Hey all, just wanted to give a little update while I have a small break in the chaos.
Dellas headed over to Seattle yesterday to take a load of big stuff (trailer, jetski, etc) then spent this morning looking for places for us to live. We were very fortunate and got lucky on the 2nd place! I found a duplex in Issaquah on Craigslist so Dellas took a look and snatched it up!
It's a little dated, but it's 3br, 2.5ba and more importantly has a small back yard for Oak! Issaquah is one of the more expensive areas to live so we were a little worried about what we could find but I think this one will do nicely! I'll post pics later...
On another note, I was offered a job at my current bank's Bellevue branch and will start on January 17th! This allows me to take a week for our Hawaii trip and a week to move but come right back to a job with no lapse in pay or benefits! I only have 2 days left of work in Meridian so the girls are throwing a little going away party tomorrow at work but they won't tell me what all it's going to entail.
It's definitely a time for mixed emotions...getting ready to leave some fabulous friends and a lot of familiarity behind, but so excited to go to Hawaii on Sunday then come back to a place to live!
Things have been coming together nicely for us and we're so thankful. Dellas even said, "it's kinda scary how things are falling into place for us..." haha, not really sure why it's scary but oh well; it makes me feel like this was how everything is supposed to happen for us!
More to come after we relax with our toes in the sand for a week then make the journey over to Issaquah!
12.28.2011
12.17.2011
Our Fate is Decided
Well, many of you already know what this post is going to say, but I feel it's worth posting anyway! After 4 long months of waiting on pins and needles, Kiewit has decided our fate and are sending us to Bellevue, WA for Dellas to start work on the rebuilding of the 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington (which spans between downtown Seattle and Bellevue.) This job was one of Dellas' first picks so he's pretty excited. I, on the other hand, bypassed the excitement and immediately went into planning mode but didn't have long before family came into town to help us celebrate Del's graduation.
Now that we have him OFFICIALLY done with college we're starting to put together our plans and line up a place to live. Luckily, I'm familiar enough with the area to help eliminate certain places but it's still nice to have family who is local to help out.
This upcoming week will be spent enjoying time with Dellas' parents (and soon his brother) who are in town until after Christmas, while trying to tie up loose ends in Meridian. My last day at work isn't until the 30th so Dellas' job, from the 27th-31st, is to go to Seattle and scrape up some houses and hopefully pin something down before we head to Hawaii for a week on the 1st. We get back from Hawaii on the 8th and Dellas starts work the 16th. Somewhere in that mesh of activity we'll need to come back to Boise, pack up our house, haul it over, and hopefully unload it into a house! If not, I hope my family will let us crash in on them temporarily!
As for my job, I'm not sure yet. I'm checking into transferring with my current bank but also trying to weigh how long of a commute I want. So we'll see what happens there.
Everything that we've been thinking about and wondering about for the last 6 months is actually starting to happen now! It's a crazy, stressful, exciting, scary time for us but that's life! We'll be keeping everyone updated as things come together. I apologize ahead of time if I'm not the best blog updater over the next month but I promise it'll come!
Now that we have him OFFICIALLY done with college we're starting to put together our plans and line up a place to live. Luckily, I'm familiar enough with the area to help eliminate certain places but it's still nice to have family who is local to help out.
This upcoming week will be spent enjoying time with Dellas' parents (and soon his brother) who are in town until after Christmas, while trying to tie up loose ends in Meridian. My last day at work isn't until the 30th so Dellas' job, from the 27th-31st, is to go to Seattle and scrape up some houses and hopefully pin something down before we head to Hawaii for a week on the 1st. We get back from Hawaii on the 8th and Dellas starts work the 16th. Somewhere in that mesh of activity we'll need to come back to Boise, pack up our house, haul it over, and hopefully unload it into a house! If not, I hope my family will let us crash in on them temporarily!
As for my job, I'm not sure yet. I'm checking into transferring with my current bank but also trying to weigh how long of a commute I want. So we'll see what happens there.
Everything that we've been thinking about and wondering about for the last 6 months is actually starting to happen now! It's a crazy, stressful, exciting, scary time for us but that's life! We'll be keeping everyone updated as things come together. I apologize ahead of time if I'm not the best blog updater over the next month but I promise it'll come!
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