My new life...

So, I stand now at the start of a new era in life.  I recently accepted a job offer for a non-travel position at a local software company.  For the first time in over 6 years, I will have free evenings.  I can't say that I remember exactly what that feels like but I know that for a while I have been sorely missing them. 

I think for many people a job change might not be as big a deal as this one is for me.  It's not just a career  move, it's a complete change in lifestyle.  I no longer have to live out of a suitcase, sleep in a different bed every week or feel like a visitor in my own home. I thought it was funny to find out yesterday as I did laundry that we don't have enough pants hangers in the house.  Turns out that we haven't needed hangers for my work pants since we moved in together. Little things like that keep cropping up to remind me of just how a big a change this is.

So, instead of kissing Britt goodbye before heading to the airport at 4am on Monday, then not seeing her again until Friday evening when I return home, I now look forward to kissing her goodbye at 8am on Monday morning when I drop her off at her building, then picking her up at 5pm and driving home together. I look forward to evening meals with my wife, to sleeping beside her in our bed and enjoying our shower in the morning. I'm excited to plan evening meals out with friends, mow the lawn after work, and have friends over to sit around the fire pit outside on a random Wednesday. 

As my new life begins and some sense of normalcy kicks in, a warm feeling of relief is growing. So this morning I breath in a deep sigh, sit back and enjoy some coffee at home.  Ah, home at last.