Dissappointment

I never wanted to move to KY.  Truthfully.

It was a long, hard change.  Three kids, no support system, and new surroundings.  I hated life here the first 6 months.  So much.

But we've adjusted.  We bought our first home here.  I've made friends, good friends that I'll have my whole life.  We've met neighbors, and our kids have friends.  And we are feeling settled here - well, as settled as one  can be when your entire extended family lives across the US.  So imagine our surprise when we were informed of some positions opening for Paul that would mean potentially relocating our family again.

We had never planned for Paul to apply for jobs this interview season.  But someone connected him to a position at JHU, and then he heard about positions opening at OSU, and while we didn't necessarily think this was the year to be applying, and moving, and making all these changes…we just went with it.  So he applied, and he interviewed and got the offer at JHU.  And he had a phone interview at OSU.  We were so excited, about both potentials…but more so about OSU.

We put our excitement in this position.  Begging family and friends to do whatever they do to send good luck our way.  Maybe, that was the problem all along.  We were just that…too excited.

While his resume screams hire me, I'm fabulous.  Apparently this position at OSU just isn't in our cards.  It would be an absolute lie to say we are not totally disappointed, extremely upset, and bummed out…

But we are moving on.  Accepting that we are going to be just where we are suppose to be in life.  And while our hearts wanted us to be close to family, to raise our kids with cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents…that isn't in our plan, at least not now.