I knew it....

I knew while writing that last post 3 months ago that life was just too easy.

Things have changed -- for the better, but change is always hard. CJ was finally awarded his StateFarm agency....but it isn't in Bend, or even Central Oregon. It's back up in Portland...Sandy to be exact. Yes, we just moved from there 10 months ago, but now we're moving back.

Not to mention it is in the same month we're getting married. Yes, in July I'm getting married, going on a honeymoon, finding a place to live, moving into said place, and starting a new job. Excellent.

I've been really ridiculously stressed out for the last two months about the whole thing...how was I going to find another job? Where would we live? Would my work hate me for leaving already? It's caused quite a bit of friction between CJ and I as I quite resented him for changing the game on me, even though it wasn't his fault per se.

Well, earlier this week I was offered a position in Portland doing primary care, and I notified my current employer two days ago (and they were so gracious). CJ and I will be returning from our honeymoon and will have 4 days to find a place to live (we will rent a house) so that will be stressful, but we'll just deal with it then. I literally finish work here on Friday, move on Sat/Sun and start new job on Monday, so at least I won't miss out on any income!

So anyway, that's the gossip. Overwhelming really, so I'll just leave it at that!
Jen

Float On.

Life right now is a lot like the song "Float On" by Modest Mouse.

Daily happenings are flying by at a million miles a minute, and I've just decided to succumb to the rapid current. And it feels good.

My work life is busy, busy, busy. I've found a great niche for myself and I'm enjoying my patients. All 3 bazillion of them. I've also made great friends there, and in fact, two of the MA's are coming on my bachelorette trip to Vegas with me. I know that's generally not a great idea, but these girls are awesome and will likely be just as poorly behaved as I will.
I just got off an 11-day straight stretch of working, and I am actually not burnt out nearly as much as I was the first time I did it. I won't do it often, but it's nice to know I can thrive rather than merely survive.
Carissa H. is working in the office now, which is awesome, but I rarely see her - the midlevels are spread throughout the main and satellite clinics, so we aren't often in the same place. After work drinks have been fantastic though!

Home life is pretty busy as well. Turns out planning a wedding requires a lot of time and attention. I'm super excited though -- basically it's going to be an awesome party that ends with an 8 day vacation. How can you beat that?

CJ is awesome, as always. There could be some exciting career-related news coming soon, so we're keeping our fingers crossed.
We've been enjoying the Bend winter by spending a lot of time up on Bachelor snowboarding. Well, I've actually only been 6 or so times. CJ's been 28 or something crazy. He got "sick" a lot this Winter.
This weekend we're going to spend a day in Portland, and one of our errands is to do our wedding registry (the Macy's here is tiny, so we figured we'd go to the downtown Portland store). I have no idea what we're going to register for, but I think it's going to be a whole lot of fun. We are lucky enough not to NEED anything as we've lived together for 4 years now. But, most of what we do have is hand-me-down and crappy. We could really use a new toaster that doesn't require complete cooling between toasting sessions. Or a can opener that doesn't dig into our hands. Or fitted sheets that actually fit our bed and don't pop up on the corners all the time. Wahoo!

Anyhoo -- that's life. It's good.

All good at the moment

So...essentially my title says it all. Right now, things are good.

Work is going well, the days have been at a nice pace and I haven't had too many unruly patients.

CJ and I are doing fantastically and looking forward to our wedding, which is oh-so-rapidly approaching.

My family and friends are healthy, and I know this because I got to see so many of them in person this holiday season.

If only the Ducks had won the Rose Bowl....

Jen