Here's the Scoop

I am currently living and working in Abilene, Texas. For those of you out of state, Abilene is 3 hours west of Dallas. Compared to Dallas, a city of 2 million, Abilene is a blip on the radar. It's a town of about 115,000 located smack dab in what I like to call the Bible Belt! Life here is slower paced, perhaps more simple and less pretentious than the Dallas area. It definitely has its charm, but I have to admit I miss my big city!

I moved here in Decmeber of 2010...basically because I had noting better to do! I could not find a teaching job in Dallas, saved some money from an office administration job I was working, and picked up and moved to Abilene where I basically knew 1 person, my best friend from college. A month later I was hired on as a crisis line advocate at Noah Project, where I am still working. We are a non-profit domestic violence shelter. I worked as the crisis line advocate for about 4 months and moved into a victim advocate position around May. I love my job. I work directly with victims of domestic violence who come in for shelter or those who don't necesarrily need safe shelter, but still need someone to talk to and assist them in their decision making. We are a small agency and I work with some of the most amazing people I've ever met.

Along this journey came David. David and I met in early April of this year. He went to high school with my best friend I spoke of earlier, which is how we wound up meeting. We've had a whirlwind of a relationship. We met, fell in love, and moved in together within 2 months...and another 2 months later we found out we are expecting! Almost all of David's family is here, however we are planning on moving to Dallas sometime in the next year after the baby is born. But in the meantime, we have an excellent support system here and lots of eager family members awaiting the new arrival! We are starting to look for a bigger house. We currently live in a 1 bedroom duplex; clearly this will not suffice! Agreeing on a house, and area of town has been a little tricky though! I figure my need to nest and nagging about it will reign over his desires though! Bratty? Yes, perhaps a bit!

In other miscellaneous news, I still have Daisy. For those of you who don't know Daisy, she's my cocker spaniel...who has basically been my first child! I think she already suspects something's up because she definitely seems to be favoring David over me, which is completely unlike her. I got Daisy when she was about 7 weeks old and she just turned 6 in August. Needless to say, I'm a little worried about her transition from being the "only child"! We shall see how this adjustment goes though.