When my husband and I talked about moving to Utah it was a
no-brainer for me. I'd visited the Salt Lake area a few times and had
always said to myself, "Self, we could live here." When it became a
reality I was all for it.
I LOVE it here. My neighbors, my neighborhood, my home, my yard and
garden, the mountains that rise up to the sky behind us... It's a
hundred times better than I ever thought it would be.
And now we are going to leave it. It won't be for another 18 months, but I am sad to go already.
Mark's job is as a Safety Director and he creates safe working
environments, programs and strategies for the employees. Part of that
job is handling worker's comp and general liability claims. In the first
year in Utah he was instrumental in saving the company over $million
just by better management of claims and safe work practices. Recently,
the company decided to hand the claims aspect over to a TPA and take it
away from the Safety Directors in all divisions. This decision didn't
eleminate Marks job but took a portion of it off his desk. It also
created a need for two people to oversee nationally the TPA, work with
them and manage claims and law suits over a certain value.
Mark was interested in that position from the git-go. He inquired
and found that it could not be located here in Utah so he didn't apply.
He did ask about it on several occasions indicating that he was
interested but wouldn't move his family until Krissy graduates.
Last Friday he got a call and was told they would be making him an
offer. SHOCK!! The offer allows him to perform the job from Utah for
one year and then begin relocation to Cincinnati. After a little
negotiation he accepted the offer. Incredibly, our kids are excited and
happy about this opportunity for him. Of course it means we will be
better able to help with college for them, so factor that in...
I have such mixed feelings. We lived in one house in Seattle for
20 years and I was soooooo ready to move. I always thought I would like
to move a little more often but moving is expensive. The move to SLC was
over $70,000 and fortunately, the company pays that. They will pay for
the move to Cincy, too. I love new places and learning my way around and
'discovering' all there is to discover, but I am not done discovering
here yet. We'll have only spent 3 years in Utah - I guess I better get
busy exploring a little quicker.
I wish I had visited Cincy before. I would have a better feeling
for it and maybe a little less reluctance. We will have major league
baseball again - yeah!! We will be back in a big city instead of a
small city - yeah!! It will be humid - boo!! Liquor laws will probably
make more sense, and I might be able to buy a bottle of wine in the
supermarket - yeah!! I might be able to find another volksmarch club -
yeah!! I might be able to get my scrapbook business going again -
yeah!! I might just come to love it there as much as here - yeah!!
And since there is no skiing in Cincy, maybe we'll just have to
join a travel club and take real vacations for a change - YEAH!!!
If anyone can tell me anything about Cincy, Ohio, Kentucky - please
do - I've ordered some books but would love to hear the details first
hand!
That's all - I've rambled enough.
