glaciers and palins and bears OH MY!

WE ARE MOVING TO ALASKA!!!

ok, Eric is already there so technically I AM MOVING TO ALASKA!!!

my wonderful, smart and awesome boyfriend (fiance if you will) accepted a job with Sherwin Williams sometime in september!!!  after countless emails and interviews and waiting and more waiting, the higher-ups must have realized that they would be foolish not to offer Eric the assistant store manager position he was being considered for!  they basically gave him two weeks after he passed his background check to get up there and start his training.  this all happened SO freaking fast!

Sherwin Williams covered the relocation completely, which i honestly did not know anyone did in this current economy.  i think they really wanted him!  so Eric moved up to anchorage, AK on september 19th.  he is currently living in an extended stay hotel and driving a rental car which the company is picking up the tab for.  his new employers sent him home for 5 days last weekend to oversee our belongings and his new (to him) truck being shipped - also free of charge to us!  

so he is currently doing his assistant manager training in anchorage but will be moving to the wasilla store soon, which will be his home base and where we will be living.  yup, i said wasilla as in sarah palin and schools that teach abstinence, and lots and lots of republicans with guns!  i can't lie i'm a bit nervous about finding a job in such a small town (there is only 8000 people) and being able to fit in!  these people eat moose - i swear no judgment but i don't eat meat.  i'm  gonna stick out like a sore thumb.

most of my clothes, shoes, purses etc were packed a few weeks ago - and are currently in transit.  it is SO freaking weird to only have 3 pairs of jeans, 3 hoodies and a handful of shoes.  i am still here because i have some medical and dental stuff that i need to take care of before i move 2500 miles away.  but i wish more than anything that i was up there with my love.  i assume he is a bit lonely as he only has a few pals up there and i shouldn't complain because i am still surrounded by my friends and family, but i miss him so much.  we have had an amazing few months.  the engagement turned us into different people.  we talk and were spending every night together and we have been so super happy.  i can't wait to get up there and start this new chapter in our lives together.  aye yi yi, this is going to be a crazy month!

oh and by the way you cannot see russia from wasilla.  oh man that lady is a dummy!