at first anyway, but then I'm sure we'll get just as involved there as we are here and the craziness will set back in. Tim will have more of an opportunity to advance with this job. We'll get out of our neighborhood....

Did I miss anything? My pros list seems to be much smaller than my cons. Why are we doing this again?