Georgia On Our Minds

It's been a year since our initial trip to Atlanta. There still is nothing available for Brenda job-wise, and I feel I've hit the limit of what I can accomplish in Marietta. We've decided it's time to pursue our fortunes elsewhere.

So this is our official announcement that we are indeed moving to Atlanta in the very near future. This is not an impulse decision and not one we've taken lightly. When was the last time you knew either of us to take a year to decide on something? :)

Options for both social work and paralegal jobs in Atlanta are abundant, so we're confident Brenda will land something fairly quickly. I still have a colleague down there that may be buying my company and/or hiring me as a developer. But I'm not waiting on him and may have a promising job interview with another firm very soon. I'm not thrilled with the idea of ditching my company, but life is all about changes and new adventures. Neither one of us has been outside Ohio so it's time we do something new while we're still young and don't have to drag a kid out of school.

We're very much hoping our friends and family will understand why we're making this move, as we'll need all the support we can get throughout this transition. And of course, we'll make regular trips back to Ohio for holidays or just for the heck of it. And our door will always be open to anyone wanting to come down, spend some time or hit a Braves game.

One of the main obstacles right now is selling our house. We have a lead on a realtor that might want to buy it as a rental property, which would be great and save us the commission. But if anyone reading this is interested, or can pass it along to someone wanting to live downtown, let us know. I'd like to walk away with a couple thousand bucks, but we're not looking to make huge money on a sale. The next few weeks will be a major purge of everything we won't want to take to Atlanta, so we might be having a sale, or just taking everything to goodwill. This includes most of our furniture. So if you've ever had your eye on anything, now's the time to speak up :)

Hopefully we've eased enough people into this idea over the past year so that it's not a complete and total shock. We just want everyone to understand why we're taking this step and continue to support us through this new phase.

More soon!