Out of the blue Fernando got a call from a recruiter from Oregon. He had been working with her right after he got laid off at Price Water house coopers to try to find a job in Oregon. He interviewed a for several jobs out here before he got the CA state tax board job, but nothing ever panned out. I finally decided that it just not right for some reason. Fast forward several months to the out of the blue phone call. Andrea, the recruiter, told him she had found him a great tax position job out here that she wanted to see if he would be interested in. He had the phone interview and it went great. Then they wanted him for a second interview in person, right over Labor day weekend. They said that if he couldn't make it in person that it would be ok, but if he could that would be great. He talked to me about it and I told him that it would be in his best interested to do the interview in person and called up my bff Erika to see how she would feel having an unexpected visit. Turns out they already had plans to go to her in-laws for labor day weekend but offered for us to stay out their house anyway. So...we took a quick road trip and luckily got to see them before we left. The interview went fabulous and it sounded like they wanted him. We knew that if he got the job that they would want him to start soon. I decided to take the proactive approach and had us look for houses to rent in case everything panned out. It just so happened that a house came on the market to rent 4 houses down from Erika. We loved the house, and of course the neighbors, but everything was still pending on the job offer and they already had a application that was being processed.... but they seemed to like us and thought the idea of living so close to your best friend was pretty sweet and kept the option open for us. They were on a time crunch themselves because they were moving to AZ in a couple weeks... I figured most likely since we couldn't put in an application that the place would be gone... Fernando ended up getting the job and they even included a relocation bonus! After that everything literally FELL into place PERFECTLY. We ended up getting the house next door(1700 + sq ft 3 bed 2 1/2 bath with a 2 car garage and a big bonus area upstairs for $50 more a month that what we were currently paying), Ben got into the dual immersion program that I was trying to get him into and the transition went so smoothy (though it pretty much all took place in a 2 week time period).
I love the space! I love my big kitchen with two sinks and a DISHWASHER (crazy to think that we lived in our other place with one sink and no dishwasher and 1 bathroom for almost 5 years....). Erika and I pretty much hang out everyday and our kids just get along so great! Our husbands hang out and have 'guys nights,' we have 'girls nights' we probably eat dinner together at least 2-3 times a week. We take turns cleaning our houses together, and giving each other a much needed 'break' to shower or what not... We swap watching kids for date nights etc. Yah it is pretty much perfect and everything we have talked about and dreamed about for years. :) We have taken tons of pictures and I will post a few tonight and there will be plenty more to come! Erika is a faithful blogger so it looks like I will be MUCH more frequent and consistent with new postings. So there ya have it you know me can't miss any details... :)
