Where are we going?

Ok. So I know some of you are wondering what Jay and I are doing with our lives since we are no longer going to Africa. For those of you that didn't know we are not going to Africa with the Peace Corps...we are not going, long story, ask us.

So right now Jay and I are living with Jays parents in Parkesburg, PA. Its been good and hard and many things but we are grateful that they let us stay for awhile. Its been hard adjusting to a lifestyle where you literally have to drive EVERYWHERE. Anytime you want to go anywhere, you have to get in the car and drive quite a distance to go to a store. Even in Mechanicsburg we could walk into town to eat, do laundry, whatever. I think living here has proven to me that suburbia is not for me. If I can't get on a bike or walk, or even get on a bus to go someplace, then no thanks.

Anyway, so we have been living here. I have been working at Panera bread in Exton and Jay works at Modells and will soon start substitute teaching. Its kinda been weird to have a job again, especially because we are both working under our abilities. We are making money and trying to save for when we move to....dun dun dah! COLORADO!

So yeah, Jay and I are moving to Colorado sometime in early May. Jay got a job with Outward Bound leading trips all summer. He starts on May 17th and we are going to try anf find a place to live before that, god willing. I am so excited to be going somewhere that will be our home for awhile. Its been fun doing what we're doing, wandering around and going wherever we please, but there comes a time when you need a place to call home. Whatever we find I will be so glad to have a place for just Jay and I to be together and call our own. I am looking for jobs out there but haven't had alot of sucess. Jays job is exactly what he's wanted for awhile and I am so excited that he gets to do it. It will mean alot of time away but we can do it.

Colorado has so many things I am excited about. First of all, the Boulder area has great public transportation. Seeing as we don't have cars, that is a definate plus. Also, bike paths are everywhere and for the first time, Jay won't be the only crazy guy biking in cold weather, or at all for that matter. The mountains! Oh man I don't think I will ever get tired of looking at the mountains. We can go climbing after work if we want, go camping for the weekend in the mountain, go paddling on the local river, the list goes on and on in terms of what the outdoors have to offer us in CO. Also, I am so excited to be in a place and a community where we will be with some like minded people. People in Boulder care about our earth and that is really important to us. I feel like when I bike to the grocery store with my big basket on my bike and my cloth bags, people won't wonder what is going on. I will just park my bike next to the other bikes there and chat with people about how great it is that we can do this.

Maybe my vision of CO is tainted because I have always wanted to live there, or because it means having a home, either way, I am stoked. I will be with Jay in this beautiful place and it will be for awhile. Just to put icing on the cake, my sister Jen and her husband Chris are moving out there with my nephew Albert. I will be with some family which is so awesome to me. I get to see my nephew whom I love dearly, maybe be able to pick him up from school or have my special days with him again.
So thats the deal. Live at the parentals, make as much money as we can, move to CO and LIVE!

PS- For those of you that don't know, Jay is leaving for Bolivia next week and will be gone for two weeks. He will be paddling, hiking, mountaineering and helping with a camp down there. Send some prayers and good vibes our way so that he is safe and that his Spanish comes back easily!