Hip! Hip! Hooray!

I feel like we've been waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting (etc, etc) to make a post on here with the wonderful news, "G has a job!" And we never posted, because it took this long for it to finally happen.  But....
G HAS A JOB!!!!!   It's pretty exciting (okay, its REALLY exciting) and we're really happy about the opportunity.  And the fact that we get to live in the beautiful Ohio!  For a gal who has always wanted to live on the east side of the nation, I'm pretty happy about that.  And maybe, just maybe, we'll do some exciting things, and have reason to produce more posts on here.....

It's kind of like...

.....dating.  Job hunting is like dating, folks, in case you didn't know.  G and I (well, mostly G) have been in the job hunting business full-time for a whopping three months, and I'm here to tell you that it is just like dating.

In the dating world (at least back when I was dating, since that was SO long ago), there's a girl, she talks to boys, tries to flirt, let them know she's AVAILABLE.  Finally, a guy calls, they set up a date.  The big date comes.  Girl is ever so excited, it's been so long since she went on a date, and this guy, he seems like he's going to be pretty awesome - just what she's looking for.  Guy picks girl up.  They go out.  And the date, well, sometimes the date is good, great even.  And sometimes it's just, well so-so; but it was a DATE.  Either way, guy says he will call girl again.  That's what he says anyway.  Nonetheless, girl gets excited, plans out their life together.  Days pass.  Weeks pass.  Months pass.  Guy Never Calls.  Lame. (I was never in this situation when I was dating...um...ahem....yeah. Just keep thinking that....stupid boys.)  Girl gives up on said boy and waits for another, and goes through the whole process all over again. every. single. time.

Looking for a job is just like this.  G sends out resumes.  G makes contacts with people that are connected to people he kind of knows, who work at companies he'd maybe be interested in.  Every now and then, a company actually calls and sets up a phone interview.  G has a phone interview.  Company says, "we'll get back to you."  (Meanwhile I look up where we could live, find the perfect house, in the perfect location and plan out what ward we'll be in, where I'll go shopping, etc. etc. etc.)  And then the Company never calls.  There are no other interviews.  And then the next company calls, and we (I think it's mostly me) get all excited again (just like in the dating world) and we do it all over again. every. single. time.  Because we (I) have to have hope and look forward to the day when there actually is a second date (I mean interview) and the process moves forward. The end.

Doctors, Christmas and other goings on...

Christmas this year (and December) have flown by.  G successfully defended his dissertation and is now Doctor G (congrats!).  It was a pretty big deal for us and meant that he would graduate and need a job.  So instead of decorating for Christmas like in years past 

with pretty sparkling ornaments and the usual decor

our apartment became consumed with moving boxes....

And on a very snowy day, we rented a Uhaul, filled it up and moved in with the in-laws while we wait for G to find a job (come on, Memphis!)  It was fun to spend Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa, especially for our little babe, who enjoys having so much attention from people besides Mum and Dad.  And we look forward to the coming year and all the adventures ahead of us.