It will be Christmas in England!

I may be getting into the spirit a little early but I can't help myself! I am so excited to go there and spend an entire month! I leave December 12th and return January 9th. While we still have no set plan for ending the long distance we do have a short term solution. We see each other next month in New York. Then I go for a month in December and he comes here (Lord willing...cross your fingers, say your prayers, send your thoughts..etc) in February to work for awhile! That buys us time to figure things out with BOTH of us working and NOT going more than just over a month without seeing each other. We are both encouraged by this and know that something WILL work out. We just need to be patient.

I will be spending Christmas and New Years in his hometown of Clitheroe.

Its a really cute place. Never do much driving there, its a small enough town you can walk everywhere. A few of the Underwood's closest friends actually live on the same street as Mark's parents. If there is one thing I loved most about this town and his family is that their family extends into their large group of friends. I have never experienced this before. Everyone has such a great time together. There is a local pub all of these people go to and when I was there they had a "do" (what we'd call a party) and EVERYONE was there! We danced all night! It was by far one of the most fun nights I have ever had. I was welcomed right in and thrown around the dance floor by many family friends! I felt at home. Actually, it was this night that I realized that I could move to England. I had a peace about it that is hard to explain but was really wonderful.

One set of grandparents live in a cute tiny town called Slaidburn (yet pronounced Slaben-they like to trick me with these).

See it out there? That tiny little town. It has a lot of character and holds many of Mark's childhood memories. His grandparents used to own a farm out there but now live in town. Its a really cute place.

I hope to see London at Christmas time as well. I found this picture of the Tower Bridge and what could be more romantic? It looks so beautiful!
I will keep you up to date if anything else changes. I will definetly post after I go to New York. I am sure we'll get some GREAT photos there. If anything else exciting happens between now and then I'll let you know :)

The Adventure Continues :)

The trip to New York is all planned :) We're taking a long weekend at the end of October, arriving on a Thursday and leaving early Monday morning. This way we can both get some work hours in Monday afternoon/evening.

Mark's aunt works for Louis Vuitton and lives in New York. She's being so generous and letting us stay at her place. From what Mark has said it's an amazing apartment. You walk out the door (that a doorman opens for you!) and there is Central Park. I am really looking forward to seeing New York in the fall, especially Central Park (pictured above).

As for our "new plan." Nothing is set in stone yet but we are tossing around a few ideas. His project that was to start in December over in Renton has been pushed to February :( It may also be only one month instead of three! So, our tentative plan is for me to work as much as I can between now and December, then I will go over to England as a visitor and stay until he comes here in February. I will be working a lot between now and then so that I can save money to live off of over there for a couple months. We'll see if this even works out. Quitting the job I have now will not be easy. Its a great job with wonderful benefits that I don't want to give up unless we have a really really great plan :) ESPECIALLY since I cannot work in England at this point.

I know something will work out, I just wish I knew when, what, where?? All those important questions :)