Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Mobile Life

When we decided to leave Missouri, our first choice was New Haven, Connecticut.  My wife had received a post-doc invitation from Yale University, and at first, she was eager to accept it.  I mean, it’s Yale!  We visited, we secured an apartment, and we started to pack.  But as the time drew closer, my wife found her heart longing for the silver screen instead.  She wanted to take a hiatus from science and explore the alluring world of acting.  So, she instead headed to Los Angeles.  For three months, she attended a prestigious acting school, all the while being sucked into the glamor of Hollywood.  I stayed behind and worked.

One night, I received a phone call from her that she wanted to move to L.A. full time and pursue her acting dream.  I was reluctant, but I had always supported her, so we cancelled New Haven and turned our sights to L.A.  She secured an apartment, I sold the house, we packed up our stuff into a moving truck, and we shipped our life to L.A.  It traveled through Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada…before finally arriving in California.

But destiny had other plans for us, and I quickly discovered that I couldn’t find work.  For three months, I scoured the internet, sent my resume to every job even remotely close, and was rejected time and time again on interviews.  It wasn’t happening.  And that’s when I got an email from an old friend of mine that his company in Dallas, TX was hiring.  I decided to apply…I mean, what could it hurt?!  And within two weeks, I had a job offer. 

It truly felt like this was where God was leading me, but not wanting to destroy my wife’s happiness, I told her that I was going to Dallas, and she could stay in L.A.  She ultimately chose our marriage over Hollywood and decided to come with me.  So, she sublet our apartment, repacked our stuff, and shipped it back to Texas.  It traveled through California, Arizona, and New Mexico…before finally arriving in Texas.

All told, our stuff has seen more of the United States than we have!  Or at least the western half.

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