On his first he got stuck in Kansas City because he was flying American Airlines and they grounded all their flights because their data base got all messed up, so he ended up staying an extra night and getting an early flight out. When he got home Wednesday he was exhausted and went to take a nap as I went for Story time at the library. When I was at the library Joe got woken up from his nap with a phone call from the company he had just interviewed for with a job offer. He immediately called me and told me they had made an offer and had met all of his requested as far as location and salary and said they were flexible with a start date. We were super excited but wanted to wait a few days just to make sure it was the right. We asked for a fly out to the actual site (he had only gone to the company's national headquarters) but decided to accept anyway. So he cancelled his other interview and instead of flying out alone for a job interview in Oregon, we both went down to Port Arthur, TX the next week leaving Kyra with a babysitter, my sister and a few friends for when she already had plans.
Port Arthur
Joe and I flew into Houston on Thursday and drove the hour and a half to Port Arthur where we had just committed to move. About a half hour after we got the the hotel, Joe's new boss and his wife took us out to dinner at this awesome Seafood restaurant in Beaumont. The next day we woke up and headed over to the chemical plant that Joe would be working at. We went to the office building at the plant and looked over in the direction of where Joe would actually be assigned to, saw a flow chart of the process, and said hello to a few other people who were there (the plant gives their engineers every other Friday off so there weren't many people there). We were at the plant for maybe an hour and then took the rest of the day looking at different apartment complexes with a general idea of when we might want to move in. On the last complex Joe and I both liked it, made the deposit and signed up with a general date (which was kind of crazy because we had never talked to Joe's company and relocation department). The next day we flew out of Houston in the early evening, so we went up early and went to the aquarium, which was pretty cool.
Kyra and aunt Tara
So I was worried about leaving Kyra for a few days because in the past she has gotten really clingy if I leave her for too many hours, but she did great! We talked to her on the phone every night and she had a blast with my friends and her aunt Tara. Tara had a little phone shoot with Kyra while we were gone, here are some of the pictures.
