We have been talking lately about moving back home to the wet coast. We love it here in the cold prairies, but we're really missing our friends and family back home. It wouldn't be a quick move, but rather a plan to get back home in the next year to 2 years. DH will be fishing for placements with his company on the coast, which will be good options, and I, well... I really am flexible with what I want to do. I love my teaching job, but I still love the option of other careers, other things. Ethan is going to Kindergarten in the fall (!) and it would be nice to be able to be there along the way with him. I'm going to work on NOT working..maybe tutoring or teaching music classes on the side for wee ones. If we move, we'd make a killing on the house we have right now, and yes, while it's expensive on the coast, we don't mind living out in the burbs, even a little further than we did before. Financially, we've made huge strides by this move, and while some people might think of us as crazy, we've sacrificed a year, possibly 2 or 3, and financially saved ourselves 15-20 years on our mortgage.
When we reflect back on all the things we've been doing and people we "socialize" with, we've been pretty much living our lives here, but socializing with our west coast friends and family. All the phone calls, emails, blogs, and chatboards, are all with our friends back home. Weird huh? So we'll see what comes of it.
This is strictly in the works right now, and maybe we'll change our minds in the near future, but I'm not so sure.
I'm positively THRILLED and ELATED about the idea...when the idea came "out" my homesickness surfaced and intensified. I dunno what's happening to me. I think I'm going nutso.
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The thought of you coming home makes me giddy with excitement. I miss you very much. I admire your courage to move and help dh with advancing his career. You have made some sacrifices for sure, but the pay off will be worth it. Housing here I think is beginning to stabalize and some houses haven't sold for over a year. This makes my dh happy as he is convinced the market cannot sustain itself. We have been getting lots of advertisement of townhouses and condos well into the downtown core. This confirms dh theory that there is too much of a supply and not enough demand.
ReplyDeleteMust go and shower. Little Miss was awake at 4:30 today and would not go back to sleep and therefore I was a victim of no sleep as well. I have put her back in the crib in hopes of her nodding off it is 8:45, but she is singing up a song and danciing around. so much for a peaceful shower today.