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So, we are indeed moving to South Carolina. The last few days have been a complete whirlwind! We moved out of our place in Mt. Pleasant over the last 2 days. I always forget how horrible moving is, and every time I do it I say I never want to do it again!
So far everything that could go wrong in this process has. For instance, we just happened to call and confirm our uhaul to move our stuff out and across the country and they didn't have one for us! They worked it out and it was fine, but there have been a lot of issues like that. We almost didn't fit everything into the uhaul and had to make piles of things on the "cut" list. It all made it on though and we are packed a ready to go. We are staying in a hotel for 2 nights before Joe heads out. We (and his friend that is driving down with him) will head to my parents on Wednesday afternoon and hang out there and then they will leave first thing Thursday morning.
The hardest part in all of this has been finding a place to rent. Number 1, finding anything without actually being able to walk through it is scary, but also, being that we are living in a touristy area things have been very expensive. As of this morning (4 days until we need something) we still didn't have a place to live. We had one option but it was very small, and a decent drive to work for Joe, and we thought it was a bit pricey. Well, something finally came through and we snatched it up right away. We found a 3 bedroom house in a neighborhood only 10-15 min from Joe's work. The price was right and it's only a year old. It's still scary only having seen a few pictures but we'll take our chances.
So, little by little things are working themselves out. I vow to be a better blogger as time goes on and we have both moved to keep everyone better updated with us, our surroundings, Joe's job, and of course Baby Evenden! Thanks for tuning in. Oh, and here are a few pictures of the house...now you've seen what we've seen!
Today is our one year Anniversary. It seems hard to believe that it's been that long already! Just thought I'd add a few pictures of that day. It is also our good friends Sarah & Noah's (They are the ones at the bottom of the steps on each side) anniversary. They got married the same day we did, only one year earlier.
Well, the title says it all. Joe was offered a contract in Hardeeville, SC this afternoon and accepted. He is so excited, which is great to see. He's waited for 4 years to find a job, and he kept saying today "I'm finally a teacher." So, even though we are really sad to go seeing that smile and seeing how proud he is makes it worth it. We have so much to do in the next few days because Joe will be moving himself and all of our stuff down in less than a week! Luckily, we already have most of the house packed. I will stay in MI through at least the 21st of August because I need to finish up school and graduate, and my brother will be home from Colorado. I have to keep reminding myself to view this as an adventure for Joe and I, because it is sad to leave. I've never lived more than an hour away from my parents, and Mt. Pleasant has been my home since I was 6 years old. But I suppose with every new chapter you have to say goodbye to the last one.
So this is just a little update, but Joe has a second interview today for a teaching position....in South Carolina! This is all moving really fast and has sort of taken us by surprise. He had the first phone interview yesterday and she seemed very interested, especially since he told them we are prepared to move at any time. This is good in their eyes because he would need to start 2 weeks from today! So it's all exciting and scarey and all of that all at once. So life still isn't slowing down in the Evenden house. We move out of our current place on Sunday and then have a few days in limbo before you move into the house in Mt. Pleasant, that is if he doesn't get the job. If he does get the job, all bets are off and he heads to SC and I stay here (who knows where!) and finish up school and head out at the end of August.
We had a great 4th of July weekend. The 4th has always been one of my favorite holidays, and this year was pretty nice. We spent the afternoon of the 4th and the morning of the 5th with Joe's mom at their cottage in Hillsdale. It was perfect out, and we just hung out on the boat and stuff. Then we came back to Lansing yesterday and spent the night there and laid in the pool all day today. It was again another perfect day! Some friends came and we just played in the pool and grilled out. Bruiser even swam with us! I didn't take a single picture over the weekend (my dad is leaving for Egypt tomorrow and he's borrowing our camera. Plus, I'm lazy.), but this is a picture from a few weeks ago.
In other news, we still haven't found a place to live. We are down to about the 2 1/2 week mark until we have to be out of our current place. We do have some options and we won't be homeless but we're still looking. We also still haven't found Joe a job. We do have some prospects and are now looking in Florida, even though neither of us really want to live in FL. But at this point a job is a job.
The whole pregnancy is going well. The last month or so has been really hard as the morning (as well as noon and night) sickness has kicked in. I'm also taking 15 credits this 7 weeks so I'm just really tired, sick, and therefore grouchy! I know it will get better though. We have an appointment on Friday and get to hear the heart beat and all that good stuff, which is all very exciting.
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