Continuing on

As you can imagine, it's been a busy couple of weeks, and we're down to 2 weeks before our 1500 mile trek to Omaha. We found a great house with an enormous backyard, and although we're just going to be renting it, it will be a wonderful place to call home.

This weekend has been a whirlwind of packing and planning. We've got the moving company reserved, and they will pick up all of our stuff on Feb 29. Considering we don't hit the road until Mar 4, we'll be living very minimalistic for those few days. You know what, I just realized this was a leap year after writing that last sentence :)

I remember when we moved from Nebraska to here, we sold all of our stuff, packed our two cars full, and hit the trail. I wish it were that simple this time around, but with our daughter in the picture this time around, and a lot more stuff, it wasn't an option. The company I'm going to is only allowing $1500 for moving expenses, and we're going to pay more than double that, but at least we're going home!

Have a good week everyone. I'll check in when I get some more time.

It's official...

Thanks to all for your words of support and/or advice. I received an offer from the company today, and it was just too good not to take it. I accepted the offer today, and our last day in Phoenix will be March 3 (My birthday!).

As far as the house goes, we're just going to see what happens. I've spoken with a couple of realtors, and we're going to put it on the market and see where it goes from there.

That's about all I have for now. I'll post more later, but I wanted to share the good news!

Follow up

Well, the interview went as well as I could have imagined. I received a verbal offer, which was right at the salary range that I was looking for. I'm just waiting for the formal letter with all the details.

So today, we got in touch with a realtor to get our house on the market. They said, and I'm paraphrasing, "Oh, I'm sorry...you owe more than your house is worth. We won't be able to sell it for what you need to get out of your mortgage."

I'm so depressed right now, I don't know what to do about the house. We could try renting it out, but I'm not a big fan of being an "out of state landlord". We've even contacted that silly "We Buy Ugly Houses" company to see if there's anything they can do for us.

The job doesn't pay enough for us to cut our losses and start over, so we might be stuck here in AZ for the foreseeable future. And that just makes my heart sink and has my stomach in knots.