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Washingtonian in Training

~ Crystle ~ 4 Comments

 I’ve done it again. I’ve gone off for another visit to my future stomping grounds. This time I spent more time in the area I’ll actually be living in, Tacoma, WA. We also purchased a new couch (or paradise found, as I more fondly prefer to verbalize it). More to come on that later. For now, check out my new town! I’ll be there in a matter of weeks.

 
Isaac went ahead and made us the newest members of the Tacoma Museum of Modern Art. Now we’ll be privy to all the new exhibits and we’ll get discounted admissions to the other museums in the area. They all have some very interesting exhibits. I’ll be honest, I was more fond of this MoMA (and the Glass Museum, for that matter) than the one I was married at!

 I’ve been in Oklahoma for nine years now, the downtown masonry of Tacoma was much like the downtown areas of Norman and OKC. The familiar materials in an unfamiliar territory definitely made me feel more at home.

 And Mexican Folk Art? Be-still my beating heart, Tacoma. I’m in love!
Let the countdown begin!

Happy Birthday Honey, I Quit My Job!

~ Crystle ~ 7 Comments

Today is Isaac’s 26th Birthday. It also happens to be the day I gathered enough gumption to turn in my official resignation letter at work. He was elated to hear the words “Happy Birthday, Honey. I quit my job!” as we’ve been planning my move to Washington for a month now. All the details had been hashed out, except my resignation.

I was planning on postponing the “I quit” day for a few more weeks, but I read this Thought Catalog article this morning and the courage I was lacking came to me thanks to the simple “You’ve got this,” from author Ciara Flynn. 

It’s uncanny how in-tune Thought Catalog seems to be with my current life events. It’s probably just because we’re all twenty-somethings going through the same phases, but the timing is absolutely striking. 


I’ve got two more months of residency in Oklahoma, a state I’ve called my home for nine years. Then it will be time to make my triumphant return to the PST.

Trail running, crafting, cooking and general house wifery will soon be the defining activities of my day. Family life is going to be a welcome change.