We stopped at Taylor new school...
On the way to lunch. She didn't want to go in...she just wanted to see the outside up close. It's a nice looking school..and from the school's website it looks like they have a lot to offer. I'll check them out in more detail once we're up there permanently. There is abother middle school in the area that she could attend if I think she would like it better.

One of the issues I have with schools in that area is that they don't seem all that "culturally diverse". Taylor is a mixed race kid, and I would prefer that she were in an enviornment where she wasn't the "odd one". Not that I think she's odd, but more than once I have had to deal with people who just had to know "what Taylor was". GRRR...she's a 12 year old kid, that's what she is!

Anyway, I'll post more about that later...back to the topic at hand...

We left the school and headed for lunch, cuz both Lou and Taylor were "starving". I however had NO appetitie, something that always happens before I have an interview. So I watched them eat (and tried not to throw up...another thing that happens to me before an interview, and sipped a Sprite.

Then it was time for the interview. I went in, talked to another HR person who was hard to read...couldn't tell whether she was for or against me working there or not...til she offered me the job. Finally, I was gainfully employed. Good money, great benefits, and I had a short commute from the complex. I filled out some paperwork, and they gave me my start date: May 17th...exactly a week from that day.

Oy! I had a job, but NO WHERE to live! That was a problem.

I run out to the car, and Taylor was there, (the doors were locked and she was alert to what was going on around her, and we were parked in front of the HR depatment front doors but I was a bit annoyed that he had left her in the car by herself) but Lou was nowhere to be found. I asked Taylor where her dad had went and she said "he went where you were." So, I shrugged and got in the car.

Forty-five minutes later, Lou comes back. They had hired him too. Not a big surprise since much of what I know about tech support I learned from listening, talking and watching him. His start date was the same.

So now, we both had jobs...and nowhere to stay. This was going to be a problem...and one not easily solved.We could stay in a hotel, but that would be a pricey endeavor, and take away from the money we needed to actually move, or we could commute, but that would be exhausting. We debated the decision all the way home and for the next four days. At one point, Lou even suggested we give up the idea of relocating and just stay put. Of course he made this suggestion AFTER I had put in my notice at work.

UGH...

So, Thursday, after examining all our options, and the day before my last day at work, Lou and I had a talk. Well, I talked, he listened. I told him:

In our 8 years together things have never been easy. Everything we've accomplished as human beings, a couple and a family has been a struggle and hard fight. Nothing has been handed to us, and for the most part, we have had to fight like hell to keep what we did have. Several times one of us had walked away from the marriage, only to come back a few days later, because when faced with going it alone, we realized we would rather go it together. We love and trust each other, and we always knew that one day, things would work themselves out, and that we would be able to make the life for Taylor and ourselves that we always wanted.

Now, we have that chance...and the only thing in our way is a place to stay for a couple of weeks. Considering the things we have faced in the past, this was not a big deal. I think we should make the commute for a few weeks til we both have paychecks, and then we just move into the townhome and start our new life in Columbus. Yeah, the commute will be a pain in the ass, and we're both going to be tired and cranky...but it's a temporary situation...that is going to lead to a better life once this hurdle is cleared.

Sure, we could just chuck the whole idea, pass on the jobs and stay here...but why and for what? You can't find a job here, and my job is ending in a few weeks. There is nothing here for us, and we are both tired of the struggle. We've taken several leaps of faith in the last few weeks...so now we just need to make one more. We can do this. We have to do this. We both want a life where we have a nice home, a decent car and some money in the bank...we have that chance. if we pass on it, we may never have the chance again. So, no more looking back...it's time to look forward, take a deep breath and leap. We are so close to having our dream...we can't throw it all away now.

Once I finished my missive, Lou stared at me for a few seconds, sighed, and said "That was pretty eloquent. Did you practice that speech?" Before I could reply, he said "But you're right. This is our chance. We can't blow it."

So, it was decided...we would commute for a few weeks, then move in June. Here's hoping that this final leap will be the last hurdle. I'm trusting that God will continue t show us the way.


- posted by Kim @ 4:59 PM