Let me just set the record straight, I LOVE VERMONT!!! After spending four years there in college my parents made me come back to Southern California since I planned on continueing my education and it was much cheaper to be here. After spending two months here I decided that this was not the place for me and I planned my move back to Vermont. Well, I met my husband two weeks before I planned to leave and let's just say I never left.
My husband has no desire to move to Vermont which just breaks my heart. So instead of always dreaming of getting there we decided that we would try to move somewhere else on the west coast. He tries to deny it, but his Laker's and Angel's would come on way too late at night if we lived on the East Coast. We talked about Northern California, but the places where we could get jobs just put us back into the mix of the things we hated about here. We talked about Colorado, but we don't know anyone there and once again, the places where my husband could get a job had the same issues as here. Then we started talking about Oregon, where my husband has some family.
We took a trip to Oregon to go snowboarding with my husband's cousin in Bend. We fell in love with the beauty of the area and the fact that they get snow, something that is on my dream list. We also went to Eugene to visit and we liked it, but Bend was the place to be. I flew out to go to a teacher's conference to try and get a job, which I could have had my husband been able to find anything. This is around the same time as the economy crashed and housing went to the dump in Bend.
Flash forward two years and we decided to once again try and make it out of here. My son will be starting school in a year and we figured this was the best opportunity to try and make this work. My husband quit his job at the company he had worked at for 17 years. With job prospects not very good in Southern California he started pushing for jobs in Eugene. A wonderful company called him for a second interview and paid to have him flown up there for a six hour interview. Last week they called to let him know the job is his and tomorow we will find out when he needs to report.
We have a prospective renter coming over today and we have sent out a few emails on houses that we are interested in renting up there. It feels so wierd to try for something for two years and then all of a sudden everything is happening so quick.
I am so excited for this new adventure in our lives to start.
