Jun 8th, 2007
Seattle it is
The proverbial cat is out of the bag now, so for anyone who reads the blog and doesn’t know, we’re moving from Ann Arbor (back) to Seattle. I flew out there the last couple of days of May for one of those day-long interview loops (after having three phone interviews the day before) with Atlas, and I suppose I did a decent job of talking about myself incessantly, because they gave me the job. Needless to say, I was quite psyched, since it’s a bit of a different story looking for a new job when you’re the sole breadwinner for a family of four (plus a dog). Even better, they’re helping us move, so we’ve finally reached that phase of our lives where we don’t have to pack everything up ourselves in a U-Haul (no, you haul it, thank you).
So we’re bidding farewell to A2, and despite everything Jess will tell you the contrary, it’s somewhat bittersweet for me as well. I loved living within a reasonable (10 hours) driving distance from my parents, and I loved being able to easily get to Jess’ parent’s house up north. That being said, most of me is very happy to be heading west. I think it’s going to be great career-wise, and I also think it’ll be fascinating watching Colin take in this new place.
As for the specifics, I’m starting work on July 23rd, a week after we get back from Block Island, so it’ll be a very fast driving adventure for Sevi and me that following weekend. Jess and the kids will follow us out at a date TBD. Much about living arrangements and other logistics are up in the air, pending some serious discussion and forethought. Oh yeah, and we have to sell our house in Michigan, but that should be a piece of cake, right???