It's currently 11:15 PACIFIC standard time....I won't be able to say that too much longer! Our flight to Atlanta leaves in about 7 hours and 15 minutes!!!! Then we'll officially be Eastern Standard Time...that is SO weird to me!
It's been a hell of a day packing! We met with the trucking company and got that all squared away and came to the realization that it would be mega lame for us ALL to fly out, pack a few misc items and ALL fly back to settle in Georgia. So Mike, Ryden and I will be flying out tomorrow together and once we find a place, Mike will be flying back solo, packing up and getting the truck squared away and then flying to our new home with our cat, Zuzu.  Saves money and just makes sense.  I can't WAIT to get to Atlanta and find a place to live! We've been looking at all these amazing places on Craigslist and I just want to find an awesome place to call home! An awesome place with 5 bedrooms! Haha! But hey! You never know! A 5 bedroom house is cheaper to rent than the 2 bedroom 1 bath that we rented in Los Angeles!
Yikes!
Ok...time to pretend to sleep!

Headless Chicken...

God... I feel like a chicken with it's head cut off! We just found out that our timeframe for going to Atlanta is a bit faster than we had thought! The company will be flying the 3 of us out to Atlanta NEXT WEDNESDAY for 2 whole weeks! Mike will be going into the office to finalize paperwork, meet the execs and coworkers, etc...Ry and I will probably chill out that first week and get the lay of the land and then the hunt for our new home begins for real!
So with that, we're heading down to LA and the OC to see my family and some friends one last time! It's going to be a whirlwind trip, that's for sure! Then we get home Monday, Tuesday we're getting estimates from 2 moving companies coming out to view all our crap that's moving with us, and then Wednesday we head to Georgia! I figure after that trip, we come home and pack and then fly back to ATL for realsies!
Ryden has never been on a plane...I have no idea what gear to bring! A car seat? Probably. Stroller? I guess...? How the hell do parents do this? Don't even get me started on how we're going to get our damn cat across the country.
CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK! I need my head back!

Ps...this pic is of Mike the Headless Chicken...google it. Freaky. Shit.

On My Mind...

Well, it's official!  After almost 2 years struggling to find work,  Mike has accepted a job! It's in the same industry (tickets, baby!) and pretty much the same position that he held in Los Angeles.  Buuuut....it's in Atlanta, Georgia.  I've rarely traveled outside of California and am now going to be living on the other side of the country! I still can't quite wrap my head around it! And living hours from a coastline!?!? This Southern Cali girl is kinda freaking out! We've been living in Santa Cruz with my in-laws while we struggled to find work up North.  And while it's been challenging, it has also been an amazing experience! We have discovered so many amazing beaches, have explored the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk countless times, picked blackberries, kiwis and strawberries at the many farms dotting the coast and hiked through so many amazing forests hunting for banana slugs...Santa Cruz really is a little kid's (and those young at heart's) dream come true!
There is so much in California that we are going to miss.  The Pacific Ocean, In n Out (oh god...In n Out!!!!), The Boardwalk, The Hollywood Bowl, DISNEYLAND....it's endless. But what we are going to miss the most and what is really breaking our hearts, is leaving our family and friends.  It's going to be so hard living so far away from everyone! I get freaked out when I think of Ryden growing up with his Grandparents so far away.  Will he remember them? Are they going to be like strangers? Will I let him fly alone when he's old enough to visit? Ugh. My brain is frying.

Even with all these fears, I know in my heart that this is the right thing for us.  It's going to be an amazing adventure!