Allow me to introduce myself...

I am a 27 year old female and it seems as if my life is in a state of in between.

I currently live in Saint Louis, MO with my two, four legged children Leroy and Princess. I got married a couple of months ago but my husband is in the military and lives in another state about 2 1/2 hours north of Saint Louis. People are constantly asking me how married life is and I feel like I'm letting them down when I tell them, I don't know...my husband lives in a different state.

Erick has two children from a previous marriage, Jillian is 8 going on 16 and Zack is 3. I'm adjusting to being a step mom, even if it is only part time. We have them every other weekend but for the past month it has been every weekend which becomes a little frustrating since it is the only time Erick and I have together.

Erick is in the Navy and recently got selected for a job in Portsmouth, Virginia, so it looks like we'll be moving. I was raised in New Jersey and plucked into a new high school in a Saint Louis suburb in tenth grade so I've had experience with drastic moves. My sophomore year of college I moved away from Saint Louis to attend Mizzou in a town where I knew no one. Again, another drastic move. Except there is more at stake now and I am feeling the pressure of trying to work full time, attend grad school, buy our first home...14 hours away, and find a new job that I won't hate.

The job search has proven to be frustrating, draining, depressing, horrible....you get the point. Constant rejection without even the courtesy rejection notice. I have become a stalker of my email and voice mails and constantly checking online for open positions.

One of the problems I keep running into is timing. Nobody really seems to want to talk to me about positions until closer to the time Erick will be relocating, even though I've made it clear I'm willing to relocate earlier than him. I like for things to be organized and planned. Call me anal retentive but I want to know what job I'm going to have, how much I'm going to be payed, and when I will start so that I can plan accordingly.

I've reached out for a lot of help and advice over the past couple of months and hopefully I will see the payoff of all my efforts very soon!