I wanted to write a reflective post about the time we spent there, but I haven't managed to find the distance that would allow me to do that fairly yet. Suffice to say that the 1400 days in which we resided in Tennessee were an experience, and that we gained some wonderful friends in the process.
A quick update:
I. graduated from nursing school in December. They hooded him and he shook hands with lots of people. Then he was allowed to sign up for the national nursing exam, which he (of course) passed with ease.
In late December, I. was offered employment at a very good hospital in Northern Virginia. He accepted and started work in mid-February.
I finished my contract in Tennessee in May, and then we (and my mom and some friends) fit most of the contents of our house into a moving van and took everything to our new home.
We now live in Northern Virginia, reasonably close to Washington, DC (hello, Library of Congress and Folger Shakespeare Library!) and very close to Dulles Airport (its much cheaper in the suburbs). After four months apart, I. and I are thrilled to be able to see one another every day, and we are also enjoying the return to city life.
So far, we've taken nearly a dozen walks together, attended two street festivals, eaten at least five kinds of international food, and shopped at three separate international grocery stores. Most of all, I am enjoying the time off; though I will be job-hunting in the very near future, one of the biggest blessings of this move has been the time I now have to cook, clean, and slowly catch up on the emails I've been ignoring during four years of crazy work. (If you live in Oklahoma and are reading this, you are at the top of my list).
Stay posted! I may also, finally, have time to blog again!
