Texas

Well, once again, it has been a while, but life has been a bit crazy.

With Josh finishing up school (or at least getting close to it) in May, we decided it was time for a move (of course). We looked into a lot of different options. We came really close to moving to Richmond, VA to be youth pastors, but that did not work out.

August rolled around, and we had no prospects, and it looked like we might be staying in Springfield. Then, I got a call for a couple of interviews at schools down in Texas. We took a quick weekend trip, crashed with a friend, and I interviewed. We went back to Springfield, and nothing came of the interviews.

Then, the next Friday, I get an phone call for an interview on Monday, with the job starting on Tuesday. We drove back down to Texas, me with a suitcase of clothes just in case.

I interviewed for and got the job on Monday, started on Tuesday, and started teaching 8th grade ELA the next Monday. Josh rushed back to Springfield and packed our house into storage and came back down here.

We stayed with a friend for over a month (that was crazy with the pets), then moved into our new place at the beginning of October. We still don't have our stuff, so right now our house contains a couch, a mattress, and just enough kitchen supplies that we can make food and eat it.

Things are okay. I must say that it has all been a bit overwhelming and quite stressful. I guess the upside of that is that, even without doing my running plan (due to the fact that I didn't pack my tennis shoes and Josh didn't bring them with him), I have lost enough weight that all of my pants now fall off without me having to unzip them. (Since we don't have a scale, I don't know how much weight I've actually lost.)

We are excited about this opportunity, but would appreciate your thoughts, prayers, and encouragement. I miss my friends from Springfield terribly, and I'm just having a bit of a rough time with the move (as I usually do.)

Well, that will be all for now. Sorry it's been so long.