Things starting to gel - Day 1744 (Year 5, Day 275)

Zephryhills, FL

To use a planting metaphor, all the seeds Mitch has planted over the past few months are starting to sprout and with G-d's help, we can harvest something in the very near future. 

He had quite a few interviews over the last 2 weeks, and at the moment, he is being seriously considered for at least 4 positions (possibly a 4th but they haven't been very communicative, so we don't know).  Two of those positions are in Jacksonville, FL, 1 is as a traveler around the country, the last is in Morrisville, NC (near Cary and Raleigh -- an IDEAL location for us!!!).

We're not sure which, if any, of those positions will be offered to him, but Mitch also discovered that there are numerous IT positions open in the Jacksonville area.  So the plan is.... (and bear in mind the old saying that "Man plans and G-d laughs" or as we like to say, our plans are always made in jello.  That being said....

We need some repair work on our roof.  There is a place in Jacksonville that replaced our roof several years ago and we're hoping they guarantee their work (and that the repairs needed have something to do with their work).  In any event, it needs to be done before it gets to the point of causing major damage, no matter who is responsible and who has to pay.  Whether Mitch gets a job in Jacksonville or NC, it seems to make the most sense to go to Jacksonville to get the work on the rig done and use that location as a jumping of point -- either a place to settle for a few years, or as 200 miles closer to NC than we are now.

Next step is to see when we can get a service appointment and base our travels around that.  Passover is also coming close (2 weeks) and we need to do our Passover shopping as well as have a place to attend a seder.  Jacksonville has a large Jewish community and there will be numerous options, as opposed to here where the closest places to shop are in Tampa -- 1.5 hours away with traffic.

So the plan is, based on when we can get an appointment, to move up to Jacksonville, get the rig worked on, and then either settle down long term or travel up to NC.  My hope is that they'll have something available next week and we can leave here next Sunday.

We're still in a state of total limbo, but at least the plans are starting to gel a little.  Will keep ya'all posted (guess I've been in the South too long!)