Adios Amigos!

Yep, you heard the rumors right, we are moving to California for the summer! We had a very difficult time deciding whether or not we wanted to go out for another summer, but we finally decided, what the heck, we're young we might as well go take a vacation and have some fun even if we don't end up making a lot of money. It was hard for me to decide if I wanted to go or not because I feel like we have established ourselves so well in our current apartment. It feels like it is our home, and it feels weird to be leaving it. I don't know if we will be able to get back in the same apartment when we get back.
Originally we weren't planning on going out again for the summer because Gabe thought that he would need to take some spring/summer classes at BYU, but turns out he is right on track (yay Gabe!) and he doesn't have to. We then started thinking about maybe going to Oklahoma to try and sell instead or even going back to Kenai Alaska where we were last year. We thought it would be cool to go back to Alaska, and we would be able to "do it right" this time and take more pictures and go explore more, but Im pretty sure that our car wouldn't make it up there and we would be moving around all the time again. It just wasn't the best environment.
A couple weeks ago Gabes boss called him to let him know that they were opening an office in California that they wanted him to be lead tech over and we jumped at the opportunity. He will get a salary, I can relax by the pool, its less then half a day away, and we will be in permanent housing the whole summer. Or so they say! The city we were first called to was Modesto. And then they changed their mind and told us we were going to Manteca. And then they changed it again yesterday and said we're going to Stockton. I think that Stockton is the place we really should be going, because we were told thats where they found housing. But who really knows if its final?! But really, its about a week before we leave, they SHOULD know by now.. The apartments they were looking into in Manteca were really really nice, and I was looking foward to it A LOT because of the pool and the all around luxury of it all, but I heard it was a hick town and there wasn't much to do there. Now that I know, or think, we are going to Stockton, Ive been looking into what the town is like and I think we will like it. It sounds like there is a lot to do there. AND... its right by 2 large shopping malls :) Right down the street. I think I will do just fine!
It will be super interesting to see what this summer brings us, its always a huge surprise. I expect that Gabe will be pretty busy at first getting everything organized and then hopefully we'll have a bit more down time to go see the sites and spend time with each other. While Gabe is out working during the day I plan on working more on my etsy shop. I haven't added anything new lately because I have been super stressed out about getting everything ready for the summer. But that is my main focus for the summer is to get my etsy shop a 'rockin. I really enjoy painting and wish I had more time for it. We leave in about a week from now. Gabe is finishing up the school year with finals all this week and we will be making our rounds to say adios to as many people as we can. Stress is high, believe me. But I try and get rid of it by daydreaming about days on the beach. It works pretty well, I hope this will be worth it!