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I should be packing my bags and saying my goodbyes to board a 7am flight tomorrow and head back to Saipan.
But I'm not. I just officially cancelled our return tickets.
One year ago today, Josh and I had piles of clothes and boxes spread around my parents' house. We had a huge spaghetti dinner with close friends and family and then stayed up all night trying to efficiently pack all those piles into our suitcases. My mom came upstairs about 5am and I was still scrambling to get everything to fit. I broke down. It was a "why am I doing this? Do I really want to do this? I don't think I want to do this..." moment. I was panicked I was going to leave something I needed and I would never be able to replace it, because we were going to some tiny little island in the middle of nowhere and they don't even have Walmart!
I remember all the emotions as we left San Antonio for Houston, then Houston for Hawaii and sending countless text messages to people before the plane took off because I had a sinking feeling I wouldn't have any service when landed in Guam.
Today could be a repeat of all those emotions from last year (with a much better idea of what we're getting into), but it's not!
I'm sitting here today working on my resume and job hunting. I'm making plans for this week and next week and next month in the US with friends and family and I'm loving it! I love that we'll get to see my sister cheer her senior year of college and attend her graduation. I love that we'll be able to watch Josh's brother play on his high school football team. Or watch my cousins play in their school band, dance and cheer. We get to experience cold weather again! Eventually.
We have a plan: jobs, house, puppy. According to Josh everything needs to happen in that order. I'm thinking the puppy could come at any point during the process, but apparently that's just me. :)
We are both so glad for our experiences in Saipan, but we are looking forward to so many things this year.
