It’s official!
On Friday, Dan formerly accepted an offer from an engineering firm just outside of Atlanta. He starts in just two weeks, on January 26th.
That means Dan and I are moving to Norcross, Georgia!
We are very excited about this change in our lives.
I’m excited to live less than 3 hours away from my parents, who still reside in my hometown of Greenwood, SC.
We’re both excited to live in a metropolitan area. In particular, I’m thrilled to return to suburban living. I loved living in the suburbs of first Paris and later Manhattan. Norcross is one of many small towns north of Atlanta. Whether or not we actually live in Norcross is TBD, but that’s where Dan’s new job is located.
We’re excited to live somewhere a bit warmer than Ohio.
Mostly, we’re excited to start somewhere fresh and to settle into one city for several years. In the last 5 1/2 years, I’ve lived in 8 houses or apartments in 5 cities in 3 countries, not counting my parents’ house in Greenwood. As much as I’ve enjoyed living in new places, I’m ready to put down roots.
The transition will be difficult, but worth it. I’m staying in Findlay until March 1st to sell some furniture and pack up our stuff. I’ll fly to Atlanta the last weekend in January for an office party to meet other employees and significant others. Dan will fly back to Findlay to spend Valentine’s Day weekend with me. Otherwise, we’ll be long-distance for five weeks.
We started our relationship long-distance, so I know we can get through it, but I’ve grown accustomed to being with him every night. With any luck, I’ll be so occupied getting ready to move that I won’t be too lonely without him. Plus I plan on inviting myself to stay with Libbi and Henry on more than one occasion while Dan is gone.
I already follow a few Georgia bloggers–Elle of Elle Sees, Krystin of Chits & Giggles, and Jenna of Dearest Love–but I want to read more! Please recommend Georgia bloggers to me, especially those in the northern Atlanta area.
If you’re in the Atlanta area, or originally from there, I’m also open to advice on where to live! Dan doesn’t want to commute very far, so we’re primarily looking at the Norcross/Peachtree Corners area. Somewhere good for folks in their late 20s, early 30s since we plan on being there long enough to celebrate our 30th birthdays.
And thank you for all the supportive comments and encouraging thoughts and prayers! It was hard when Dan lost his job, but we are so grateful for the love we’ve received during this time.
How exciting! I am jealous you’ll be somewhere warmer than Findlay though. And five weeks isn’t too long in the grand scheme of things. Seeing each other twice in the process will help I’m sure. Best of luck!
I will miss how beautiful the trees are when they freeze, like yesterday. My sweet husband went out and took pictures of it for me. But I won’t miss it being so cold that it hurts to breathe, like last night!
Great news! Whoop whoop- you’ll be in Gwinnett county! I lived in Atlanta for 4 years and I loved it! I have a million place/restaurant/things suggestions for you!
PLEASE GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS!
Like where are good places to live within Gwinnett county? Dan doesn’t want to commute more than 15-20 minutes (10 would be ideal), so we’re limited by that. But I want to live somewhere with a lot of child-free young professionals AND young families, since we’ll be there long enough to have our own kids. I know that’s asking for a lot. I’m just trying to optimize social opportunities for both now and five years from now.
Congratulations!!! Fingers crossed for a smooth transition for you all (:
Thank you!
YAH! This is exciting. I don’t get up to Norcross very often (traffic that side of town is AWFUL), but I know it’s a good part of town. I had friends that lived in the Druid Hills area and loved it. I’m not sure what sort of commute he would have, but I know it’s up 85.
The commute will definitely be our limiting factor. We currently live within 20 minutes walking or maybe 7 minutes biking from his old job. When I first moved to Ohio, he lived out in the countryside, a whole 30 minutes away by car. Now Dan has very strong feelings about commuting to work, which I understand since I don’t want to give up my freedom to work from home, not even for more money.
Luckily he’ll have time before I join him to talk to his co-workers about where they live or what they recommend and to scope out the different neighborhoods. Hopefully he’ll have narrowed down the selection to a few houses/neighborhoods by the time I get there, so we can check them out together and buy within a month or two.
Oh my gosh! I posted a blog entry today title Texas on My Mind…what a coincidence.
Good luck with your new adventure!!
Haha, that is the coincidence!
Thank you. 🙂
Yay for moving to GA! There are some fabulous bloggers in ATL that I can suggest to you! Thanks so much for linking up this post for the Let’s Be Friends blog hop!
I’m so excited! Yes, please send me any recommendations you have. I only follow a few, and I’d love to follow more!
Thanks for hosting the blog hop every week. I always find good posts to read. 🙂
This is great news! And yay for being able to move somewhere warmer! 🙂
Thank you! Yes, it’s doubly exciting because of that. 😉
Congrats to Dan and good luck on the move! Funny enough I think we’ll actually be spending a long weekend in Atlanta in February… too bad you won’t be there yet though 🙁
This is totally what I get for not keeping up with blogs for a couple weeks, but YAY!!! I’m excited for your move. We’re 1.5-2 hours south of ATL, but go up there often (well, we did before we had two kids) and frequent the Sandy Springs/Dunwoody area A LOT. Roswell is also an awesome area. How exciting, especially since this means that we’ll probably be able to meet sometime in the near(ish) future!!
Thanks!!!! I’m definitely excited to explore all the different areas in and outside of Atlanta. I’m also totally pumped that I’ll get to MEET YOU at some point, probably after you recover from popping out a baby. I think our husbands will get along well too. They can play with Legos together. 😉
Congrats on the move!! So exciting! I found your blog through the coffee date link up on dearest love! I live in ATL and actually work in Norcross! You’ll love living here….not as fabulous as Paris (that is where we went on our honeymoon) or NYC…but it is great!!! Look forward to following along!
I’m so excited for you!! Welcome to Atlanta. 🙂 I think you will absolutely love it here! I don’t know much about east Atlanta, but we really love living in Marietta. That would be a long commute for him, though. I’d say living as close to Atlanta as you can is your best bet!