Monday, April 09, 2007 1:35 PM

Big Life Changes

By Katie

Hi Nesties!
I have some sad news: Friday was my last day at The Nest.
The exciting part is that I'm off on a wild-Nestie-adventure of selling our home, buying a new home, and moving to a brand new city (Boston) with my husband who has accepted a job there.

Have any of you moved to a new city without a job? I have to tell you, as excited as I am, I'm also a bit terrified. What if I don't like it? How will I make friends? What if I can't find a job and I'm sitting at home all day with nothing to do and watching the clock for DH to come home?

But the very exciting part is that we are finally doing something that we have always talked about. See, my husband is from the Boston area. His mom lives on Cape Cod and his dad is in New Hampshire. My family is close to Boston too, and this is the city where we met (we went to Boston College) and where we have dreamed of settling down. So, after 7 years in New York City, we are finally doing it. And I have to tell you, the decision was hard. It's like we talked about it forever, but when the time came to make a change, we loved where we were. We have great friends in NYC, great jobs, and we've had a lot of fun here.
In the end, we decided to take the risk and go where our guts told us to go.

So I won't be paid to be on The Nest now, but I will always be a Nestie. I have really enjoyed this job and loved this Community environment. Thank you for making work so much fun. You will be in great hands here. Jeanine is fabulous and she will be running the show for a while. I know you'll be good to her.

Good luck to all of you.
Katie

Btw: My next "job" is selling our home FSBO and finding a new place to live at the same time. How do people do this? If you have any advice, please let me know!

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re: Big Life Changes

Good luck.  And my DH and I were both raised Catholic but are no longer followers of any particular religion, and our goal is to allow our children to learn about all sorts of religions and make spiritual decisions for themselves.  We have friends who are very interfaith, he was baptised Catholic but is now a practicing Buddhist and she is Jewish.  They raise their kids with all religions, so they have Christmas, Hannakuh, and they meditate.  That's what we plan to do.  Their kids are so wise and happy.

Posted by edmo    Monday, April 09, 2007 9:46 AM


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Best wishes on your adventure together!

Also good luck job hunting, it's not so bad staying at home all day, you wouldnt imagine how much you can get done!  

Have a lovely day!

Posted by softthunder    Monday, April 09, 2007 1:35 PM


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Well, we have moved three times together since we have been engaged and married.  It is tough especially if you are moving for the other person to advance their career or whatever.  There will be a time of adjustment and you just have to get through it.  Try not to blame the others for your loneliness or frustration it will only make things worse.  Trust me, I did it!  We are adjusting to living in Europe now for my job and it is really taking a toll on us.  Different culture and difficulty for DH to find a job.  Just try to meet new people.  We lived in Boston for three years and it was the best but despite the fact that it is large it is hard to meet people.  So, just put yourself out there and do the best you can.  I am sure you will love it.

Posted by taymel    Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:59 PM


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I am moving to Boston in the fall!  Let me know how it goes....

Posted by AliMary80    Monday, April 16, 2007 3:06 PM


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