So, if you read our last post, you basically know why we moved back. Soon after we felt that we needed to move back, Nick and I both gave our 2 weeks notices, packed up our belongings, (which wasn't too difficult because we hadn't fully unpacked everything yet) and drove back to good ole New Hampshire. We were so sick of driving across country at this point that we wanted to get back ASAP so we tried to drive as long as we could. We left on Saturday, August 1st and arrived in NH on (I believe) August 3rd, or early on the 4th.
Nick's parents were very kind to let us be able to live with them. We told them that we would even sleep on our air mattress in the living room. We didn't want to inconvenience anyone more than what we knew we already would. To our surprise, when we arrived we got our own Extreme Home Makeover moment when they stated,
"WELCOME HOME PETRIE FAMILY! WELCOME HOME!"
They then proceeded to cover our eyes, and move us across the house. When we were allowed to open our eyes, to our amazement, they had redecorated their old office into a beautiful bedroom, just for us, complete with new furniture and everything we could possibly need. (Even a bag of skittles! -YUM) We were in shock. This was way more than either of us could even have dreamed of. We were (and continue to be) extremely thankful that they have been so kind and generous to us.
So, Nick and I for the last few months have been living with his parents in Chester, NH and attending the Derry ward. Nick is currently the 2nd counselor in the Elder's Quorum presidency, and I work in the Nursery (which I absolutely love)
A few weeks after we arrived, after much searching, we both were blessed with new jobs. I got a job working for a company called Lifeshare as a Life Coach working with adults with developmental disabilities and helping them to be more independent and help to integrate them into the community. Nick got a job with the YMCA working with elementary aged children at a before and after school program.
Since then it's basically just been us trying to get everything in order so that we can save up for our own place again. We're hoping to purchase some type of home of our own. (we're not too sure exactly what yet) It's now December and we're starting to feel like we'll never make it, so many things keep coming up, that it's been making it hard to save as much as we would like (which will be another post) but we're trying to stay optimistic.
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