New Chapter

Time to catch up on the latest news in our neck of the woods...My last post was written the day after we came back from Indiana to check out a graduate school for Jake, the following day (Tuesday) we received an e-mail from the school offering us a scholarship. The scholarship was a generous offer but not enough to convince us to go back to school this fall. It was ironic that we received a scholarship offer because Jake and I had talked over the weekend and both said that if we were offered a certain amount of financial assistance that we would strongly consider going back to school this fall. Then on Wednesday we received another e-mail from the school offering us an even bigger scholarship! Jake and I knew that it was going to be a hard decision. We had to weigh our options...

*If we stayed and worked an extra year Jake would become fully vested in his 401K and we would be able to walk away with all the money his company had put into the account verses taking only a portion of the money.

*We would be able to wait to sale our house so that we wouldn't have to deal with and loosing money due to the unstable housing market.

*We would both be able to work and save more money.

But if we went back to school....

*We would be making more money sooner

*We had a scholarship waiting for us that may not be available the following year

*If we got school done and out of the way we would be able to move forward with our life goals sooner.

The list really could go on and on. We decided after many prayers and fasting that....(drum roll...) this year is the year we will be enrolling and attending IU! I know this is a little shocking but we really feel that it is where we are supposed to be!

This move is going to be a big change, a bitter sweet moment in our lives. While we were out there, in Bloomington, we met so many great people, they were all so friendly, and even invited us over to hang out at their homes with them. However, the hard part is, we are moving further away from our families and hope that we will get to see them as much as we see them now =) We are excited to expand out network of friends and pray for a smooth transition.

Jake and I often talk about the paths of life that we have placed before us, wouldn't it be nice to know if I take Path A where will my life end up verses Path B or Path C. I guess that is why we are all here on earth, to make the best choices with the information we are given. It's time for us to step out of our comfort zone and to learn and grow!

Now that we have made our decision we have a lot of work ahead of us. We need to find good renters for our home here, find a good reliable moving company, and close up my business (this one is going to be the HARDEST thing for me). So any information and input is gladly welcomed =)

Here is to a new beginning and a new chapter in our lives!