So here we are, in the midst of our final summer in AZ (whoo hoo) and life is good. Hot, but good. Lately we run our air conditioner most of the time we’re home and the electric bill can prove it. Doesn’t matter much to either of us though, we’d go without many other ‘luxuries’ before the air kicks off for sure.
Staci graduated with her bachelor’s degree from NAU last month (Summa Cum Laude –BAM!) and she’s excited to look for opportunities elsewhere to branch out in the working world. I’m so proud of her for doing an amazing job; she received her final letter stating she’d made the Dean’s List every semester of her NAU career! Now that we have her diploma we still need to buy that display case she wanted…. :D
Now that we’re into June we’re planning our big move to TEXAS! Our lease is up 3rd week of August and we plan to be gone before that. For now we’re both transferring our current jobs (her at Staples and myself at WaMu / Chase) but we’re not sure how long we’ll be with them once we get there. Truth be told, we’re looking into buying our first home! The time is right, but there’s a lot to do beforehand! Saturday we plan on calling the realtor and a few mortgage people to see what we can afford. My banking background has already helped me a lot to understand the process! I’m sure we’re both still in for a wild ride though.
It’s been very stressful lately planning out our lives in what feels like a moments notice. Seems as though we know when we’re leaving, but not where we’re going :) - haha. We’ve planned out much of what we’ll do, but still haven’t decided the specifics. Where will we live? Where will we work? What will I do about school? We’re as prepared as can be at this time (1/3 of our stuff is already in boxes!) but still have a lot to do. If any of you have relevant advice, shoot it our way. We can’t guarantee we’ll follow it, but helpful advice is always, well, helpful. :)
