A new blog and a new name, but a very boring layout. I will work on that later. We're very busy packing out right now. The house is sold, school is almost over, and we have a new place to live, at least for the time being.
Everything is up in the air. Mitch has been offered a job as a Foreign Service Specialist with the State Department. This will mean probably 2 years in DC, and then we'd move the family and dog around the world while he builds/upgrades embassies. We just finished getting medical clearances for worldwide travel for the whole family (a process that involved my little drama queen Grace to both faint and throw up during her blood draw). Next up, FBI security clearances, then we have to really make up our minds and commit to going for it.
We found a house to rent right near Mitch's new project in the Kirkland/Bellevue area until we sort it all out. The kids are all thrilled. I was careful to point out all the wonderful things city life has to offer-a beautiful, big library, an outdoor community pool, theater/music camp, shops (hello, Trader Joe's and Target, did you miss me?), and big state park near our rental house. It wasn't until I mentioned that we were ten minutes to Bellevue Square Mall that I secured the girls over to the dark side with the rest of us, though.
There's a lot I'm going to miss about Whidbey Island; the great friends we've made, the gardens I worked so hard on, the beaches, and the woods around our house that the kids loved exploring in. Leaving is bittersweet, but I have learned that while I may be somewhat of a country girl, I'm not a small-town girl. I don't regret a minute we spent here (okay, well there were a few minutes in there I could have totally done without), but I'm happy to be moving on.
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