Just for the record...

I've been really out of the blogging loop lately because we've been riding an emotional rollercoaster. I want to document this craziness. For the past couple weeks we have been 99% sure that we were moving to Seattle. Yep. Nate applied for a promoted position that he was really excited about and he felt like he was going to get the job.

I got our house all ready to put on the market and even had a couple people come see it over the weekend. We were "sure" that we were moving. I was sad, but also excited about Nate's job opportunity. But mostly sad. I didn't want to move because I really love living here in Eastern Washington and I was afraid of the whole moving process. To be honest, I've been a stressed-out crazy person for the past few weeks.

So today, after weeks of working, practicing, traveling to interviews, polishing his resume, stressing out, etc., Nate was offered the job. And 3 hours later we decided to turn it down. Crazy?

Here's why: The salary he was offered was quite a bit lower than we had planned and Seattle is expensive. Kind of a big deal. And who knows if we could sell our house. And moving is just a nightmare in itself. So... we realized it wasn't worth it. It was kind of a depressing decision after all that work and planning and stressing, but we feel better about staying.

We're happy here. I guess that's what we were supposed to learn from this.

The End.

P.S. A lot of people knew that we were planning on moving, so I wanted to set the record straight on my blog. Plus, I always feel better about stressful situations when I share them with the world. :) So thanks for listening. Or reading.