The Plan.

There's a Plan in the works over here which I haven't had a spare moment to reveal because sometimes Plans take so much time and energy that there are no left over moments for blogging about them. Especially when that Plan involves MOVING! Yup, we're hitting the road at the end of August, people! (Ack)

You might recall back in the winter and spring when I had some...let's say...frustrating feelings towards New York. And you might also recall the much needed breath of fresh air we experienced in February when we escaped to Florida for a month. 

Well, after a job fell in Dan's lap (it really did, in a quite out-of-the-blue kind of way) which happened to be in Florida, we decided to pause and pray and ask if this was a sign or opportunity that we shouldn't pass up. The job is in Orlando, which is not an area of Florida we ever really thought about as a possible future home (but is an area which I am super comfortable and familiar with being a longtime Disney lover (who isn't? :) and having family there). It took some time to settle on it, but we finally decided to take the plunge! 

There are definitely some hard emotions that always come up when making a decision to leave a place you have lived and loved. Especially when that place is New York City and it has embedded itself into your heart. But the overall feeling I have is relief. We are going to have space to breath. Warm weather, even in the dead of winter. Palm trees. And best of all...a washer and dryer to call our very own. It's going to change our lives, I tell you! 

Ever since we moved back to New York two years ago it has been one thing after another. Medical drama, specifically. There is only so much stress people can handle, and juggling that kind of stress in a chaotic city environment with constant noise (hello, brain surgery) and small, cluttered spaces...it just gets to be too much sometimes, you know?

But then there's the magic. Darn you, New York City and your tantalizing and intoxicating magic! I will miss the magic. The 'You've Got Mail' moments. Lincoln Center. An unexpected glimpse of the Empire State Building. The endless organic juice bars right at my finger tips....I am wracking my brain for more right now. Six years ago I would have filled pages within 2 minutes! See? It's time to leave. It's a good decision for us, for now. A fresh start. The magic will still be here when I come back to visit (which will be often given that I will still be checking in with my doctors here on a semi-regular basis). And I can just buy fresh Florida produce to make my own organic juices, right? :)

Fresh Start.