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Well, we have a move date, we are packing the U-Haul on March 8th and headed out on March 9th. Gordon and I probably already have jobs lined up for us when we get to California but we don't want to count our chickens before they hatch if you know what I mean.

The more I think about coming home to HB the more I get real excited about the whole thing. I mean, I totally miss having a social life. When I moved up here it totally disappeared, I only have like 2 friends I ever do anything with and down in Cali, I had countless people I could hang out with and so many places that were familiar to me to hang out at. I am really happy with this decision that Gordon and I made and I do not feel at all like we are coming back with our tails between our legs. We tried and just found out the things that were really important to us after all.

The wierdest part will be coming back to California married. We left as a dating couple and we are coming back as husband and wife. I am just wondering how that is going to affect the social life we once had. Hmmm, we will find out.

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I woke up this morning and read the best article in some time. Randy Moss was traded to the Raiders. This may not mean much to any of you but for me being a Green Bay Packer fan this is amazing. Randy Moss has been a thorn in our sides for some time and now we won't have to play him anymore. The last time I was this happy was when Barry Sanders retired.

In real news, Jenn and I are going packing nuts. We still have 2 weeks left to go before moving day but we've either packed, donated, sold or throw away half of our stuff. It's amazing some of the stuff we realize now that we have been hanging on to that has absolutely no value to us. I have made 4 trip to goodwill so far and it looks like there are a few more left in me. Also we were able to sell Jennifer's bedroom set for a pretty penny. Hopefully all this unloading will make the trip a little easier.

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Some of you may know and some of you may not know but about a month or two ago, Gordon and I were talking and he shared with me that he was homesick, I shared with him that I was going through the same thing. We started praying about if we should move back or not and we were so confused about everything and didn't know what in the world to do. We were basically weighing beauty against friends and family. I came up with the idea for us to go out to California for Super Bowl so he could be with his friends and suggested we apply for only a couple of jobs. We have been looking for over a year and a half here and nothing, not even phone calls for us and we turn in like over 50 resumes a week and nothing, so I suggested we apply for only a few jobs down in California and if we got just one phone call we would know the Lord wanted us to move back down. So, we did just that and headed out to California on Monday before the Super Bowl. While we were driving through Fresno I got a phone call for a job interview in Orange County. After the phone call we decided for certain that we were moving back to Orange County.

I was really worried that I would have that defeated feeling like we couldn't make it up here but neither one of us do. We both feel a tremendous peace about the whole thing. I don't feel like moving up here was a mistake, I feel like it was a total blessing and meant to be. We had a wedding for hardly any money at all but it was beautiful and we got to define ourselves as a couple without the influence of friends and family, it was such a great experience. I have to say that I am sad and will miss this place but I really do want to be with my friends and family, especially if we have kids, it is so important to us.

So Gordon and I are planning on being back down in a month, so we really look forward to seeing all of you and spending our days with you all once again.

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