It's official....our new office is...

Do you recognize the skyline? I do...



ATLANTA!! Who would have thought?? We did put it #1, with no hope in getting it as it has been overstaffed for quite some time. We are excited,to say the least and with some of the other choices on the list, we feel very blessed! Kira really wanted to go to Texas, but is very happy to be able to see her friends again. Now we wait for HQ to tell us what to do, but we will be putting our house on the very terrible market, going to find housing in Ga ( no dates yet) and then waiting to see what happens with the home sale here. We could definitely use your prayer in this. The housing market is bad everywhere, but we can't just sit and wait for the market to improve. We expect to take a loss, but pray for it to be minimal. We are expecting it to wipe all the equity and then have to write a check. We really would like for a buyer to purchase it and then we will not have to wrestle with all of the relocation appraisal issues we have been hearing about. We have 120 days to report to Atlanta, so that puts us at mid-August at the latest for the move. However, with school starting and all the therapy needs for Lian, I think we will have to be down there if we can manage it, by late July. Note:everything posted here is subject to change...and probably will to some degree- it is the gov't after all! Right now, we are focused on cleaning, pressure washing, painting, landscaping,you know, that stuff. We are hoping to get the house on the market on Monday. Anybody know someone who wants to buy a house in Richmond?? After that, we are going to try to spend some time siteseeing while we are still here ( trying to stay out of the house) and really spending some time with the kids. They are feeling a bit left out in all this. Toys boxed up,not being able to get everything out and make a mess, limited time with us b/c of the house prep etc, has left them not knowing which end is up. I keep reminding myself, it's only for a time! So , that is where we are in the process.
On another note, my surgery to remove the growth on my wrist went well. I have been on typing restriction and light duty ( yeah, right). My PT is going well, still not very strong,but am gaining flexability back. It was not very good timing for this whole thing, but I could not use my left hand at all before the surgery, and at least now, I can use it- even if I pay for it that night! The surgeon said they removed it well and that it was a very common kind of cyst called a ganglion cyst- it had just was close to my radial artery and beside a bunch of nerves ( hence all the pain). At least it had not entangled all that yet. I do have another in my right arm, but it's not causing any pain, so I will ignore it until we settle in ATL and then might think about doing the surgery again- maybe.

For now, I will be dreaming of all ATL has to offer- Braves games, aquarium, parks, RuSan's, Sam & Roscoe's and so much more- I think we'll be seeing more of what ATL has to offer than we did when we lived there last time!