The Battle of Time

In a lot of ways, time is not our friend when we consider this move. We want to be able to finish up the school year, but be firmly in place before the next. Meantime, we need to find time to find new jobs, a new home and leave the existing ones. Put that on top of the my own angst about my current job. As in, I hate it. It hasn't been right since day 1 and I've been ready to quit and now that i know that I will (soon), I'd prefer to do it today. But, how long will it really take to find a decent position (and pay) in or around Cedar Rapids? And, can we take a position sooner but wait to actually start based on our own ideal timeframe? So, we continue through each day as if nothing has changed, battling the anxiety associated with the decision we've made. After all, if we were handed a job in Cedar Rapids today, we wouldn't want it! We're just not ready! In another 30 days we might see things differently, but patience has never been one of my strong points. Sigh.
We're off this weekend to explore the housing market anyway. I think I am clinging to the house search as something tangible. Something I can waste time on the web with and something I can dream about. Everything else is too untouchable for now. And, the house search is fun - do we want something on a few acres of land (homemade salsa and pesto from my 2-acre garden?) or something nestled in one of those high-brow (no corn fields nearby) neighborhoods next to the country club with a swimming pool out back(make that 'cement pond').
I am glad that February is close to arriving so that we can begin to cross a few more things off the list. In the meantime, I toil away at some long term efforts that i know I will not be seeing through. I only hope I can keep my head above water at work, keep management off my back and maybe make a sale or two that I will get paid for before I leave.