We're Moving

A New Job, A New Home and A New Adventure...

Last Friday I accepted a Software Project Manager position with Baxa, a small medical device company in Englewood, CO. The new job will be a great opportunity for me to grow professionally. I have since submitted a resignation letter to Medtronic with my last day as July 17th. We'll do RAGBRAI the week after and my first day in Colorado will be July 29th.

I have been looking for different opportunities for about 3 years now. I started looking internal to Medtronic but with the current business climate and the (now yearly) layoffs there was little to find. I settled into the, "Be glad you have a job" attitude for a couple years and then realized I'm unhappy because I'm not learning and growing. After submitting numerous resumes to postings in the Twin Cities and Denver I interviewed with three companies, all of which were out of state.

The plan for now is to sell the house with me (and Boo) moving ahead and living with my sister. Holly and Lilly will live here in Minnesota until the house sells and then we'll look for a new home in our new state. We'll also have to sell the boat and Waverunner.

We believe this will be good for a number of reasons. We hope to find a neighborhood with more kids and we'll love living closer to a family member (my sister and brother-in-law live in Denver). It will be a lot of work and is very hard leaving the people to whom we've grown close. It's hard to leave something comfortable. It will also be a fun adventure as we move and figure out a new place.

Thank you to everyone who has befriended us here. You've helped us grow. We will truly miss you.