Welcome to the Wild, Wild West...

Okay, well not very wild....okay, yes wild...but not in the old western sort of way...geez...anyways...

I am excited about this next phase of our lives. Both my wife and I look at this move as an adventure...We are young, healthy women who have the ability to move across the country! How exciting!

Yes, I am still in school and yes I technically have 2 more years left...but my school is willing to work with me. For instance, I am taking my last pharmacology exam at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California because I really wanted to leave with my family and help them set up shop in San Francisco. I will return just before the fall semester and will fly back home to Cali between 10 days and 2 weeks or whenever my exam schedule allows. In the meantime, I will Skype with my family every night before heading to bed! I will get to see my beautiful wife and handsome son and give them hugs and kisses before heading off to dreamland and dreaming of them! We will only have to do this for the next year! And keep in mind, I have many breaks at school...There is Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, and Spring break where I can stay home for more than just the weekend (classes are only Tuesday thru Thursday from here on out!!).

Most if not all of our friends (or Chosen Family as we call them) are excited for us and jealous, but jealous in a nice sort of way. Maybe jealous is not the right word...Maybe it is envious...Wishing they too couple pack up and leave this state that has the highest unemployment rate in the country. So many people have wished us well and are very happy for us---they say, "wow, San Francisco is so beautiful!" And it is...

My family on the other hand...not so happy. My grandma cried on the phone and said that is so far away, my sister has not returned my phone calls, and my brother just said some mean, jealous things on text message to me. I find this all sort of humorous. I mean, I haven't spoken to or seen my sister since our combined birthday party back in May! And I don't think I've seen my brother since Javier's birthday party in April! So why are they all so upset about this move? Are they THAT jealous? Is jealousy the root cause of this?

I have been told that I need to deal with this (the family) and not throw my feelings aside. I'm not really sure what I feel for them. I do know that I am happy to be moving away from them. I don't like to be caught up in the drama and would rather not have my son exposed to that either. I am sad to leave my dad, but I know that I will keep in good communication with him and that we WILL come back to visit him!

Anyways, I am excited about our move....Nervous, but excited! I think we will have amazing stories to tell our children in the future! I hope you are excited for us too! :)