NEW Chapter.

Last week we were in Salt Lake/Provo/Logan for job interviews.

I think I should start from the beginning...ya know like how it all began.

So in October I took a trip down to UT  I was there to "check" out the area for a potencial business prospect location...turns out that wasn't going to happen for another decade BUT when one door closes a window opens. That window was Michelle, she was looking for someone to do her social media, I jumped all over it seeing as I was a PR graduate with no job prospects in the horizon. I thought consulting, this could work. WELL she knew I was looking for a full-time job so she asked the CMO of PMD personal microderm if he was looking to hire because she's super nice, TURNS out he was soooo I sent him my resume and that turned into a phone interview 
and that turned into another interview. 
So Andrew and I booked tickets and headed to Salt Lake, in hopes of a jobs.

 Leaving behind Pippa was a struggle, BUT she had great puppysitters! 

That's a side note, continue reading the rest of the "story". 

Andrew was in shock withSubZero, but who isn't, sorda crazy, yummy/science experiment. 

oh did i mention how many yummy place there are in SLC?

Thanks to Michelle for another great hair appointment!

homeboy wanted a burger after his job interview, we eat our feelings. 

Loved seeing my amazingly cool cousins.  

 The week before we leave Mr. got a job interview with Aflac, which was hooked up by his super duper cool nice cousin. Are you catching on to all this??? Yeah miracle that everything is falling into place? AND it's true, very true...it's about "who you know" and you get jobs through "connections". Well I had my interview on Tuesday and Mr. had his on Wednesday (he got the job on the spot).  A week later I got an offer and 24 hours later I accepted it. Then 24 hours after that it settled in that we were ACTUALLY moving. 
While we were in SLC we looked for houses just in case if we got the jobs then we would have a place lined up. 

have you eaten here before? great mexican. 

I was sorda obsessed with this cookie shop. Everything from the taste to the packaging. SO CUTE.

 WELLLLL that part didn't fall into place, therefore I thought it can't be meant to be. I was totally convinced that we were NOT going move. Well that didn't happen and we got the jobs and we leave in 3 weeks. For the last 3 days I haven't left the house, I have been glued to craigslist and ksl looking and searching for a place to live. NoTHING. not a thing. BUT we feel like it's pretty much a miracle and  suppose to happen. No doors were opening anywhere except SALT LAKE. I wish and hoped and almost forced for somewhere warm, BUT nothing came up. So folks, there we have it, Utah it is. 

I spent three hours at the spa, everything in Logan is cheap. Totally relieved stress. 

Pedicures are the best.

a storm came so we pretty much had freezing toes while house hunting.
I couldn't believe the icicles.

how old and dry are my hands? welcome to dry climate. 

Def got stuck in the snow. 

I have mixed emotions because:

1. I feel happy that we are moving on (i.e. getting out of the town we grew up in.)

2. I feel overjoyed that we graduated from college and actually found jobs. 

3. I feel lucky that my dreams are coming true (i.e. I get to do marketing and public relations in the beauty industry using both my skills and training...BEUATY SCHOOL WASN'T A WASTE OF TIME...so it turns out.) I got this job partly because I had both a BS & cosmetologist license.  

4. I feel accomplished because I did it, I told myself I would go to college only for a SALARY job, I promised myself I wouldn't waste my degree on some part-time job at the Gap. 

5. I feel blessed to have a husband that wants to grow and build. 

6. I feel challenged by growing, it's hard to grow, but needs to be done.
7. I feel scared that this plan could fail. 

8. I feel saucy because I am going to be apart of the "mormon bubble". 

9. I feel anxious starting a job, what if I'm not good enough? what if I don't fit in? what if I don't thrive?

10. I feel stressed moving my entire house that I worked so hard to put together. 

      -stressed about moving in the middle of winter.

- stressed about selling things...everything. 

-stressed about finding a place to live.

-stressed about buying a second car...the world of car payments we must enter. 

-stressed about buying our first home in the next year, what areas? interest rates? loans? 

down payments? renovate? foreclosure? short sale? so many words I don't understand. 

 Basically all these emotions boil down to the fact that we are becoming grown-ups one step at a time.
 I just feel like we are taking about 50 giants steps all at once. 

I love my bed, it felt great to come home after a stressful week of uncertainty. 

I'm also sedimental.

We are leaving the place where everything began.

Our relationship has only known Eugene. 

Where we met

Where we fell in love

First Date

First time we held hands

First kiss

First dance as Mr. & Mrs.

First home

the list goes on...and on...for the last 7 years. 

BUT I can't wait to see the joys Salt Lake will bring. 

I know it will be great. I'm just a little hesitant.
 I hate making bad decisions, I want to be 100% sure it's right and perfect
BUT nothing is and you can never know until you do it.
SO WE ARE DOING IT even though...

our lives will be almost 100% different. 

Different isn't a bad thing. It's just a change. 

We know Eugene is a dead end for us AND Salt Lake is the next chapter.
It's time to turn the page.