We are now in Newport News, Virginia!! That's not Texas. I know. About a month ago I flew out her with Jesse to visit my Uncle Gene and Aunt Rie. (More on them in another post.) Tyler and I have talked about moving out here several times since we've been married but never done it. While I was here visiting, I just looked around casually for jobs for Tyler and found a job with a nonprofit working in refugee resettlement - pretty much Tyler's dream job. Except for really low pay. Well, he applied for it and got a call almost immediately for an inteview.
We knew we were taking a risk, but we did it. We sold almost everything - again - and loaded up a trailer. We arrived in Virginia right around November 1st.
Side note - on the way to Newport News, we stopped in Bluefield to surprise my parents. We hadn't told them about the move so we could surprise them. The plan was to arrive in Bluefield about 8pm and knock on their door. With our poor road trip skills, it ended up being about 1 in the morning. So Tyler texted my dad and then asked him to let us in the door. Luckily, Dad heard the text and we didn't have to head to a hotel. They were pretty surprised, needless to say. We spent the next day in Bluefield and saw both of my grandmothers before we continued on the next leg of the journey. That night it was raining so hard, we had to stop AGAIN on a six hour trip. So we ended up arriving at the office for Tyler's Friday 1pm interview on Friday at 1:01 pm. Shew!!
However, we found out a few days later that Tyler did not get this refugee job. Big bummer. So the job hunt began again, as well as a hunt for a place to live. We checked into an extended stay hotel. (Tyler worked hard at finding the best deal at a decent place.) Long story short, Tyler briefly worked for a couple of framing/deck building guys before being offered a job at a residential remodeling company!! Congratulations Tyler!! He was chosen out of over 300 applicants. It seems like a good company, one that's one many awards. And they are going to have him do some design work too, something he is great at. So my master plan, which I will record for future reference, is to have Tyler get a job with the Newport News Fire Department (inspired by our San Angelo days) and do some desing work on the side. The FD has a test after the first of the year, so we'll see how that pans out. ; )
The other big development is the possibility of buying a piece of property. We found it through Craigslist and it really seems just perfect for us - although a LOT of work! The tornado that came through this area several months ago actually went right down the center of this property. It's about nine acres, and most of it is a huge mess of downed trees and even some debris left from a mobile home that got torn apart. But this means it is a really good price for this area. Hopefully will know soon if this deal can go through.
Here are a few pictures of it:
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