{"id":923,"date":"2012-05-29T18:51:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T22:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/?p=923"},"modified":"2012-09-03T09:03:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:03:44","slug":"starting-the-new-job-moving-to-the-midwest-where-is-all-our-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/2012\/05\/29\/starting-the-new-job-moving-to-the-midwest-where-is-all-our-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting the “New” Job, Moving to the Midwest, & Where is all our stuff?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings and salutations faithful Stapleton Blog Readers!<\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a long few months without an update so I thought I would catch everyone up.\u00c2\u00a0 As is tradition when I have let the blog go stale I will catch you up in chronological order.<\/p>\n

November<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>On November 15th<\/sup> I began to take over my new responsibilities in Nebraska.\u00c2\u00a0 This began a 45-day period of me unraveling from my old job in WV and beginning to take on new duties in the mid-west.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 This was my first time back to Nebraska in 4 years so I stayed over the weekend to begin looking for places to live.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanksgiving began the worst spade of headaches Jess has had since the wreck 3+ years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 (The wreck was 4 years ago in January)<\/p>\n

December<\/strong><\/p>\n

Was more of the same I traveled between WV & NE trying to get into the grove of my new job and finishing up the projects with my old one.\u00c2\u00a0 Jess\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s headaches show no sign of letting up and she has hardly worked since the week of Thanksgiving.\u00c2\u00a0 We hobbled through the holidays as best we could, as her moments of feeling good were few and far between.\u00c2\u00a0 I took most of the end of December off to be with Jess and family during the holidays.\u00c2\u00a0 As of 12\/31\/11, I was free of my job responsibilities in WV and I’m turned lose on the Midwest.<\/p>\n

January<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 9th<\/sup> I began 4 \u00c2\u00bd months of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153commuting\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to my job in Nebraska.\u00c2\u00a0 I left on Mondays and, for the most part, come back every other Friday.\u00c2\u00a0 In January, we put down an offer on a new construction home that was being finished (which begins a merry tale that I will elaborate on later).\u00c2\u00a0 Jess worked one full week at the end of January and that would be the last time she worked in the Cabell County School system.\u00c2\u00a0 Her headaches increased in such severity and frequency she was pretty much unable to function except to go to doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appointments.\u00c2\u00a0 I came home every other week and took care of her as best I could.\u00c2\u00a0 She took a FMLA leave the first week of February hoping that her job would be preserved and that we would be able to get the headaches under control.<\/p>\n

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February<\/strong><\/p>\n

Was more of the same I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m working things out with my new job and Jess\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s headaches were not showing any sign of letting up, no matter what we tried.\u00c2\u00a0 Jess was on medical leave the entire month of February, and I spent my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153spare\u00e2\u20ac\u009d time trying to get the NE house closed on.<\/p>\n

March<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well March was a little eventful.<\/p>\n