Washington Take Two!

Hmm...

Should I write this detailed and philosophical or simple and logical???

Well, I am going to go with the just spill the beans approach.

As some of you already know, Kelly and I are moving back up to WA. The decision was officially made last week after Kelly spoke with the chief of police at his old department and was offered his previous job and seniority back. Even his spot on the SWAT team is waiting for him! Kelly is on cloud nine, he now has an end in site to this crazy California schedule. It seems as though having only 2-3 days off per month was going to be the norm down here, and well that is no way to live. As for me, I am planning on keeping my agent down here and will make a trip back down if my phone ever rings to schedule an amazing audition. Thankfully, my contract is non-exclusive, so I can also sign with a regional agent up in Washington if I decide to.
So, the adventure is not over.

As for the nitty gritty...

We do not know where we are going to live yet, we may just rent for a while and house hunt when we are more settled, but we really do not know.

Kelly is set to start work on July 1st.

I have already started job hunting and am not sure what exactly I will do, but I am looking forward to having steady work. For the past two years I have had a "flexible" work schedule between substituting and acting down here, and I am looking forward to hopefully having a job that I go to at the same time, same location etc. That is definitely a change from how I felt even a year ago.

More thoughts than I usually share...

When we moved down here, I had one goal in mind, that whenever we returned back to WA, whether it be 6 months or 6 years, that I could return knowing that I tried my best. I am happy to say that I will be returning with no regrets. I have seen things that I dreamt about seeing, met people who I grew up watching and have been stretched more than I have been in a very long time. Before we moved down here, I wasn't even brave enough to say, "I am an actor," I felt like I had to give a song and dance explanation of who I was and what I was doing. I feel like being down here made me confident that I wasn't crazy, that I didn't need to apologize for what I was doing, and that I didn't need to feel bad for being the "random" friend who had done various jobs and was always moving onto the next project. I have become just a little more comfortable in my skin and I think that that will help me wherever I live.
I had always felt like acting/performing was almost like this burden, that it was somehow my job to figure out how to use it and to make the most of it. Then, it hit me the other day just as I felt that fear creeping up on me again... that God designed me to use me. I am available and eager to do what He wants me to, often I do not know what that looks like, but again that is not my job. My job is to be obedient to Him and trust wholeheartedly, even when I cannot see the big picture. I feel like a ginormous weight has been lifted. I recently confided in a friend that I had a fear of not being great, with my "revelation" I was reminded that this life is not about whether or not the world thinks I am great, it is about knowing His greatness.

"Great is our Lord and mighty in power;

his understanding has no limit."

Psalm 147:5