Yeah, I think it is a good spot in my breakdown to be in. I joke but when we moved east is when my therapy journey started. I had a panic attack, went to the ER because even then I knew coming east would be confronting my past. I’m trying to meditate and calm my way through this.

I’m excited to move west again, if it happens, which seems likely. I’m not really all that excited to pack, uproot, move etc but with this level, it gets paid for, so that’s a relief. We also generally get 3-4 months of housing paid for the move.

The timeline is the position closes in less than two weeks, he’s the only applicant and it’s in a region we both have worked in and a position he’s had before and been successful at.

Our idea is he would go out, find a place (which I fully trust him to do) I would stay here, ride out the school year and then we’d all move in June.

I am excited about OR, hopefully my liberal enclave protects me from the white supremacists in eastern Oregon, and quite honestly- suburban PA is starting to be a little too Christian. We had an in service day yesterday, the first day of Ramadan. They don’t call it a holiday because the White Christian Nationalist/Moms for Liberty group throw a fit anytime a non-Christian holiday is added to the school calendar. They were actually asking for percentages and names of students who we are “pandering to.” It’s a little crazy around here.

I should mention, we found a really great rental near my SIL when we moved here five years ago and we never moved out of that. Our savings got pummeled with my medical issues in 2020ish-now. We were actually about to be ready to look for a forever home. We’ve replenished the nest egg and the market is looking similar/slightly better there.

Thanks Copa! My son is very against it because he has a girlfriend he is intending to marry (since kindergarten) and doesn’t want to leave all his friends but he’s nearly 9. I know he’ll love it.

I feel like those are for people with straight hair that want to make it look like a blowout. My hair is wavy and frizzy so I need to just get a blowout. I don’t want to blow dry it and then put more heat on it. That’s my hot take. I think they work though.

Today I learned I am an autumn who looks good in “true autumn” and “dark autumn” colors. I guess dark autumns are on the less warm end of the spectrum and can look a bit like deep winters. They thankfully send me home with color swatches, haha.

It was fun, though not sure worth the price tag. It was cool to see how the tone of a color can change your face. We noticed that my complexion looked noticeably smoother with the warm color swatches. I also learned I can pull of mustard yellow, which I’m weirdly excited about for when fall rolls around. Some of my gal pals are now interested in going, and I wish I’d thought to ask them beforehand because you can go in small groups of 2-3 to get a discount. I thought it seemed so frivolous and I’d asked my sister, who was kinda like, wtf, no.

I think it’d be fun! Where was it, if you don’t mind my asking? Doing it with a couple friends would be a good time.