Thursday, July 31, 2014

Breaking up with Portland

Fun fact (you should let other people tell you they're fun- Pitch Perfect): This is the longest we've ever lived anywhere in our married lives. It's true.  We love Oregon and we love the friendships we have made out here.  It will always be our 2nd home and we plan on coming back to visit often. But...
It's official.  We're breaking up with Portland.  We handed in our 30 day notice at our apartment complex yesterday and will be packing up a moving truck and driving it to Utah Labor Day weekend.
While trying to come up with a plan for when we wanted to move and where we wanted to move to, we've tried to go through a couple scenarios. It's been a debate between Labor Day weekend and mid September.  We had made up our minds to move September 18th when my parents could fly out and help us load up.  But then our apartment decided to raise rent (yet again) exponentially higher starting September 1st so we knew it was time to move before then.
We still don't know what we're going to do in Utah.  Dustin has been applying for jobs and working with a friend on a business plan to start our own, but we are not positive which direction we are going to take.  I'm sure I can get a job once we get there, but it makes a difference if we're going to be in South Salt Lake County as an associate vs. Utah county with our own practice, so I'm holding off applying anywhere until we can finalize that decision.
Which means we have no idea what we're doing.  All we know is that we definitely want to be in Utah and feel like that's where we are supposed to be.  We are moving in faith and hoping that our little savings will get us through until we figure it out.
Thank goodness for parents.  And family.  We still have a few things to finish up the first couple weeks in September so we will be staying with my aunt and uncle in Battle Ground (cousin sleepover EVERY NIGHT Connor!)  Our stuff will go into storage in Utah until we figure out where we are going. And once we're in Utah, we'll stay at my parent's house until one of us gets a job.
I'm hoping this next month we'll have some firm decisions made and can move forward with life.  It's kind of a scary move going into the unknown, but I know that this is where we are supposed to be.
It will all work out, right?



2 comments:

Cardon Times said...

Yay for change! And new adventures. Sad for everyone your leaving in Portland. I wish you the very best in this process. It is so hard making choices...Good luck with everything!

Brittany H. said...

Of course it will work out! And all your family there is/will be such a blessing. Can't wait to see your next adventure!