So, its our fourth week here in Florida! Right now it is a gorgeous 86 degrees with a nice breeze, and I just googled the weather for NOVA and it said the same thing! I’m anxious to see what the weather is going to be like around Christmas time. Speaking of the holidays, it’s going to be so strange not being around family for Thanksgiving and Christmas. As much as Kesar and I would love to fly up for the holidays the money situation doesn’t quite work out. Also, I’m trying to get a job (I didn’t even last a month before I started going nuts) and I’m afraid that if I book the flight now then get a job I won’t be able to get off. ESPECIALLY because my parents are coming down here the first week of December and I want to make sure that I am off for those days.  Therefore it looks like the first time I’ll be up to NOVA won’t be untill next year! My goal right now is to try and find a job because staying home all day is just not cutting it. The job hunt is a little hard now because I’m not sure what I want to do.. it stinks but unfortunately there is not much you can do with a BS in Pysch, all Pysch related jobs require a Masters and training I do not have.  So we will see what happens!

In the meantime while Kesar is off bringing home the money I went a bought my first DSLR camera! I’ve been wanting one for awhile, and it’s fun to have something to play around with. It takes beautiful photos and I’ve really enjoyed snapping pictures of Lacy and taking it to the beach. My goal was to take it to the zoo last weekend, but since it was too hot I’m hoping this weekend or next I will be able to use my photography skills on the lucky animals at the zoo

I made a shutterfly site (I LOVE SHUTTERFLY) that will have all of our new photos uploaded to. The URL is: http://jessicaandkesar.shutterfly.com. I’ll make a note on here each time our shutterfly page is updated with new photos

XOXO Jessica

Moving away is hard. Moving away was hard for me because I left everything, everyone I have ever known. I left a lot of good friends in Virginia, as well as some family members. It is one thing moving 3 hours away to start college (I only lasted 1 semester by the way) or down the road to live with your future husband. What is hard is moving 13 hours away to a completely different environment away from everything you are used to. The busy, Washington DC Metropolitian area is nothing like the laid back style Jacksonville, Florida. I knew this from the beginning but I did not realize how drastic the change was untill I lived it. It’s a great change, a change in which allows me to feel as though I am living the life I am meant to live. That is, a life in which I can wake up and not worry about traffic, bad weather or drama. A life in which there is no drama but easy roads, lots of things to do and a carefree lifestyle. I think it is something in the air but life as a Florida resident does feel different than life as a DC person. People are just so much happier here. A simple trip to PUBLIX (equivelent to a nice version of Giant, Safeway or Food Lion) is not complete with out a dozen “How are You”s and “Have a Great Day”! In fact, if it weren’t for the friendly Floridians, we would never have known our favorite Hummus was buy 1 get one free. We would not see smiling people everywhere we go saying, “hello” and “how’s it going”.  In NOVA, the simple sale would have been unknown and a trip to the grocery store would not feel like a welcomed, loving-like community. And the moment you heard a complete stranger say hello you would look twice and think, what is this guy thinking??

So yes, moving away is hard, especially when you move 13 hours away to a lifestyle that is new to you. But what makes it nice is that the place you are moving to is 100x friendlier, climate 100x warmer (snow and I are not friends), and 100x better than the life you have known before. The friends will be missed, but they can be called or facebooked (thank you technology) and the family will be missed, but they can always be called or facebooked, and with that…. the life you live now is not only better, but allows you to practice your communication skills. Also… who doesn’t want to visit someone who lives right near the beach?

ps- 3 beaches later, ponte vedra beach kicks butt compared to the others…. 15 minutes away, easy, free parking… I’m sold. Pictures coming soon.