Country road, take me home to the place I belong!

Get ready, guys, we're moving back to Georgia!


What was probably a quick and relieving two-hour "interview" conversation in Moultrie, Georgia this morning for Carlton was indeed a grueling, terrible, miserable two hours for me with a phone that WOULD! NOT! RING! Finally, after my imagination led me to believe that Carlton was driving through the front yards of Moulrtie homeowners and smashing plants along with mailboxes on his way out of town with tears streaming down his face after he was rejected (breeeeeeeathe.), my phone rang. And it wasn't another text from my sister begging me to calm down... my phone screen flashed, "Hubby is calling!" Okay, here goes. I hunkered down on the sofa and braced myself. "Hey, you."

"Hey, babe, you wanna live in Moultrie?"

All I could do was cry and nod.

Carlton got the job offer on the spot, and I can say that I am a very, very proud, pleased, and relieved wife. He's so excited about the family of guys he's already met there in the office. "They're so nice, Trisha. They're just really good people. Mr. Rowell is going to be a good man to work for." Carlton's voice sounded so relieved, thankful, and proud.

Up front, from what I can understand, Carlton will be streamlining a lot of redundancy in their computer programs. He'll stand as their one and only guy for all computer needs. He's going to have a high-stress job, but only because if it works it's because of him... and if it doesn't... it's because of him. Lots of web programming and maintenance. Lots of challenges and fun projects. What an amazing opportunity for him to grow and prove himself!

Lots of phonecalls and texts to family and friends. I broke the news to a couple of my very favorite girls at work, and we all shared a frown, smile, and hug. I'm going to miss these girls soooooo badly. They are one of the reasons I warmed up to Arizona (no pun intended!) as much as I have.

A rental truck has already been reserved (and will be driven by paid professionals this time, whew!!!). A yard sale is being planned for next weekend. A couple other major plans are sill in limbo, but hey, I got the news two hours before I had to leave for work this afternoon!

For now, I'm just taking this one minute at a time, and thanking Good God Almighty for answering our prayers so quickly and abundantly. We have been blessed that we both have jobs here, and that we could live in this house and stay at our jobs here in Arizona until a perfect opportunity came along. We have never been left needing anything in the job search, and that is truly a blessing!

I have the need to start making lists and start organizing things: move, toss, donate, sale. This is going to be a very busy two weeks!