Friday, November 25, 2011

Our First Holiday Card

Merry Bright Greeting Holiday
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Shout Out.

This is the first post since Arizona, since being there two long months, since making the decision to move back to Texas, since being back in San Antonio for almost as much time as we were in Arizona. We left Texas to AZ the last weekend in May, were there all of June and July, and made it back to TX within the first couple of day of August. We made the journey all on our own this time. I think about it every single day we've been back and know that it was the smartest thing to do.

Many people doesn't understand or see how we could just move twice in nearly two months, but I just want people to understand that it was a very hard decision. It wasn't just one of us who thought about coming back, we both did. We knew that it was going to be a difficult process moving to AZ, and not just for me, but for the both of us, and it was. It was very hard. Neither one of us could find a job. We tried every day. When we weren't out looking, we were applying online, we were calling the places we had applied to with no answers. At one point, I almost had a job or at least it felt like I almost had it. I went through what felt like an intensely gruesome interview process, around 5 different types with this one company, just to be told after a couple of weeks that I wasn't what they were looking for. I felt defeated, like I wasn't good enough for anything there. And that was my breaking point and I was pretty set on being back in Texas.

With the help of our good friend Grant and my little sister Nikki, we got everything moved up and inside in just a few hours. I would say it took us about a week or so to get everything in our apartment situated, but Jake would probably think way less. I have to say that we were pretty good about getting things out of the boxes to make room for everything quickly. I went back to work at Spectrum the day after we got back. I am very grateful and thankful for the people there taking me back. It truly has meant so much. Jake went back to MBS that day as well and has just been kicking major butt all over again.

So now that we're both back in the swing of things, we're as happy as ever and loving every minute of it. Being back here has allowed us both to do more things with our lives. It has allowed me to be around my family more, which I love. So being back here is definitely the best thing for us and our future together. I've done my first SA Zoo Run already being back. We went to see our little friend John David play some tackle football. We're getting out there, we're doing more things. As those things happen, I promise to be more up-to-date on everything happening with us. Hopefully, we'll have more exiciting things to talk about. And NO MORE MOVING POSTS! PROMISE!

I want to give a special shout out to my little brother on his 21st birthday! It is so crazy to me that you are 21, that you are old enough for me to even feel old about your 21st! You're an amazing person with so many gifts and talents! I cannot wait to see what you become because I know that no matter what you decide, you're going to be great at it! Happy birthday BoBo! I love you!