Interesting Developments

Well, today brought some interesting developments at work. I thought today would be like any other day at work, but pretty early on, I received an IM from the recruiter at work who I spoke to yesterday about relocating up north. I was really not expecting to hear from her at all. Turns out that she has an open HR position available in our Lyndhurst, NJ office and she wanted to know if I would be interested in it.

I of course spoke with Henry right away and we both decided that living in NJ wouldn't be so bad. We would be AT MOST 2 hours away from both sets of parents. Which after living 12 hours, seems like NOTHING. Plus we would be close to both NYC and the beach...both of which I had no desire to live near, but it may be cool. I have no desire to live in NYC though...but to visit for day trips would be cool...

The only thing that really concerns me is the cost of living up there. You hear all these horror stories of how much housing costs up there and I am afraid that we wouldn't be able to afford a nice home. I don't want to live in some dive. I had the same concerns when we bought out house in Atlanta and we got a beautiful home for our money..which was great for the amount we made at the time we bought.

We went online tonight and looked at houses, and it may be doable. We would rent for the first couple of months or year until we knew the area and our house in Atlanta sold (which also concerns me). But still...if we were to have a baby, we would also have to tack on day care costs..although by the time I got pregnant, carried to term, and came back from maternity leave...a lot could happen.

Henry and I would also have to live apart for an unspecified period of time as well. He would probably stay down in Atlanta to get the house ready for sale and continue working so we could have two incomes. I really don't want to be apart from him for long. I kinda like having him around.

I have to believe that everything will work out for us. I keep telling myself that families survive up north on a lot less than what Henry and I could possibly make in a year. I am also trying to not get my hopes up about this job as I am at the very beginning stages of the interview process and anything could happen.

AHHH, then again...things could happen VERY QUICKLY!!!!!