when the raindrops sting my eyes i keep them closed

well, it's been 18 months since my last post.  rest assured, i'm still alive.  not just alive but on my way to thriving again.  having said that, 2016 was a challenge.  a challenge i met and conquered, though not always with grace.  in september of 2015 we made the decision not to move to reno for Chris to work with QBP.  it was tough.  we had been very excited about the move.  ultimately the housing market there was impossible to say the least.  perhaps that is why the majority of people who moved there from UT live in rv's.  their sense of adventure must be greater than ours.

with the reno decision finally made we started settling back in to our permanent life in ogden.  just as we began to relax and get comfortable again, in december of 2015, QBP announced that they would be closing the ogden warehouse and opening one in denver colorado.  we certainly had interest in moving to colorado, but their inflated housing market made that a poor financial move for us so we chose to stay in ogden.  this meant that i would be working from home full time and chris would no longer be employed when QBP closed in april of 2016.

that's what happened.  the nine months between now and then were crummy.  shitty.  hard.  i cried.  i got mad.  but the important thing is that i'm here, on the other side.  things are looking up.  and i'm doing the work to keep the momentum moving in the right direction.

chris got a job at the very end of december with big agnes.  he is happy to remain in the outdoor industry.  that was one of his greatest hopes.  and it came true.  i am so very happy for him.  for us.  the only bummer is some days i feel like the amount of time he spends commuting to SLC is more than i get to see him in a day.

as for me.  i've been working at home full-time for 9 months now.  it's going really well.  better than i expected.  i thought i'd go crazy without seeing other humans all day.  it turns out skype video is magical and really gets the job done as far as making me feel connected to my people.  i'm still learning a lot about credit, financial statements, and bankruptcy.  i've got so much to learn and that's what excites me about my career.  keep on keepin' on.

in a nutshell that's been our world for the last 9 months.  i took the plunge and got a new mac so i'm definitely spending more time on my computer these days.  you can probably expect to see more from me here.

smooches.