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Spring is making me antsy!!

even though the weather sucks today, it will be awesome starting tomorrow and I am so excited to start doing outdoor activities!! It's making it difficult to concentrate on work. I already got out to REI to buy a pair of Keen hiking shoes I'd been eying and I'm ready to take them out. We might hit up a state park this weekend, and at the end of April I'll be in Colorado for a conference but am sneaking away to visit my brother in the mountains for some hiking or rafting (he's a guide) :-). I will also be in Peru in 2 months and will get some good outdoor activities in there.

What are you all looking forward to this Spring??

Re: Spring is making me antsy!!

  • I'm just looking forward to BEING outside.  It has been so miserable the last few months I just want to sit on our pateo at night with a drink and some music :-)
  • I love spring and in never seems to last long enough!

    I'm really looking forward to all of the flowers blooming everywhere, walks at the park, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and bbq's!  DH and I are talking about buying a grill so hopefully we'll do a lot of that this spring/summer.     

    Anniversary
  • I'm looking forward to the Phillies!  It's going to be nearly 80 here on Friday and we're going to be in my company's box (which is right behind home plate) watching the first pre-season game.  What a way to kick off Spring and baseball season!

    I'm also looking forward to being able to come home and go for a nightly walk.  I usually start when daylight savings begins, but so far we've been plagued by rain here in Philly.

  • imagesiba1119:
    I'm just looking forward to BEING outside.  It has been so miserable the last few months I just want to sit on our pateo at night with a drink and some music :-)

    This!  And a bonfire with friends. 

  • imagehawaiianbride08:

     at the end of April I'll be in Colorado for a conference but am sneaking away to visit my brother in the mountains for some hiking or rafting (he's a guide) :-).

    Where in CO does your brother live?? I LOVE Colorado! We have friends in the Denver area and try to get out there to visit as much as we can. DH & I really want to move there eventually, it's our 2-4 year plan... depending on various circumstances. 

    It's kind of weird living in CA because there really isn't any reason we can't partake in any activities we want to, any season throughout the year... at least that is true for So Cal, where I live. It may be a bit cold for us in the Winter, but it's not like we have snow or sleet that keeps us in doors for a few months at a time. I would say that typically for me, Spring = Summer, and that means trips to the river with my family. This year DH doesn't have any vacation time so we probably won't be able to go on those trips (unless my family goes somewhere more local). :( Bummer, but... it's all a part of life & growing up I suppose. There's always next year!

  • sarlah - my brother lives in Glenwood Springs. I grew up going on family vacations to CO - a not too far road trip for us from NE :) It's actually somewhere DH and I would like to move eventually as well if DH can relocate there (not the greatest place for my field as I know from others who have tried to find jobs).
  • We are running into similar issues with finding jobs, which is why we decided to make it a 2-4 year goal. That way we can go back to school and put ourselves in better positions to find jobs. DH works in IT so he wants to stay in that field. I don't really care what I do to be honest. I've always cared way more about what my career affords me to do with the rest of my life, so I don't have a problem doing anything... if I get fulfillment from it, then great! One thing I know for sure, I do not want to raise children where we currently live.
  • we are probably going through very similar things right now! I don't think where I currently live would be terrible to raise children if I actually worked closer to home right now - but DH and I work so far apart with DC right in the middle and we really need 2 incomes to be comfortable out here. If we moved, we could get by on his salary until I found something and if I wanted to work part time while kids were little we would be fine. Plus - only a 7 hour drive from my parents and closer to my brother! (now I've divulged a bit more from my post the other day - our 5 or so year plan may have potential to be sooner...).
  • imagehawaiianbride08:
    we are probably going through very similar things right now! I don't think where I currently live would be terrible to raise children if I actually worked closer to home right now - but DH and I work so far apart with DC right in the middle and we really need 2 incomes to be comfortable out here. If we moved, we could get by on his salary until I found something and if I wanted to work part time while kids were little we would be fine. Plus - only a 7 hour drive from my parents and closer to my brother! (now I've divulged a bit more from my post the other day - our 5 or so year plan may have potential to be sooner...).

    This is exactly our situation. If my husband could find a job out there we would be able to survive in his salary alone for a while, maybe forever. We could for sure get by with my only working part time. Right now my husband works 30 minutes from home, but I work 90 minutes from home. Unlike you, we would be moving away from our families (not necessarily a bad thing). I would really miss my family, but a little distance from my IL's could make the heart grow fonder :) Raising children here wouldn't be the worst thing, we could make it work, but I like the way of life in CO much better, and I like that people there still have manners & respect for others! lol.

  • imagesarlah:

    imagehawaiianbride08:
    we are probably going through very similar things right now! I don't think where I currently live would be terrible to raise children if I actually worked closer to home right now - but DH and I work so far apart with DC right in the middle and we really need 2 incomes to be comfortable out here. If we moved, we could get by on his salary until I found something and if I wanted to work part time while kids were little we would be fine. Plus - only a 7 hour drive from my parents and closer to my brother! (now I've divulged a bit more from my post the other day - our 5 or so year plan may have potential to be sooner...).

    This is exactly our situation. If my husband could find a job out there we would be able to survive in his salary alone for a while, maybe forever. We could for sure get by with my only working part time. Right now my husband works 30 minutes from home, but I work 90 minutes from home. Unlike you, we would be moving away from our families (not necessarily a bad thing). I would really miss my family, but a little distance from my IL's could make the heart grow fonder :) Raising children here wouldn't be the worst thing, we could make it work, but I like the way of life in CO much better, and I like that people there still have manners & respect for others! lol.

    we have a lot in common - my commute is also 90 minutes, but my husbands is a little bit shorter than yours!

  • It does seem like our lives are mirroring each other from across the country! haha. Hopefully we both end up where we want.
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