So, we moved to Florida.

We left 6 inches of snow for Florida. How awesome is that?!

Now that we've been here for more than a month, I tend to forget that it's even winter until I get on Facebook and see everyone's posts about cold weather and pictures of snow. I'm right at home in the warm winter weather :) The area that we live in is quite comparable to my hometown, so I feel very comfortable here. There is lots of shopping not too far away, and some of my favorite stores are close by. I've got my hubby and my baby that I get to see every day. In general, life is pretty awesome these days.

Until I start thinking that I should drive 10 minutes and go visit my parents. Or some of my friends and their kids. And then I remember that they are much farther away than a 10 minute drive. So even though Orlando feels like Dallas a lot of the time, it isn't. And I miss my friends and family in Dallas. But hey, we've got a job and we're back to supporting ourselves, which feels amazing. Take the good with the bad, eh?

Speaking of the job. David likes his job, although he isn't crazy about the fact that it isn't exactly in the gaming industry. It's the best thing for us right now, so we're here for now, but ultimately he hopes to be making video games again down the line. At the entry level, you rarely get to do your dream job, after all, right?

It is totally awesome to have an earned income again, but it is going to take a while to get to the point where the money part of life is comfortable. After 13 months of unemployment, you better believe that it is going to take a while to recover financially. Not to mention the costs of setting up house again and residency in a new state. All those things like registering your car, getting new auto insurance, and new drivers licenses is pretty expensive! I'm so happy to have those problems again :)

It has been SO refreshing to have our own place again. It was so funny the first time I got to do dishes in my own kitchen again, I felt so HAPPY! And laundry? AMAZING! The second time? Not so exciting. Funny how that happiness and excitement goes away so quickly with such mundane (and never ending) tasks, huh? Despite my dislike for the dishes and laundry, I am still TOTALLY GRATEFUL for the fact that we have our own place for those responsibilities to be my own again.