We have our reasons

Today is the day I start. I’ve been meaning to do this since the world knows we’re leaving town…it’s my own blog, about my own adventures…including Greg of course, but it’s all mine.

People do, of course, ask A LOT of questions about our decisions and everything else that comes along with leaving your home town after 30 (me) and 33 (Greg) years. So here it goes, I will try to explain everything the best I can…what stage we’re at, why we’re doing it and anything that happens along the way. This first entry might be long, but I’ll try to keep 2 months short.

We made the final decision for ourselves after a few months of me looking for my dream job in Anywhere, USA. I had a couple bites, but nothing panned out. Just think, we could be going to Idaho (land of the poh-tay-toe) or Colorado Springs (it actually snows there?). So in December, sometime before Christmas, we decided this question, “why don’t we just go?” We have our reasons, do you want to know? Okay for one, it has nothing to do with YOU. Nobody did or said anything to push us away. Two, it has EVERYTHING to do with US. It’s our decision, our freedom, our life, our choice. We need a change. Oh yeah, Porter wants to go too! He’s not too excited about the humidity in the summer or all the people, but he told me that he’s sick of this cold crap! Haha.

So some other reasons for going you ask? Pretty lame beginning? Alright…On the luckiest day of the year, Friday the 13th (of January this time), my luck changed, the tides turned and someone told me we were making the right decision…

Brrrringgg, Brrrringgg…
“This is Kate.”
“Kate, this is D, can you come see me for a minute?”
“Sure!” tha thump went my heart, quick email to co-worker, ‘D wants to see me?!?’ and down I went.
“Have a seat.”
What the crap is my boss doing here?
“The company has been going through some restructuring and revaluating and due to these things your position is no longer needed…blah, blah, blah…here is a letter that goes over what we just talked about…”
“I’m fired?”
“Not so much fired, your position is just no longer necessary.”
“WHAT?!?!”

And so, with a box full of some of my stuff that my darling boss (note satire here) went to get, I kicked open the doors on my way out, made sure my ass was far enough out when they closed and never looked back. Except for once when I flipped them off with the biggest smile on my face. Okay, that didn’t really happen, but I saw it clear as day in my head! Needless to say, I wasn’t the only one “restructured” and both of us are 150% times better than we were. She has found a new job already and so far, is happy as a lark! Get this, she’s even home before dark! Ha! And me, I am happily collecting unemployment that I have worked 7 long, boring years in the real world to earn. So if that isn’t a “sign” that something’s meant to happen, I don’t know what is.

Why Savannah? Have you ever been there?!?! It’s gorgeous, historic, fun, slow, south, 60 degrees in winter and 10 minutes from the ocean. And the food! Ugh! It’s divine! It’s a huge tourist trap, and everyone is nice to tourists, so we can keep saying we’re tourists if the need arises…but we’ll be sure to go to all the festivals as locals.

Jobs. As of now, we both do not have a job down there. (Except if you talk to Greg’s work, I have a job at Weyerhaeuser.) I’ve seen a couple interesting things that I plan to send resumes on, but also wouldn’t mind some time to get acquainted with my new home. So I’ll keep looking and putting resumes out and play it by ear. We’re not too worried, this unemployment money is treating me well, and so are my lovely customers at the Restaurant.

Okay, I think I have everyone up to speed, yes? What’s happening right now? Well, the house was listed For Sale By Owner last week, we’re having an open house tomorrow night and we’re selling a lot of stuff. The weekend of March 3rd we’re going to Savannah to look for an apartment. Yes, we’re going back to apartment living after all these years. We’re looking for something in the Historic District (downtown) of Savannah and will hopefully find jobs in that area, or on the bus line or something.

I think that covers it so far! Nothing too dramatic happening yet. I’ve packed 3 boxes, went through a lot for the garage sale (March 9th-10th-11th) and we’ve been cleaning and prepping the house for people to walk thru. Oh, when are we leaving? Well, originally it was May, but that was when I still had a job…and then that lucky day hit, so we thought, if we can, we’ll leave around April 1st. No, this isn’t some elaborate April Fools Joke either! We’re packing a 16 foot U-haul (no, not actually a U-haul Mike, that’s just for visual purposes!) and taking the Durango and heading south. The Grand Prix is for sale, Greg’s “muscle car” is for sale and the shovel is free to a good home.

So I will attempt to keep this as updated as possible…let you know how the open house went, any nibbles on the house and how our apartment search went. Other than that, nothing too exciting right now. But once we move down there, I promise to keep it updated! Don’t worry, we plan on getting a two-bedroom apartment, plenty of room for guests. Just don’t come in the summer when the humidity is worse than even Wisconsin! We’ll be back sometime in August for the 100th Anniversary of AA Roedl and then November for Deer hunting/Thanksgiving.

Alright, it's time for bed I think...a night of getting pummeled in Volleyball tires a girl out! Until next time, k