Additional thoughts

Matt & I just want to say "thank you" to everyone who have shared their thoughts and prayers for us through blog comments, facebook comments, wall posts, retweets, direct messages, emails, facebook messages, phone calls, and intentional seek-outs at our respective places of business. Your support, your words, your kindness and your genuine care for us has been overwhelming.

We are humbled, we are thinking, we are talking, we are praying.

We did some math today and figured out that relocating to Greenfield, which is about 30 minutes between both Carmel and Shelbyville, we will reduce our "car time" by approximately 14 hours a week between the four of us. The kids and I would lose about 2 hours each and Matt would gain a whooping 8 hours of his life back weekly that he's currently spending in the car.

Now, before you get all "he's only worked there a week" on me, let me give you just a squench more background information:
1) Matt has been working on the North Side since August 2009.
2) We've been driving an hour (or more) to church at least once a weekend (most times twice) since about April 2010.
3) Matt tried to move us to Shelbyville last fall. I don't know why, but this seems relevant.
4) Matt actually came into a good bit of job security--he was told in his initial interview that NVCLC prefers to hire on a long-term basis and that they're well aware that it could take a year or two to "get his feet underneath him"
5) Contrary to popular belief, Matt's job is a FULL TIME job. While he makes a good deal less than he did at Liberty Mutual there at the end, his salary is still ever-so-slightly HIGHER than his base at his first two post-college professional jobs.
6) We're still thinking historical as far as homes go--we just can't see ourselves in Vinyl Village.

Again, we thank you for all of your kind words and prayers. We will do our best to keep you both updated and entertained as we continue down the path that God has set before us. Blessings to you all.