…well, not really. Right now we’re actually housesitting in the suburbs. But Josh works downtown, and last week I took the train up one evening and met him for dinner. It’s fun to have a big city close by to explore.
Yep, we’re here! After a weekend of driving, we arrived at our new home (that is, extended stay hotel) Sunday night the week before last. Here’s us saying goodbye to Provo:
And us right before we left.
Our car was riding a little low…
…because it was filled with all of our life that we’ll need for nine weeks in Dallas:
So after a day and a half of driving…
…we reached Texas!
And then after some more driving, we arrived! Here’s some pictures of our temporary home.
You can pretty much see all of it in these three pictures (except the bathroom). It’s just a tiny little studio-apartment type hotel room with a sink, fridge, table, bed, and TV. What more do you need, right? And it was definitely the cheapest and easiest option we found.
Josh is really enjoying his internship, and I’m just working from home, and we’re doing great! It’s been a fun summer so far, already filled with a few family reunions (watch for posts to come). We’re also really looking forward to exploring Dallas while we’re here. So if you know of anything awesome to do here, let us know!
That’s right, we’re Texas-bound this summer! And why? Because Josh got an awesome internship there! He was looking into several places for a summer internship, but his top pick was Pariveda Solutions, an IT consulting firm based in Dallas, Texas. And thanks to Josh’s impressive resume and his great interview skills (but Josh says mostly thanks to helpful people in the firm and lots of blessings), he was the one intern selected from BYU to go! We’re super excited for the adventure ahead.
So details: the internship is June 21 to August 20, just about 9 weeks. Josh will be training, learning, and even visiting clients for the internship. (For all of who who don’t know what IT consulting is – ahem, like I didn’t before Josh explained it to me – basically it involves helping other companies run their information and technology stuff better.) He’s looking forward to learning a lot and trying out consulting first-hand.
And thanks to more awesome blessings and very nice employers, I’ll be lucky enough to work remotely while we’re in Dallas, hooray! That will be an adventure, too, but I’m excited for it. So all of the pieces are falling into place! Well, most all. Does anyone know of a cheap, already-furnished apartment in Dallas that will let us rent for three months? ;-) So, we’re not sure exactly how housing will happen yet, but we’re working on it.
So we feel very fortunate and very excited. And we’ll be able to visit our family in Texas over the summer! So often, Josh and I just look at our life and say, “How did this awesomeness happen to us?” We really do feel extremely blessed and we’re loving life. Stay tuned for updates about our hopefully successful housing search, and we’ll see you in Texas this summer!
