Change!!

As the last line in my last post a month ago alluded to, we have a LOT of change ahead of us. Specifically, we are in the process of moving to Michigan!

After a lot of thought and tears, we decided that I would accept a job at Kellogg's as the Senior Integrated Promotions Manager for their Kashi and Bear Naked brands. It means a move to the Kalamazoo, MI area, leaving our friends and family in NY behind for a new life that we don't know yet if we'll like or not.

It means leaving the only home and city our kids have ever known. Leaving their only grandfather, aunt, uncle and cousins. Our nanny and dog walker. Their teachers and friends. Our favorite local establishments like Ridge Hill and Stew Leonard's on a warm Sunday afternoon when we can eat lunch outside, followed by a soft serve ice cream and trip to the Little Farm. It means leaving a warm community of our Jewish friends to hopefully find new friends and a new community that will welcome us with open arms.

We'll hopefully enjoy living a life closer to where I grew up, outside of Chicago (about a 3-hour drive) where my friends and family will no doubt be happy to see us more than once a year. We'll hopefully love our new big house, which we will likely move into before the school year starts and have plenty of room for visitors. We can't wait to enjoy a "midwestern" way of life where my job has summer Fridays that go from April - September and the kids can play outside late into summer nights as the sun sets later there than in NY.

Most of all, we look forward to the changes of schools, doctors, homes and friends while hoping all of our friends and family back home will still keep in touch with us and come visit.

I'll be starting a new blog to keep our friends and family up to date on the latest Michigan shenanigans...but in the meantime, we hope to see you at our going-away party on May 11!