Type A Anxiety

The news is out about us moving. No surprise. With such a large family it's hard to keep things hiddden. Plus, with the changes coming only a month away we felt it only necessary to let everyone know of the decision we had made, even if our plans were not quite set in stone yet.

And they are so not. Which is driving me crazy.

You see, I seem to have some type A personality traits. My biggest one is time. I am completely OCD when it comes to time and schedules. I absolutely have to be on time. I have to have things scheduled and written down. Things need to be organized and etc. The process we are in right now is simply driving me up. The. Wall.

Ooooh life is never easy! While there is nothing terrible or devastating going on at the moment, something occurred that is making my type A self a little edgy and moody. The day before Jordan was to accept the Minnesota Job with Cummins, INC. he received a phone call. A very enticing phone call. From John Deere. Whom he breathes and lives each day for. Of course, they offered him an interview for a position that just recently opened up. Of course, they wanted him to come out the next week for said interview. Of course, Jordan was ecstatic. Of course, my type A self was bubbling to the brim thinking about all the plans we were supposed to be making and how we were set to leave for Minnesota in just one month and now Jordan is thinking about another job opportunity that just opened up and we might have to reconfigure everything we had just talked about and hold off on any plans until the last minute and then they become desperate last second attempts to uproot our lives and move across the country.

Talk about a run-on sentence. That was the mother of all run-on sentences my brain had ever conjured up.

Jordan is a smart man. He made it very clear to both companies the situation he is in. He didn't want to put himself in a position where he would have no job, just because an interview came up at the last second. So, he went ahead and accepted the job in Minnesota and John Deere knows that. He agreed to take the interview (because remember, he eats, breathes, and sleeps John Deere and any offer from them trumps anything else) and flew out last Wednesday to Moline, Illinois for the night.

Now we are faced with the slight possibility that we may be moving to Iowa or Illinois instead of Minnesota. My hope is for Minnesota, because you know...it's IOWA. I love corn, don't get me wrong. I just don't fancy the idea of staring at it all friggin' day long. Nonetheless, if Jordan were to get the offer from John Deere he has been waiting for his whole life, I would be overjoyed. I would love him just as much as if we were going to live in the friggin' freezing cold of Fridley. I am sure I could fall in love with the idea of Des Moines just as I did Minnesota.

I just wish I knew what we were doing! Setting things in stone. My type A self would be soooo relieved.

As of right now, we are planning everything as if we are going to Minnesota. The chances for Iowa/Illinois are small, but at the same time we still have to acknowledge that they are there. Jordan is hoping to hear from John Deere very soon, and then maybe...just MAYBE we can begin to get the ball seriously rolling.

We are hoping to begin our discussions with Prudential Realtors today on potential housing locations in Minneapolis. Jordan already has a nice suburb picked out up there and I can't wait to go visit it!

In a nutshell, no matter what happens or where we end up, we are leaving the wonderful state of Texas to venture out and experience something new. Whether it is the frigid temperatures and ice fishing of Minnesota, or the lustrious corn fields of Iowa, we'll be ready.

But until then, I think my Type A self is going to have a mental breakdown.