House Hopping

Life has a really funny way of working itself out.  As many of you know, I quit my "less than ideal" job a couple of weeks ago.  On my last day of work, a Friday, at 4:45 pm, I received a missed call and a brand spankin' new voicemail.  Much to my surprise, it was a job offer!  A job offer!  I took the weekend to review the offer, talk it over with Brian, and on Monday I officially accepted a new position!  Ladies and Gentlemen, I am not unemployed!  To make things even better, I am super excited about the new position and am really looking forward to working with what seems to be an extremely reputable company.  Ahhh!!  (That is my sigh of relief!)

Because this happened on my last day of work, and the start date for the new position isn't for two weeks, I have had a wonderful two week break from life.  For the past seven days I have been traveling up and down the east coast visiting many of my family and friends that are near and certainly dear to my heart.  I've gotten a much needed dose of some TLC and feel rejuvenated and strengthened to begin this new career!  There is something so special about going home!

Here is how the last week went:

-Wednesday - drove to Maryland from Ohio to visit Brandi and the fam.
-Thursday - spent the day with Brandi, Phil, Crystal, Brandon and Shalu.  Then headed to stay with my sister, Amy.
-Friday - spent the morning with Amy, did lunch with Shalu in Bethesda, then drove to Baltimore to catch my bus up to NYC!
-Saturday - spent the day in Brooklyn with Shanna.
-Sunday - took the bus back to Baltimore from NYC and drove down to my Grandparent's house where we had a lovely dinner with their neighbors.  After dinner I took the metro into DC to spend the night with my brother, Travis, and sister-in-law, Shanel.
-Monday - drove to my Grandparents to stay the night there and enjoyed the afternoon with family.
-Tuesday - drove back to Ohio from Maryland (after I made sure that my car could make it! At 221,000 miles you have to take extra precautions!)

It was incredible, and it was so nice to see so many people!  Now, it's back to real life!

Acknowledgements:  First and foremost, I would like to thank my husband, for if it weren't for him and his support, I would not have been able to even do this.  I would also like to thank my family and friends for being so flexible with their schedules, accommodating me, providing me sleeping arrangements, feeding me (all with little notice), and, more than anything, for allowing me to 'fly by the seat of my pants'. It is for these reasons and many, many more why I love you all so, so much!