we're here

so i just realized that it's been almost a month since my last post. good grief... time has been flying past. wow. i'm a little stunned.

anywho. we are in atlanta. the past several weeks has been an amazing push and whirlwind of trying to get two apartments packed, interview for jobs 800 miles away, cut off services, change address', say goodbyes, make time for friends, fullfill commitments and load a 26 foot uhaul truck with everything the two of us own. it was three weeks of so much. so much i can't even begin to tell you.

and then we drove. a trip that usually can be done in 12 hours - one day. took two days and like 18 hours in the massive truck. we did the math.... i'm not even sure how it took so long. but it did. and it was exhausting. being giggled round and round up and down on that bloody thing after days of packing and lifting only made sore muscles... oh so much more so.

and then we got here. and nothing. we unpacked the truck in a big ole storage unit and spent the next couple days sleeping and trying recouperate while making some phone calls, mailing out some paperwork and other mundane businessy crap. but all in all it felt pretty darn anti-clamatic. it was like going 100 miles an hour for so long and then we just hit a wall. the wall was our goal: get to atlanta. and then we were faced with the mundaneness of life. life that travels at more like 35 mph. here we are. in atlanta. now what?

so we scooped out a church. a nice episcopalian number. we had plans to go on sunday. we even made a trial run to the spot to make sure we knew where it was and how long it would take in the morning to get there. and then, sunday morning was attack of my tummy. bad stuff kids. so we missed out on the new thing. and i slept all day. aaaalll day.

and now we apply to jobs. it's kinda of depressing in all honesty. when tom came down to visit and we were making the decision to move or not to move, we checked the job market out. and the market was good. and a month later. after hours and hours of coverage on how crappy the economy is.... the job market in atlanta is catching up with the rest of country. and so. it's depressing. we try and hit all the job sites and all the new posts every morning and then spend the afternoon doing something fun. one night we went out on a date, and last night we carved pumpkins. today we uploaded photos and tried to get the posting on all the sites together. and thus...this post :D

the honest to god truth is, this would be the most miserable time of my life if it weren't that my best friend is here with me. to talk about stuff. important stuff not important stuff. to laugh at the goofiness and naturally retarded ways of life and to be my strength. to make me a cup of tea or cup of coffee and smile or make fun of me. he is my oasis in this soul desert. and i can't tell you how thankful i am for him in my life enough.