The Whirlwind

Hello, dear blog readers! I thought I might post this in honor of those of you who are March Madness fans. After all, it incorporates lots of cool things: basketball, women, vintage, and lemons! (Ok, so really the only thing you sports fans have in common with me in this particular list is that this photo has a basketball.)

The reason we haven't been watching any games? Hubby had two face-to-face job interviews (both for the same position) this week in Virginia. We spent a very whirlwind few days driving up there, interviewing, looking for a place to live, and driving back down to our current residence.

The GREAT news in all of this? HUBBY GOT A JOB OFFER! We are SO very relieved! This means there will not be a lag between his current employement (which ends next week) and his new employment (which starts in April). The area also has several hospitals that have top-notch NICUs, so I will be eventually be able to go back to work on a part-time or casual basis.

The very overwhelming news? We have a mere TWO WEEKS to move. I do believe this is the shortest notice/shortest time frame in which I have had to prepare for an interstate move. This will be our fourth interstate move in seven years, but will fortunately be the cheapest since I have sold off a lot of our furniture. And, I'm not pregnant or having a new baby with this move, so I'm really hoping it won't be as overwhelming our move a year ago.

Side note to any of you who might have very small children: we did NOT officially realize until this trip that (at least for our family) one needs to add about an extra 50% of travel time to what Google Maps tells you is the case. It took us a full 10-hour day to drive up due to kids and traffic (and getting lost finding a gas station or a place to eat), and another 12 hours coming back....All for a 5.5 hour drive! The upside? Since traffic was so bad between DC and Fredericksburg, we opted to drive all the way around Quantico. This allowed us to feel like we were on the move instead of sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic, the kids got to take decent car naps, and we saw some beautiful Virginia countryside!

While we will be missing the friends we have been making here, I know that we will love the area there. If my attendance and posting is spotty over the next two weeks, dear blog readers, you'll know exactly why that is.

Happy Saturday! Lemon Lover signing off.