Traveling and more traveling!

     So in the last two months we have traveled SO much! You know most people look forward to a vacation but I am getting worn out! Since October we have been to Boise 3 times, Island Falls. Can you say WOW?! No we are heading to Sun Valley for the week and then on our we back ( totally doesn't make sense) we are going to Boise and then back to poky. Needless to say I am thoroughly sick of the car. We are going to Boise to look at another house that we may live in for a couple years. All this house stuff is crazy and exhausting. We have 35 days before we move and like 45 till we need a place to live. We are running out of time and we don't know what we are going to do in the slightest. Oh well I guess. It's good that my parents will let us crash for awhile. 
     Also Thanksgiving will be my first holiday without my family. I is going to be weird. Every family has their traditions and now I have to learn some new ones. Could be interesting. But off to Sun Valley... once I pack and get ready for the day that it!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving all! :)

Boise Bound for good!

Thursday Nov, 3 2011

     Eric got a very exciting phone call! After not hearing from the companies he had been interviewing with we had begun to get discouraged and were planning for Idaho Falls, like i said in my last post. So Eric had just gotten home when his phone rang and by the way he answered it i could tell he did not know the number. (Lately that has been a good thing!) Then he looks at me with a big excited grin because he is talking with a partner at a firm called Eide Bailey. I made sure I was close enough to hear the whole conversations. He kinda talks with him and then says thats not why i am calling, i was calling to offer you a job. We both get giant grins on our faces. He gets off the phone and we are jumping up and down like children at chuckee cheese! But what a GREAT feeling! We had already discussed if he got an offer we would definitely take it not the question was when. Eric has been committed to an internship in Idaho Falls for almost a year, Eide Bailey asked if he could start in January. This caused an issue. Of course they would take him in the summer but they asked him to come in January. We were very torn. That night he called the partner in IF and asked if he could come talk to him about the situation. We talked about the pros and cons a lot that night but there wasn't much we could do but try and go to sleep.

Friday Nov, 4 2011

    We head up to IF with Eric's parents for the day. We drop Eric off at the office to talk with the partner there about everything. The longest hour of my life goes by and I go pick him up. When we start to talk about it i realize my worst nightmare has come true. Eric was leaning towards IF. And yes it is only 4 months of our lives but i want to be in Boise so bad! But i know i need to support him in his decision because i know he will do whats best for his career and us as a family. We head back home and this is all we can think about. 

Saturday Nov 5 2011

     We drive to Boise for Brogan's baby blessing and i tell Eric to be prepared for everyone the tell him Boise is the best option. There were a couple remarks here and there but it wasn't too bad. We start talking about the Boise option a little more ( which i don't get me hopes up for because this is Eric and he flip flops A LOT!)  and so i start to look into transferring but realize there is no way I will get the classes i need because they already started their registration the beginning of that week. What i decided to do was just take online classes through ISU for the semester. My plan was working. 

Sunday Nov 6 2011

     Once again lots of flip flopping but i think i have him looking towards Boise a little more. 

Monday Nov 7 2011 

     The day we have to make a choice and tell both firms. It is 6 pm before Eric talks to either. He first talks to IF and the partner tells him that he no longer has a n obligations to them anymore because he understands that Boise is better for our family. Eric was very relieved by that because he did not want to go back on his word with IF. Then he calls his parents to get there advice, and they tell him if he doesn't have an obligation why not start his career. He gets off the phone and says lets do it. Are you serious?!?!  YAAAAY!!! He then calls Eide Bailey.... then don't answer. 9:40 pm they call back and Eric accepts the job for January 9th! SO EXCITED! We cannot wait!

Tuesday Nov 8 2011

     In the morning i was looking at apartments out of curiosity. Finding out prices and that kind of thing. I get home later that night and I thought Eric was doing the same. False, his parents sent him a link to a home they want us to go in on with them.... WHAT!?! 

 

Beautiful home, on the market for 139,000 when it started at 175,000. Steal of a deal. They would put the down payment and we would pay for the rest. Its kind of risky idea but could be way good for us when we go to sell in 5 or 6 years. Life is CRAZY these days! I swear... we weren't planning on buying a home till we have little ones running around. Growing up is nuts. i sure have learned a lot about equity and short sales in the last couple days. And i bet there is only more to learn. So there is our crazy weeks and a half in a nutshell!