Salut Chicago!

What is the news Tara spoke of in the last post?  That would be the fact that I received an offer to work for a huge consulting company at a client of theirs in Newark, NJ.  And what is close to Newark?  New York City, and that's where we just decided to find a home for the next three years.  When Tara and I visited Manhattan last November, we had a blast.  We explored numerous neighborhoods, dined at some awesome restaurants, drank at some really nice bars, and walked all over the place taking a lot of photos.  When this opportunity came knocking, I jumped on it.  We have had a standing agreement that if anyone gets a great job out of Chicago, we will find a way to do it.  Once the news hit Tara she was thrilled, and I was stressed, as it's a lot to deal with when you are moving that far. 

Of course downsizing from 2100 sqft to maybe 1000 sqft involves selling a lot of our large furniture pieces, and even the motorcycle.  I felt that this was a good time to pass the bike on to someone else.  Someone younger that doesn't get quite as sore riding a race bike in traffic as I do.  So we parted ways and both parties were happy with the deal.  It has been interesting to start selling off furniture and home stuff.  Some nights we have 3-4 people coming to buy different things so it is keeping us busy.

Our plan is for me to live there in June and July with Tara and the baby moving out around August 1st.  The logistics alone are overwhelming when you have a kid on the way in the middle of this move.  But we can do it.  One thing we are good at is adapting. 

Last  night we decided to focus our apartment search on Brooklyn.  Everyone's commute will be easy and there are more parks within walking distance for the dogs.  As cool as Manhattan is, we would have to live too far north or in the financial district and my commute wouldn't be enjoyable. 

Stay tuned for updates on our journey to the Big Apple, it's going to be pretty wild. 

And this is not Facebook public news yet so we aren't saying anything there for quite a while.