Hi.

It's just me typing away with nothing in particular to say.  I haven't been writing as much because I don't know what to write about.  Not that there isn't anything to write about, just that I can't even sort all of the swirling thoughts in my mind, let alone on paper.

The top 3 things I could be writing about:

1.  The House.  It hasn't sold and I am pretty sure we are taking it off the market in a couple of weeks.  What now?  We either keep it on the market, rent it out or move back in.  None of those options is the clear winner here, so we'll just have to wait and see which direction we decide to go.

2.  Ray's Career.  As you know, Ray planned to take over his dad's company last June.  And then it was pushed till December/after we bought a new house (mortgage reasons).  So... now what?  We don't know.  He did just get another promotion at his current job, but it is still only a matter of time before he leaves.  Now?  In a few months?  In another year?  We don't know.

3.  My Career.  I am considering doing the "employee thing" again.  Being self-employed has great perks, but so does being an employee and I have a part-time opportunity that I think could work out fairly well.  But, it will change things and I am not sure it would be best for our family.

The bad news is that everything depends on everything else to a degree (not to mention the other details like the fact that we HAVE to find a new babysitter and we need to know where we will be living and how many days we will need her).  It makes it all kind of overwhelming and paralyzing.  Oh, plus you know that pesky busy time at work getting in the way.  And the whole holidays / Roscoe's first birthday / trip to Chicago business.

The good news is that everything depends on everything else.  How many times in your life can you really make a big change to make your life what you want it to be?  In a few months we could both be self-employed, working from our Sportsmobile van while we road trip the country!  THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!  Or we could just freeze up and let the chips fall where they may and hope we don't mind what happens in the end.  (This appears to be the default option in my experience).

So, nothing is really happening on the outside, but on the inside (and the Excel spreadsheets) the wheels they are-a turning...