Monday, February 27, 2017

a new year in a new place

And just like that, it is almost March. It's been an interesting past two months, for sure.

We spent the holidays with our families, soaking up all the time we could with each of them before embarking on the new adventure. We spent the last 5 days before we moved quite literally in a rush. We rushed to spend time with friends and family, we rushed to pack, and we rushed to get everything in order so we could have moving day go off without a hitch. We were lucky enough to have Ashley's mom and her mom's boyfriend to help us drive the truck up and move in every single thing we crammed into the back of that Uhaul. We spent that first night pretty exhausted and thankful for the cocktails Ashley's mom brought along with her.

Following that, Ashley started her classes pretty soon after the move, and I spent my free time unpacking, decorating, and applying to jobs. When you're in a brand new place, it's very easy to get distracted by the little things because you don't have your friends, your job, and your community nearby. It's been an adjustment. I always believed I was the kind of person who, when presented with the opportunity to up and go change my life, I'd embrace it and love every minute of it. I'm sure if I had a position to move to, consistent income to continue funding life with, and friends to hang out with, things would be easier. Much easier.

When I started this blog, my primary focus was to have an area where I could be intensely honest about my thoughts, my feelings, and my life. And I won't stop now. I have to say, moving has been really, really hard. I never realized just how different things would be here. The Raleigh area we live in is suburban, which we like. Does that make us old? Say what you will, but I love being close enough to the city to where we can enjoy it without a problem, but far enough away to where we have parks, less traffic, and it's a bit more quiet. While the area is great and there's lots to do, I miss home. I miss having friends around, I miss the familiar restaurants and places, and I miss being able to have the financial perks that comes with a job.

Speaking of jobs, I'm still working on getting one. Almost all of my potential connections have either unfortunately fallen through or things just haven't worked out the way I wished. I do still have a wonderful connection at a dream company of mine I'm still interviewing with, so I am hoping and praying for a wonderful outcome. It would absolutely help me break into my field and would be a position that I would just adore and excel at. At this point, I'm just ready for some good news. I've reworked my resume so many times the past two months and I've spent countless hours searching, applying, following up, and waiting. This job market is the worst. It is incredibly difficult to get into.

Otherwise, it's pretty quiet over here for us. Ashley's Spring Break starts this weekend, so hopefully we are going to try to get a visit home in, since I'm still unemployed and Ashley finally has a well-deserved break. Her program is really intense, so I'm really excited for her to finally have a little bit of time to sleep in and not have to study every free moment of the day.

While it sounds like things aren't sunshine and butterflies, I do have to say there are some positive things that have been happening. We have finally been able to put the deposit down for our wedding venue, so we can check that huge item off our list. Our wedding is in less than eight months, so it has been such a relief to finally be able to really plan it and pay for it. Also, my sister's baby shower is coming up soon in April, and it has been so much fun to have the time to make her baby shower presents and plan it with my mom. It's going to be great!

I plan on posting some more things soon, hopefully with some great news coming!
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