Lake of the Ozarks

I'm a tad behind on my blogging...last weekend Dustin and I went camping at the Lake of the Ozarks. We went with his friend Dan and his gf. It was a really good time! Dan has 2 jet skis, I have never ridden on one or driven one. I think I was screaming the first 20 mins and I continued to scream even when I was driving. Oh well, it was a great day at the lake and the weather was beautiful!

Getting the 13.1 itch

I'm getting the itch to sign up for another half marathon. I don't know if it would be wise however with all this moving and stress. But it would keep me on track! The Omaha half marathon is Sept 27th. The only thing I'm not fond of is that the last couple weeks of training...well it will be very dark in the mornings, which is when I like to run. Last year for the Chicago half it was getting dark for my last weeks of running. Plus with the moving, its going to be stressful to get it in. The plus side...I'm moving back to Lincoln and know the area and it should be easy to find a running route. Oh decisions!

Barlow family visit

On Thursday Melissa, Heath and baby Sydney stopped in Champaign on their way to Indiana to see Melissa's family. It was the first time I saw Sydney and she is CUTE! It was also very good to see Melissa, I hadn't seen her since Christmas. At least now I'll be closer to them when I move back!

There is no place like Nebraska...

Most of you have probably heard the news by now...I'm moving home! I know, its pretty crazy, but it's happening. I am excited and I have a lot of mixed emotions running through me now. I suppose I should tell how this all happened. A couple months (March) ago Dustin told me that the Nebraska territory for his job was opened. At this time he was just considering it, that maybe he would try for it, maybe he wouldn't. Then in April, Easter weekend, he told me that his boss asked him about the Nebraska job and if he would be interested. Which Dustin told him that he is and it would be nice to have and that if the opportunity came about he would take the territory. When Dustin told me this I was extremely excited but I was instructed by Dustin not to get too excited or tell many people. However, within a week everyone knew. :D Over the past month nothing much was said about the Nebraska job. He was thinking that he wouldn't get it with things going on in the company. And he thought it might take a year before they would fill it. So over the month I put it out of my mind until Wednesday when I got a call from Dustin saying he got offered the position. It hit me like a ton of bricks! So this past weekend we talked about it, weighed our options and now will be moving to Lincoln. I usually don't get too personal in my posts on my blog, but this is a big deal and obviously if I'm quitting my job to move with Dustin...well things are decently serious.

Its been hard for me to have to tell people at work I'm leaving. I have really enjoyed Illinois and I really really like Champaign. It was the first place that felt like home since I left my first home...Nebraska. And we all know I have issues moving and that it has been hard, but I really seemed to settle in here. And as for my job...well I don't hate it. First time that has happened since college as well. But through my multiple moves and multiple jobs I have learned one thing...being alone sucks. I am a rather independent person, but going to DC to have a job all alone and go home to no friends, no family, no boyfriend really got old after awhile. And in the end, the job wasn't that great anymore. And now it seems like things are falling into place. Even before I met Dustin I always knew I wanted to be closer to home, but if I ended up in Illinois that was ok too. And when I met Dustin I had in the back of my mind if things worked out how great it would be that we are both from the same region. And now...the opportunity has come and how can I pass it up? I can't. But still...its hard to change, especially for us Schindlers. And its hard for me to return with nothing lined up for a job. I always seem to land on my feet and I'm working really hard with my connections back in Lincoln to find something. For the past 27 years its always been "shelley shelley shelley" but if I want any sort of mature relationship, that is going to have to change. This will be a great step for Dustin and I...and its a big one. But we have both decided we are ready and it needs to be done.

So as for now the tenative date to arrive in NE is mid August. And until then I will probably be freaking out. :) But I have a feeling once I find a job the freaking out will cut in half. But it will be good to be back in Nebraska near my friends and family with Dustin.