A Surprisingly Sane Blog

Yes, I’m telling you.

I couldn’t just blurt it out on the internet without informing all members of both sides of the family first.  It would have been really cruel to let them hear through the grapevine.  And since James talks to his mom and sisters like once a month, letting them in on the news took awhile.  All family members know now, so I’m allowed to tell you.  Trust me, I would have blogged about it sooner if I could.  Except for yesterday.  That was just me being the cruel motherfucker that I am.

*deep breath* Here it is:

….

I’m gay.

No, just kidding.  Sorry, couldn’t help myself.  Here it is for real:

We are moving Seattle!  The day I posted that I had a secret I was bursting to tell the world, James had just applied for a job with Google, Seattle.  I’m breaking my policy and telling you the actual company name because he didn’t get the job.

It was kind of a long shot in this economy, but he figured why not try for it?  Well, much to my dismay, he got a rejection email from them a few weeks later.  I say it was “to my dismay” because they are complete fools for not calling him for an interview.  If they only hire the smartest people, then they need to check for the idiots hanging out in their Human Resources department.  *grumble*  Whatever, their loss.

But while I was extremely upset when I first found out, it looks like everything will actually work out better than if he had gotten that job.

I’ve mentioned before that James is a freaking real-life-genius when it comes down to programming.  And while I can’t give specifics because everything in big companies is confidential and I might be hanged for tellin’ ya’, I can tell you this much:  He recently developed an innovative and brilliant tool that is catching on like wild fire throughout the company.

So as you can imagine, his boss fell over clutching his heart and turned blue the next morning when James told him he had applied for a new job.

When James told him that the only reason he was considering a different job was because of the location, his manager worked out a little somethin’somethin’ within the company to keep their Chinese wonder child happy.

And this is why I say it worked out better than if he’d gotten that other job… are you ready for it?

James was offered a position working on another team under the same manager, allowing him more time to work on architecting tools like the one he has already developed (kind of his dream, really).  Of course, James accepted that change.

And here’s the best part:

He was given the go-ahead to work remotely 100% of the time.  Meaning, he will be working from home, wherever home may be, which in our case will soon be Seattle.

So that was my big secret.  I hope it wasn’t horribly anti-climactic for you, although I know that everyone in Tucson is going to come running after me with clubs to bludgeon me to death when they read this.  They don’t want me to leave, and to be honest, I wish I could package all of them up in boxes and take them with me.  But I can’t.

I have to stop and explain something for a minute because to say my family was unhappy to hear the news is a drastic understatement, and I have several close friends, an entire dance community, and many fantastic dance students who aren’t going to be happy to learn this, either.

This is something we have to do for ourselves.  We have been talking about making such a move for almost a decade, and a scary realization recently hit us:  if we just keep talking about this and don’t actually do it, we are going to be stuck in Tucson forever.

Being here long-term was never part of our hopes and dreams.  A little known fact about me is that I lived in Puyallup, Washington for three years of my childhood.  I loved it there, and every time I go back to Washington, I breathe in the evergreens, cool air, rain, and city life of Seattle and think, “It’s so nice to be home“.

We have stayed in Tucson because I have never had the guts to cut the umbilical cord and leave my parents.  However, it’s getting to the point where leaving this place is necessary for my health.  Extreme heat and constant sunshine make me physically and mentally ill.  I am an outdoorsy sort of person by nature, and I absolutely love overcast skies, rain, and wearing my Michael Kors down jacket.  The only time I leave my house to spend time outside here are during the rare cloudy, rainy days.  That’s just not healthy.

But enough of justifying our decision.  I feel that it is necessary to apologize and explain, and it just isn’t.  I need to learn how to stop worrying so much about doing things for myself.

You’re probably thinking quit rambling, bitch, and just tell us when this is happening so that I can finish this damn entry and move on with the rest of my day, so here’s the answer to that question.

As soon as possible, but we will be here at least through (ugh) summer.  We are guessing that we will most likely be moving during the winter or spring.  James needs to get settled into his new position at work so that he is prepared to work from home, and we have an obligation to tie up some loose strings before we leave.  Once we have all of that under control, we need to sell our house… and we all know that in this economy, that could take awhile.

So that was my secret.  I have so much more to tell about all of this, but I’ll save all of that for future entries.

Now excuse me while I go squeal with delight and excitement.

It’s been a long time since I felt this good about something.

Current Mood: Cool

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