BIG NEWS

Wow, so much as happened since Friday. Are you ready for this? here we go...

We are moving to Tremonton this weekend.

I know. Here's the low down.

BACKGROUND: For over a year we've been interested in taking over an apartment managing position at Old Farm Apartments here in Logan. The current managers are our friends and so we have been able to talk to them a lot about what the job entails and working with them on a timing schedule of when they would need a replacement.

CURRENT: Corey's dad, Lyle, called me on Friday morning to tell me about this motel, called The Sandman, that Corey's cousins (Bruce and Julie) own and they are looking for some live-in managers. He said that the apartment has been newly remodeled and is pretty nice. He really thought that this was something we should talk about. I politely said that I would talk to Corey, not really thinking much at first because 1)we've been waiting on Old Farm for so long, my heart/head was kind of set on that; 2)it's in Tremonton and Corey is still in school and commuting would be really hard. But, I told Corey and he was really interested so we decided that since we had time that evening we would go over just to take a look at it and talk to Bruce about what all would be involved.

The apartment is nice, 2 bed 2 bath, bigger then what we have now (the kitchen is like twice as big so for someone who likes to cook, I was way excited about that), and has a basement but it isn't finished. The apartment is hooked to the office of the motel so I will be 'home' while still 'working'. We would be paid an income as well as earn free rent and utilities. That sounded great because that income would go straight to pocket (as soon as other debt things are paid off, i.e. motorcycle and student loan, etc.). We decided we were pretty interested, but needed to go home and talk about it and I wanted to call our friends with Old Farm to see where they were on things. I would hate to have turned down the motel job and then not get the Old Farm job.

So I called and we talked and it turned out that a bunch of things had also happened on their end just in the last couple of weeks. To make a really really long story only really long, they were going to decide between us and another couple and then let us know today or tomorrow. We told Bruce that and he said that he would hold the position for us and wait for our decision.

Well, as you might be able to guess, Old Farm chose the other couple (I really am ok with this and am in no way mad or upset with our Old Farm friends for those of you who know them). So, we called Bruce and told him we would love to accept this position. We are the managers of The Sandman Motel now.

I have been on an emotional roller coaster today. I feel so incredibly sad to leave my amazing friends both in the trailer court and in our ward and all of the other great people we know around here. I also feel so incredibly sad to make Nathan leave the first friends he has ever made. He knows their names and tries to say them and he gets excited when he sees them. But, I know that he is only 19 months and will make friends so easy. I also have lived in Logan for almost 5 1/2 years and love it here. Everything I know is here. And moving would mean I hae to change doctors and what grocery store I shop at and what park we like to play in and movie theater we'd run to. And then I get excited about moving somewhere nicer and bigger and getting to decorate a new space and possibly not having as many bugs and spiders to deal with. And then I think about the super fun enrichments that I've been to and everything I'm going to miss out on. It's a roller coaster, I tell you.

On the flip side, I can completely see the Lord's hand in all of this and from all ends. Everything really has worked out for the very best for us, for Old Farm, for the couple that got the Old Farm job, for Bruce and Julie, and the list could go on. Prayers have been answered all around and I think that this chain will just continue.

So now, my completely normal week of completely normal things will still be there but now I have to pack up our entire trailer and we are moving on Saturday.

BY THE WAY, we now have to buy a second car so Corey can commute back and forth. Stipulations: tops $2,000, good enough condition, not too concerned about # of miles (within reason), has to have good gas milage-ideal would be mid to upper 30s or higher. PLEASE, let me know if you see/hear/read about anything.

You're all great. Thank you and goodnight.