A New Adventure is About to Begin

A new chapter in the lives of the Page's is about to begin. Leland got the residency position at MD Anderson in Houston. The Page crew is moving to Houston! It's a bittersweet ordeal, but it will be full of great adventures. It has been a long three months while waiting for Leland to find a job. I am so proud of my hubs and the hard work he has put into trying to find a job. The Lord will bless you when you put in the work. A little help from friends and family goes a long way too. For the past couple of months my mom-in-law has been putting Leland's name on the prayer role at the Temple. About two weeks ago I got a facebook invite from her about fasting for Leland and his job search. I said I would do it, and so did about 15 other people on facebook. Both Leland and I have been waiting patiently since the end of January to find out if he got the position or not. Just before the invite for the fast came, Leland had contacted MD Anderson to find out what was going on so he could know if he needed to start looking at some other options (Seattle was hiring and so was UNC). He received a reply that he needed to be patient and he would hear something within the week. Again, we waited patiently. The week came and went and still nothing. By this time Leland was starting all the paperwork for Seattle and had just received paperwork for UNC. Fast Sunday comes around and we still hadn't heard anything. By this time though I started getting this feeling that Houston was going to be our new home. I just brushed it off because when I start thinking and feeling these things, it all blows up in my face and doesn't happen. This past Wednesday I was sitting in my weekly admin meeting and received a call from Leland. Usually if Leland has to contact me at work he sends a text message so I was a little concerned as to why he would be calling me. My meeting ended and I went to my office to call him back. It's then that he tells me he received something from UPS. I thought it was a package from one of our moms or something like that. He goes on to tell me that he opens it and it is his acceptance letter to MD Anderson. I asked him if he was going to take the position and he says, "I would be stupid not to". Tears start streaming down my face. I have never been so happy in my life. Okay, getting married was a pretty darn happy time in my life, and so was getting into college and all the other good things like that, but I have never been so happy that I have started crying like that. It was at that moment that I remembered the fasting and praying that others had done for us as well as what we had done. It is times like this that I am reminded of how mindful the Lord is of us and our needs and wants.

So let the adventure begin! First step, finding a place to live. Leland's first day is May 14 so we have very little time to find a place for him. I am certain we will find something. I just hope it is everything we need for what we can afford. Second step, finding a job for me. I don't know where and I don't know what, but school admin will not be for me right now. I am ready for a break so I can teach and coach again. Step three, make it through the last two weeks of the school year without Leland. Step four, get an entire apartment packed up by myself. Well, step four is the easy part, I did that last year when we moved into our new apartment. Step five, getting settled into a new city and that's when the adventure really begins. Excited, scared, sad, happy, anxious, relieved and many more thoughts, emotions and feelings all describe me at this point. The best way to describe me though, blessed.