27 April 2010

The cat is out of the bag

Inspired by JP's post at Buttered Noodles I'm writing to tell of the news I hinted at towards the end of March...

As of April 1st, after 12 years of commuting to & from NYC (120 miles round trip, or roughly four hours a day give or take 30 odd minutes) - I left my job. Starting May 1st I am enrolled as a student at the Institute for Therapeutic Massage. I am studying, first, to get my certificate in Oncology Massage and then after, to get my certificate in Eastern Bodywork.

This is something I've been wanting to do for a looooong time and finally we were able to save enough scratch to help take the sting out of my lack of full-time employment. It's a big change for us in so many ways but one we're looking forward to, albeit with a teeny, tiny amount of trepidation.

In the interim we took a trip, which was a gift to me from my most amazing husband, and I will post a link to photos soon. Otherwise, I've been home doing this & that and basically ignoring my blog.

Stay tuned for the trip photos link! Until then...

3 comments:

Broomcakes said...

Wow! Congratulations! That is incredible news! Best of luck with the program, but I know you'll do fabulously.

JP said...

Congratulations!!!! 4 hours of commuting a day?!?!? Sheeeeeeesh, and I thought I had it bad with an hour each way to get to my temp job.

Oh, this is going to be so good - and here's to fabulous husbands who support their wives' dreams! What would we do without them?

Laura @ the shorehouse. said...

I can't wait to hear how it's going!! I am so happy for you. We have to meet-up one day soon to catch-up for sure.