It Begins!
11/29/2019 05:44 PM
It's been many many years since we were all on Mindsay, and much has changed in that time! 
I have bought a house, and gotten married! My husband is absolutely wonderful, and every day I love him more and more. We have been together for about 9 years, and married for 4! 
We have 2 dogs (Leela and Roux) and 1 cat (Muffins). I love them all very much as well!
I currently work as an Office Adminstrator at a construction company (we remodel kitchens), and am almost done with my MS in Legal Studies.

The very exciting thing right now is that Alex and I are planning to move to Japan in about a year! Moving to a new place (especially one where you don't know the language very well) is scary, so we have set up some guidelines for ourselves. 
  • We must visit Japan prior to moving there (we will be going there in May)
  • We must stay in Japan for a full year
  • After the full year we must return to America
  • If we decide after we return that we want to move there for longer, we can do that after returning to America! 

A large part of the reason we decided that we must return to America after a year is because although we will be taking our kitty, we won't be able to bring our dogs with us at first. Leela is a big girl (she's a great pyranees) and is not able to live in a small apartment. If we decide to move there long-term we will come back and get our sweet doggos, and we will have had time to arrange for somewhere that will be able to handle them. 
Don't misunderstand me, we are not ever getting rid of our fur-babies! We have several different plans for their care while we are abroad, and we will figure out which one works best for our babies sooner to our departure date. 

Options for Doggo Care (In order of preference):
  1. Our friend Vik, who our dogs love and loves our dogs, will move into our house for a year while we are gone and live rent free in exchange for taking care of our babies and house. We will pay for all the dog medical care and food, and he will only have to pay household utilities and love our babies. Vik is also the person who dog sits for us while we are out of town, and we know that he and our doggos get along exceptionally well. He is also ultra reliable, and would love to move away from his current rental situation. 
  2. Our friends Carol and Duane who love all dogs in the world will move into our house for a year while we are gone, and will have the same setup as Vik. Our dogs don't love them as much as they love Vik, but they are also extremely trustworthy and reliable. 
  3. Our furbabies go live with their grandparents for a year! Their grandparents have already agreed to this, but insisted that we must try the other options first. I agree that the other options are better, because then they can still be in a place the are comfortable in. I feel like it would be too intense to change where they are living and who they are living with all at once. It's already going to be stressfull enough to not have Alex and I there. 

I will post more about our plans later! I have much more to write about, such as the steps we will need to take to get Muffins (our cat) ready to move to Japan, as well as our job hunt struggles, passport struggles, and the difficulty I'm going to have with my visa!
0 Comments
View Blog
deeterz
Recent Visitors
SuperSugar
trapezeswinger
TheJareth
rainbows
cauliflower
n0seatbelts
Jo
PussyPatter
Captain
SaikotikGunman