a new role...becoming a reality

so i quit my job yesterday. well, kind of. i quit my job march 15, and though it feels a long way out, i know it will come quickly. it was such a hard conversation to have with my boss, but she took it surprisingly well. in fact, i'm pretty sure she knew something like this might happen. she's a hard one to figure out but she was really supportive. i explained my desire to be at home for a little while, and also that we really needed to make a change in the commuting situation for chris. he is in the car for 3 hours each day, and that is really starting to become hard. he leaves before i wake up and doesn't get home until 8 at night. it's something we've managed for the last 8 months, but when the baby comes, i can't stand the thought of him only being home with us (and awake) for an hour and a half each day. it just can't work, so we're going to move...again. i'm actually excited about this move. we'll be in "the city" again, with LOTS of things to do. of course i will miss being close to my friends and family here, but we're already at least a half hour from everyone as it is, and that's been difficult already. at least now we'll live somewhere that's fun for people to visit :)
so as i wind down my last weeks at work (just 9 weeks and 2 days left...crazy!), i'm starting to reflect on what this new stage of life will be like. i can't imagine not working. i've been working on some level since i was 16. part of how i define myself is through my work. and now i'll have a much different job. one i am so excited about i can hardly stand it! i am going to really miss what i do here. but i am also really feeling like it's time to make a transition. even if that transition were something other than having a baby, i was really starting to feel like something needed to be different. so this feels like perfect timing. God's timing. i can't say enough how much more perfect God's plan has been for us than the one i had created. on so many levels, it's so much better for us to have a child now than it would have been 1 year ago. it's taken me a long time to see that, but the beauty of that realization is incredible.