Why we're staying put

While not moving is always preferable (in my mind), I had been resigned to moving to LA for my new job as Software Engineering Manager. However, with the housing market the way it is, and apparently being located in a town that not many people want to move to, with a niche property (how many people really need a house with a 6 car garage?), made selling the house for a reasonable amount (read not losing too much money) impossible in a reasonable time frame (6 months).

Couple that with the fact that Sara has been working as a substitute teacher, but really wanting to be a full time teacher, and there was a lot of pressure to have a direction. We felt like we were stuck in limbo, not knowing if we were staying, or if we were going. After half a year, it just got to be too much.

I wanted some direction, but I wasn't finding any here in Minneapolis until a Sunday night drinking buddy said that he was going to be turning down a job offer, but he thought that I might be a good fit for them and wanted to send them my resume with his rejection letter. Sure, why not. A couple of weeks later I have a great offer and I'll be staying here in MN.

It wasn't an easy decision to make, however, since I really do love my job and the people that I'm working with. It's just that this seems like a cool job (learning 5 new OSs) and it means that we have a direction instead of being caught in limbo. I'm going to miss the people that I used to work with, and I hate leaving them in the lurch (feeling a little guilty about that), but sometimes you just have to do what is best for you. You know?

Unfortunately, I won't be getting that 1080p projector for the basement right away because Sara is insisting that we get new carpets for the second floor. It's hard to disagree with that, the carpets were cheap 10 years ago and definitely could be replaced, but I'm a bit bummed that my 180 hours of vacation payout is going straight into carpets.

Oh well, I'm sure I'll enjoy the carpets once they're in (it's just the getting them in that will be a hassle).