when i married dust, he was thinking pharmacy or teaching career-wise, and i was as supportive as can be. when he changed his mind and started thinking chiropractic or physiotherapy, it seemed a better fit for both of us, and we were excited about the opportunites for dust school-wise and for us travel-wise as we wouldn't be staying in lethbridge for very long. not too long ago, dust decided that he was going to join the chiropractic profession, and we started looking at options for schools. because i'm such a home body and because we are both sooo close with our families, my 1st priority was to stay close to home. well, with only 1 school in all of canada - toronto - dust researched schools in the states. he really liked the idea of the school in texas to begin with, and i would follow my husband wherever he went, but i was not feelin it! i wanted to be closer and cooler, and that's when portland started looking pretty darned good to me :) it's the closest to home and has as good reputation, and that was good enough for me!
long story short...i was loving the portland idea. dust's sister lacey and her husband were applying to chiropractic schools too, and they were more feeling toronto although they applied to portland just in case. good news - aaron got into both schools. even better news - they chose portland! so....we applied to portland because it was the 1st deadline to come up and because it was our 1st choice, and not 2 weeks later and before any other deadline came up good news for us - dust got accepted!!!
so, here is where the blessings have been poured down on us. first of all, my husband's hard work in school paid off, and he was accepted to the 1st school he applied to. then, we are going to be living in a beautiful city that's only a 12 hour drive away from our families, and they just keep coming....we will be living close to lacey and aaron. we got pregnant after 7 months of trying just in time to have the baby before we move to the states with crappy health care. we're going to be parents! we have been able to live with my family and not only save some money for school but get to spend some quality time with them and dust's family these past few months. we were able to sort out our financial situation (which was not easy!) for school. we sold our car, and i know the list could keep going and going, but the last and bestest blessing of the day is that we now have somewhere to live in that beautiful city! until tuesday, we just had our fingers crossed, but lacey called and gave us the amazing news that someone in their complex gave their notice, and we will be the proud tenants of #49 sandstone manor - not even 1/2 block walk from lacey and aaron and super close to the school - woohoo :)
basically, i just love knowing that we're on the right track, and with all of the blessings that we have received in having things work out so well for portland and school and family and such, we must be heading in the right direction, and i'm very excited about it! so....long blog i know, but i'm just so blessed and had to mention it! here are some pics of our place in portland and just over a month til we actually live there :)
4 comments:
That's so exciting how everything is coming together! How are you feeling about the baby coming so soon?! Nervous, excited? I remember 2 weeks before my due date, I was like "Get this thing OUTTA me!" and then a week later I started panicking, like "Maybe I never want to have this baby..." But when my due date came and went, I was SO ready again! GOOD LUCK. I can't wait to hear how it goes!
so happy for you guys!
YEAHH!!!!! So glad to know you wont be homeless!!
WE are very excited about this baby and can't wait for the call to come down. It is great that you are so close with Lacey & Aaron as well and that you can keep each other company for the next 4 years there. Thanks for posting and keeping us updated. See you for sure in the next few weeks.
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