*no we are not pregnant, stop getting your hopes up

so at the end of this month is when deeann’s current contract comes due with the hospital she is with currently. it turns out, due to many different circumstances, there are no nursing jobs in portland. most every hospital is in a hiring freeze.
what does this mean for us? well as most of you know, deeann works very hard to support the two of us. i do not have a job, nor would i be able to find a job that would support both of us. i’m currently wrapping up my internship and i’m in a transition period in the next few weeks.
while looking for a job for deeann, she inquired with her recruiter if there were any jobs in phoenix or iowa. it turns out there is an opening in the very same unit at the university hospital in iowa city that she used to work in. the decision we’ve come to is that she will move back to iowa city for three months, hoping that something will open again here in portland at the end of that contract.
this has all been decided in the last week or two. we originally had a trip planned for an iowa visit in the middle of february. that trip is still in my plans, and i’ve decided to extend my trip to a month since i will have nothing to hurry back to here in portland and deeann will be working in iowa city.
the next few weeks and months have a lot in store for us. mostly, we’re both excited for a new setting and opportunity. hopefully it won’t be as hard as it seems it will be.