So, for those who don't know, my man is in Kansas working for a custom harvest crew driving a truck. He is being paid very well for the area, loves the job, loves the company, and is currently a foreman. The company is set to grow quickly and he wants to be a part of that. His best friend and his BF's brother are also out there. The crew lives in trailer houses. Nice ones that were custom built for the company.
So he left on April 15 of this year and has been out there ever since. He also had worked 2 months last fall. While he was gone, we talked on the phone and/or chatted online nearly every day. I drove out from Connecticut at the beginning of this month (Sept) to visit him for about 2 weeks. And arrived home late Tuesday night.
The company wants to hang onto the three guys so much that they've offered to pay them their regular salary through the winter. This is unheard of for a harvesting company. It shows how much dedication they have to their employees.
I like the area a lot. No traffic. It's a smaller town, but there are plenty of businesses. Much of the town is farmland with crops growing. Houses are much less expensive. Life runs slower. It is in the bible belt, but nobody's pressured. There are no strip clubs within reasonable driving distance and the people there would not be accepting of such a thing.. The town is also about 4 hours away from one of my uncles and three of my cousins and their families.
So now we are trying to figure out the logistics so that my man can continue to work for the company while I continue to plan the wedding, without going too long in between seeing each other. We are getting the plan together.
After we are married, we both want to start our own family. Kansas looks like an affordable place to do so for us.
I'm not really sure how I feel about hanging up my heels for good. It means another part of my life has passed me by, but it gives me the opportunity to grow up and move on. I've wanted to have kids for some time now. Even now, not having danced for about 3 weeks and knowing I should work tonight, I'm not even sure I want to go in. But I need to. Living on just his income worked for a little while, but now I need to get back to it.
Wish me luck!



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