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January 13th, 2010 | caitlin | Categories: Uncategorized
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Mom: “Caitlin, one day, just one day would you try doing something the easy way?”

Caitlin: “Not likely.”

Mom: “Didn’t think so. We’re proud of you no matter how you do things.”

What is my mom referring to? She’s referring to the reason why I am blogging at terminal C28 in the Calgary Airport.

It’s not exactly a secret that I have been absent from this blog for awhile. For that, I will apologize to all of you. You are fantastic readers and you have contributed so much to my life. And I fully expect you to continue to do so. What is a secret is why I’ve been absent. Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t been hiding it from you on purpose, I just haven’t had a minute to sit down and really work on this. Okay, that’s not exactly the truth either. I’ve tried to sit down and write. I’ve written 3 posts on the topic in fact. 3 horrible, posts. And now I do what I do best – work under pressure.

Within one month, I have managed to get myself into a situation where I am experiencing two of life’s bigger events side by side. Event #1: Get Married. Fiance and I had the worlds greatest wedding on December 19th, 2009. You may now call him Husband. An epic engagement, a years worth of planning and the love and support of family all came together that night and created something that I will remember forever. I will blog more about this later because I’m sure you’re all wondering about things like food, cake, and people dancing with their pants down. For now, let’s talk about Event #2.

Event #2: Get a Masters Degree. Okay, seems simple enough. Well, do you remember my mom saying I don’t do anything the easy way? Well, I received my acceptance 5 days before the wedding and found out that I had to be at my first class exactly 1 month later.

Still seems simple enough right? Just get some paper and pens and get up to UofC for your classes. No. Since I like to maximize my experiences, I applied to do my Masters at George Mason University in Arlington Virginia.

Ha, you totally just panicked a little there for me didn’t you? How would she do that in a month? How would she get her visa, get a place to live, get flights, close her entire life in Calgary, and OMG what about Husband?

Don’t worry, these feelings will pass. How did I get my visa? I threatened to cause an international incident of epic proportion and when that failed I said “please”. Where would I live? With family friends in a different county until I could find a suitable place to live. So now I reside in Fairfax Virginia. Flights came courtesy of my fathers air miles. Packing up my entire life came courtesy of the internet and absolutely no sleep. And Husband is still in Calgary. He’s going to come later, when I have found us a place to live. Can you say epic road trip in a U-Haul with my dad and some cigars?!

Sometimes in life you need to leap off the cliff and look later. If jumping off of bridges attached to string, and jumping out of air planes with nothing but a prayer and a backpack with a shoot taught me anything, it’s that sometimes you just need to trust that you are equipped with everything you need even if you don’t know what the end result will be.

So what about the blog. It lives. It’s going to live for a very long time. Now instead of a domestically challenged celiac living in Calgary, it’s going to be written by a domestically challenged celiac living in Arlington, or Fairfax, or maybe even Washington DC. That will be determined when I’m no longer homeless!

A big thanks goes to my family for not only their support with the wedding, but their support through my epic journey to be something bigger than I am. And a huge thank you goes to Husband who has done nothing but support my endeavors since day one, and who has taken on this move in a way that is trully as much of a step forward for him as it is for me and for us. And please stay tuned, there may be a second blog on the horizon. Husband and I have been toiling around with the idea of a Turner Takeover website through which we blog our experiences and our thoughts on living this new lifestyle.

So to that, I say thank you for your continued support. I hope this blog brings you as much enjoyment as it did when I lived in Calgary. And I welcome your thoughts and comments along the way. AND, if anyone is coming this direction please let me know. I’d love to meet up with you as long as you bring me a loaf of GF Patisserie Sandwich bread!

Check back soon for all the details of the wedding and Christmas and life in the U.S.A

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