We're moving to Denver!

We're moving to Denver!
We are currently between homes... Jerry is on the road right now, driving a Penske truck to Denver, and Evan and I are staying with my parents, as our old apartment is empty. Evan and I will fly to Denver on Tuesday, February 8, meet Jerry there, and move into our new apartment. I was offered a job a few weeks ago with Policy Studies, Inc. (www.policy-studies.com) as a Proposals Writer. I interviewed with the company on January 5 and it was my first choice. The people were great and the writing will be focused on health and social services... perfect for me!

Jerry and I visited Denver in January. Our goal was to check out the city and celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary (8 years as a couple). We loved the city. The downtown has excellent restaurants, lots of microbrews, cute cafes, and so many used bookstores, Jerry was giddy. We love the idea of having mountain views to the west, and four seasons. Housing is also within our price range.

I tried for almost a year to get a job in Olympia, WA, where we have dear old friends and some of Jerry's family. Olympia was not meant to be. After accepting the Denver job, I received three calls from Olympia -- two of the calls were to notify me that they lost funding for a position I'd applied for, and the third to ask me to interview for a job I'd applied for eight months ago! If I'd kept pursuing Olympia, we'd be in the same place in 2006... Shore Park apartments in Sacramento!

We feel like we're going to a city that is good for both our careers. Denver is big enough that there are tech jobs for Jerry (he won't have to commute to a larger city) and it's the capital city of CO, so there are plenty of policy-type jobs for me. And it's a destination city, so we won't feel bored on weekends, but it's not such a large city like San Francisco that we can't afford housing. It's a win-win situation for us. We'll start looking at houses about a month after we get there (first we gotta visit all the parks and hot spots, make ourselves feel at home!)

Evan, the toddler
18 months
His babyhood is just barely hanging on by a string. Our boy has developed a defiant expression, a naughty Price eyebrow, a fake "I want my way" cry, and even an Evan-style tantrum, where he lies on the floor when he doesn't want to come with me. He doesn't use his fists to pound on the floor, but he lies on his back and then looks at me to see what I'll do. I've tried, "Ok, mommy's leaving now..." which seems to work with other toddlers, but he just lies there. He could lie there all day. So I end up having to carry him off. He also insists on climbing on everything.