Ooofta, it has been some time since I blogged last. I'm feeling motivated simply because I'm warm inside, night number 2 on my couch, with night number 4 with what I think is strep throat. Can I kick this mother by myself? I'm trying! The thought of finding a doctor, making an appointment, or simply putting clothes and makeup on my face and heading to the minute clinic is far too much a hassle at this moment in time. Grade A laziness.
First of all, Happy New Year!! And cheers to another great one!
I can't believe it's 2014 and I'm ecstatic thinking of all this year's greatness. I spent New Years Eve with a solid group of my loved ones, at dinner with both mine and Joel's parents, at the restaurant that Joel and I like to pretend that we had our 'first date' at and then with my best friends celebrating in down town Hudson where I grew up. I had way more fun there than I did two years ago in Minneapolis, yeah we learned that one that hard way. The simpler the better and that also goes for New Years celebrations.
We had a wonderful two weeks back home in Wisconsin and Minnesota over the holidays. It was a much needed trip home with friends that I hadn't seen or hugged for far too long and with new babies that I got to meet for the first time. One, isn't even so much a 'baby' anymore, but a big, happy 9 month old with the most amazing personality. We spent both Christmas Eve and Christmas day with both our families and I was grateful to have it work out that way. Life is almost always in our favor. I got to spend a much needed afternoon with all the amazing ladies that I used to work with over brunch, mimosas and of course, the Packers and it made me miss them even more than I did before I saw them and hugged them for the first time in over a year.
We got to see a lot of people, but also didn't get to see everyone that we had hoped to. Luckily, we have a crazy amount of weddings this summer and fall and I hope to see all the great people that I didn't get to in no better of a place, but a place filled with friends in celebration of love. Ah, my heart is warm just thinking about it.
After two weeks away, I was anxious to get home. I am a schedule and routine person and I was antsy to be on that plane, flying home. Crazy to think of Colorado as my home now; and it felt sooo good to see those mountains and be stationary in this amazing state, and see my kitties, of course. Not gonna lie, I was excited to see our sweet salt water fish too. It makes me laugh, that statement.
While we were home, we got to fill in all our family and friends of our next life adventure of moving our life to the East coast. Because Joel and I get so high and excited while thinking about and planning to move our life to sweet places, we first of all were shooting for Ireland. After doing extensive research, we found that unfortunately, Ireland makes it close to impossible for people from other countries to move there without studying abroad or being transferred for work. No, I wasn't going to go back to school just to move us to Ireland, that was Joel's first, brilliant plan. And sadly, childcare is a profession that you can't get a work visa for, so I would have no way to make any moola. I suppose I could always work at a cute, little coffee shop, but childcare is what I'm good at and lets face it, that's where my heart is. We kind of put that idea aside, but I couldn't bring myself to throw away my "Ireland To-Do" list just yet.
I was honestly watching Hocus Pocus when I thought to myself, "I want to celebrate Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts." I immediately texted Joel, who was in LA at the time and asked what he thought about moving our life to the Boston area. He thought it was an amazing idea and that was that! All it takes for us is an idea and motiviation to get us there. That is exactly how Colorado happened. The East coast is somewhere that Joel hasn't touched with his music and it would do great there, both of us are confident in that. The company that I work for originated out there and there are centers all over the place. I immediately did what I did when we decided to move to Colorado, I got on craigslist and started looking for places for rent out of excitement, even when it wasn't practical to do so. I would type in the address, put it in the Goddard School website and sure enough, it would pull up 5-10 centers within a 40 mile radius. I'm getting jacked right now just thinking about it.
If you remember the last blog I wrote, I talked about Joel having an interview with the Ritz Carlton in Beaver Creek. Well folks, he got the job, is an official employee and gets to spend every Sunday and Monday in the mountains, making money that almost triples his monthly income. And then he gets to spend every Tuesday making his way down those amazing, powder filled mountains on his snowboard. Joel is officially, living the Colorado dream, my friends, doing what he loves. Joel getting this job, changed our plan around a bit. Now, we plan to stay here through next winter season (April-ish) and then head back to the Midwest for a few months to save some moola and then move our life to the East coast. With the money that Joel will be making from the Ritz, he could fly there ever so often and play that gig to keep himself as an employee and continue to reap the benefits for as long as possible, and I have no doubt that he will, even when we move away. We could not be more excited!
I have not yet told my director of my plan, I feel like it's not time to do so, especially, if anything changes. Knowing Joel and I, this is definitely possible.
Just before I logged into Blogger, I read an article titled "37 Things Dying People said they Regretted they didn't do." The first thing was travel when they were able to. I'm confident that that is something that I will not regret in my last moments. And the fact that I have somebody amazing to share it with, makes me feel even more excited. And thankful.
Cheers!
