A whole lot of change, in a short amount of time!

I'm sitting in a little cafe in downtown Pensacola sipping my espresso and enjoying the change of scenery. It can get a tad repetitive working from home. And as much as I love watching the olympics I have a thing for coffee shops and their eclectic atmospheres. As far as work goes, I am winding down my real estate business here in florida and gearing up for our next move.

We just put our wonderful home in Milton up on the rental market. I didn't think I would be as emotional as I am about moving out of this home since we've lived in other places together. But this was our first home that we really got to make our own since we bought it. I've loved having all of the extra space (more than two people need!), and the neighborhood has been so homey to live in, but we knew it would only be ours for a few months. So now the search for renters begins!

On another house hunting front, we are in the process of purchasing a wonderful little home in Durham. We thought long and hard about where to purchase our next rental since there are so many different duty stations in our immediate future, but we both new that having a little piece of Durham to hold onto was the right choice <3

In the next few weeks J will be finishing up his training here in Milton and will be moving on to the final stage of advanced in Texas. After a lot of thought we decided that I would not go to TX with him but would instead come to NC to fix up our little rental house and work for the family business through the holidays. With all of the chaos surrounding wedding planning, job searches, and the animals, it just made sense for me to be in Durham for the last few months of the year.

Every day I flip flop about if this is the right decision since I will miss seeing J every day, but we knew going into this relationship that there would be times where we couldn't be together 24/7. That doesn't mean I can't be a baby about it though! However, we both agree that me being able to have a more hands on experience during the last couple of months of wedding planning will be best, especially since we would be having to move around the time of the wedding and it would just be too many moving parts. Also, I will be able to have a full time real estate career in Durham again, which will allow us save some money.

All in all, we feel good about this decision and are super excited for the next 6 months! A wedding, a new house, and a winging ceremony all within a few months of each other. We must be crazy or stupid, maybe a little bit of both! The support system we have is INCREDIBLE to say the least.

If the first half of this year is anything to go by, I know that these next few months are going to fly by. So, here's to a whole lot of change in a short amount of time! Par for the course in this life of ours...

Durham (and TX), we're comin' for ya!