The time has come

Well, the weekend I've been dreading is finally here. We've been packing like mad all week long and for the most part, are packed and ready to go. Picking up the truck tomorrow morning and loading it up. Driving to the Philly suburbs Sunday morning and unloading that afternoon. Then we live in a state of flux for awhile. But we'll be somewhere new with family and friends close by. Should be an adventure to say the least. I'm already looking forward to Sunday evening when most everything will be in the storage shed and all the heavy lifting will be done.

Moving. Again.

Once again, it's time for us to pack our stuff and get outta Dodge.  This will be my 7th move in 5 years.  We've been here in NoVA for a year and a half and it's been good to us.  We've made some good friends, enjoyed some good work (I got to try another career for awhile), and have been able to appreciate all that is the DC metro area.  As comfortable as we got here, it never really felt like home (at least not to me) and we always felt like this was a stop along the way.  And so, it seems, it was.  We're headed back to the Philadelphia area where we hope to stay for awhile.  And by awhile I mean as long as possible because I abhor moving.  I can't stand the packing, lifting, storage, unpacking, and all the moving-related stress that comes with it.  The plan is to buy a place in the suburbs within easy access of major highways and byways so that we can get into Center City when we need to but back out into the relative quiet of Bucks or Montgomery Counties with ease.  Probably won't be anything big or expensive but we'll definitely get more for our money up there than we will here in DC's market.  And if we ever want to come back to visit, it's a short ride down I-95.  Two months from now, we'll be dealing with I-76 rather than I-66 and the Northeast Extension instead of the Beltway.  I can't wait.

Earthshakes!!!

I just felt my first earthquake today. 1.8 on the richter scale. Which means it didn't do any damage to anything. But it left Josh and I very perplexed. Josh was worried that it was either an explosion (as we pray for no more terrorist attacks near DC) or an earthquake. His second guess was correct. It only felt like someone was moving furniture upstairs. But Josh called it. :-) Pretty cool. Just glad it wasn't terrorists, really.

We Post a LOT

Hey Josh, when was the last time we updated. Oh look, 2007 and it's March of 2008. What has happened?

Feels like life is going crazy fast. We just hit our two year anniversary last week. Low key celebration. Just like our low key celebration last year. :-) What can I say! We are low keyed people.

Josh has been to Florida twice in the past two weeks, once for work, once for music festival. This is the most he has been traveling since ... well... since he last worked for Sigma Nu. And he's still barely traveling. I always love the day he comes home from a trip, it's like Christmas for me. I remember when I worked at Juniata and we were totally long distance. It would be 4-6 weeks since I last saw him. I knew he'd be coming between like 6pm and 8pm and I would wait at the window starting at 6pm. Josh was due home yesterday from his trip to the Langerado music fest between 12 and 2. I had my cell phone on me the whole time. Sent him a text when I thought he'd be there, got a message back and hurried home as soon as I could get out.

Now I have him for about 3 weeks (until I leave for my next conference). Look forward to spending more time with him again.

Speaking of next conference, I'm headed to ACPA at the end of March. I hope to see all my Student Affairs buddies there. I'm currently in the market for a new job. Looking still in the Philly area. Would love something Student Activities in nature. So I'm looking for something that would have responsibilities in either club/organization management (this could include Greek Life) or something with leadership development, programming, and/or Orientation. I'm steering more towards the club and organization side, that's my real passion. Got a really nice email the other day complimenting my resume on the conference job search site. Hopefully that or any other type of position pan out into something good.

Josh has interrupted this post by calling. Maybe he missed me a little too. ;-)