Plano

Okay, so we had a family fail. Ben didn't do his duty in writing our 12th day of Christmas post. And I, thinking he would eventually write it because I asked him to twice, didn't post anything on this blog in about 6 weeks.

But here I go. Because we are facing major life changes.

No, not a baby.

We're moving! Again.

If you don't already know this, that's because I've kept it on the DL. I don't want my students catching wind of this yet. It doesn't feel like the right time, although I have no idea when the right time will be. When is the best time to give someone bad news?

It's only bad news to my students and administration at my school. To everyone else, I hope you consider this great news!

Ben got a job with Capitol One as a funding analyst for auto loans. Sweet deal, right? Even sweeter is the fact that we are moving back to my home!! His job is in Plano. As of right now, we have an apartment in Plano. Assuming that everything works out. We just found out that they may not approve it since my job is in Arkansas, not Texas. But we are full of hope and faith that things will work out. I mean, you can't really argue when you feel like it's God's will, right? (Don't answer that if your answer doesn't agree with the point of my question.) 

We truly believe that this is right for us. After he was offered this job, we took our whole situation into careful spiritual consideration, and we feel that this is perfectly right. There are some complications, of course, but we are pressing forward with hope and faith that things will work out. And, well, if things don't work out how we envision it, then it will be something to learn and grow from. Either way, it will prove to be a good experience. And an adventure!

This is our current plan: Ben left yesterday to start his job. He is living with some family friends (THANK YOU!) for a month, and then we will move in to our apartment the weekend of March 1. We plan on being able to visit each other approximately every other weekend until school ends. It's going to be a long four months...But it will be do-able. I think we will be stronger because of this.

It's really sad to leave Bella Vista. We love our ward. We have loved being close to my family, and we have made great friends here. But we know that we will stay in touch with people. And this is just part of life, especially when you have been unemployed/underemployed for a year.

So here is to a happy new year to us! (Yes, we have known for a month.)