If you know me you know I'm horrible at keeping in touch. I thought this might be a good way to at least keep everybody posted on what is going on in our lives. Hopefully I'll actually keep up with it. This has been on my to do list since we moved to MD and I'm FINALLY getting around to it. There's obviously a lot of updating to do since we've already been here a month! I can't believe we've been here that long.
So...a little about MD. I love it! We considered several places before deciding where we wanted to go, some seriously and others not so seriously. I'm really glad we chose MD. I think it's the perfect place for us to start out but it's not where we want to settle down. It's definitely different from NC but it's nothing we can't adjust to. I didn't think they would be but people are actually really nice up here, that part isn't really any different from Raleigh. We live in a town called Elkridge. It's about 25 minutes from Baltimore. I love Baltimore but I'm really glad we don't live IN the city. I'm just not that much of a city girl, obviously :-) I love the area we're in. We're right on the border of Columbia which is a planned community. It has kind of a small town feel but anything you need is right down the street. Our balcony overlooks trees (which I LOVE, I'm so glad we don't have a view of the parking lot).
Of course there are some negatives. The biggest one...it is expensive up here! We've been working on getting the car inspected & getting our MD license. They are both double what you would pay in NC. Houses are super expensive. People can't drive. I know I'm not the best driver but people here seriously don't pay attention to what they're doing. I don't talk on the phone while driving anymore because people pull out in front of you on a daily basis. Those are really my only complaints so far. That and I think we have an ugly state flag...it looks like a flag you would see at Medieval times. On the bright side, the taxes are lower here. If you know my husband you know that's a big deal for him :-)
A little about us...Josh has been working since June 21 and he really likes his job so far. He's still in the process of getting his security clearance so he's kind of working on busy work until that's completed. His case recently got expedited so hopefully he will have his clearance faster than we thought. I am still a housewife for now. I always said I just wanted to be a housewife...it definitely has its advantages but it's not exactly what I want to do right now. The best thing about it...I love to cook and I actually have time to do it now. I used to have Hot Pockets for lunch & sometimes dinner when I was still in school & working. I just never felt like cooking when I got home. Now I get to cook whenever I want. The house is clean when Josh comes home so we can just spend time together. Of course there are negatives too. I'm not making any money. With a second income we could pay our debt off a lot faster. I don't meet people. I only know 2 people other than Josh up here. I see our neighbors in passing but that's about it. I'm not the most outgoing person so it's really hard for me to meet other people. When I get a job at least I'll have people at work to socialize with and it will be easier to meet people. I didn't mean for this post to become a novel so I'll stop here...I'll keep adding more :-)
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