Deciding to move back to Idaho/Utah

It has been a crazy wild ride deciding and figuring our what our next move was....literally and figuratively!

Joe also hasn't enjoyed his job as well. It's just so hard when you move to a different facility that is totally different from what you've been trained to do, and they have little tolerance for training their way. Because, who wouldn't do everything exactly how they do it? After all, there's only one way to do things.....

So after deciding that it would be very hard for me to find a job needing only general ultrasound,  Joe noot enjoying his job, and how liberal portland really is,  we've decided maybe this isn't where we should be for our little family. But it was a decision that still brings tears from my eyes. It is a place where I have always wanted to live, I was more socially and physically active then I have ever been.

But that's ok. Joe and I have been reading the Pearl of Great Price and Genesis lately for our study. It has been a frequent theme, leaving a place, sometimes fleeing, for the safety of their families. It's kind of frustrating why things worked out so smoothly for us to move there,  but I'm burnt out trying to answer that question.

Now to explain how things happened, we decided that for the safety of our family, we'd need to stay in Idaho and Utah. So Joe applied for  couple of positions in Boise just before thanksgiving. He also called his old coordinator at LDS hospital. They had a position opening and he was curious to see if they would consider taking him back. The next day his manager called him and had an "interview" over the phone and essentially told him it was his if he wanted. However, we'd neee to make our decision over the weekend. The positive side of things would be that they would treat this as a long term leave of absence, like a maternity leave. After praying and trying to weigh the pros and cons, we decided to accept LDS's offer. Joe was excited to get back to where he knew the protocols and procedures. So he is on and off 7 days in a row, working 12:30 am-11 pm. Not ideal, but all things considered, a blessing.

However, moving there was very expensive and therefore moving back an added expense, and so we wouldn't be able to afford a deposit and first month payment for a rental. So my parents kindly allowed us to move in with them, put our storage in their shop, and stay as long as needed.

Well, now Joe will be staying at the hospital on a sleep room for 7 days, and then come stay with us for 7 days. I'm hopeful it won't be too hard on us to not see/have him around all of the time. People comment on us all of the time, saying we're still like newlyweds because we always want to be together. If we had it our way, we'd work together too, side by side. So this will be very hard to do. Our goal is to save up money and stay here til February/March.