Homeless and unemployed

It has been a crazy week for the Leonards.  I officially finished my family medicine residency on August 31st.  This has begun a strange and unfamiliar feeling of minimal responsibility, no paychecks, and no 'offical' place to live.  Jess and I have been blessed to have been provided for in a variety of ways.  Let's start at the beginning.

On Monday, August 29th our PODS container arrived.  With the help of Brian Huber and Jeff and Kapri Hill the storage unit was loaded in 3 stressful days.  On the 31st our lease ended, I became an attending, the pod was shipped/stored, and the Leonards became pilgrims.    A sincere thank you to our "mover" friends without whom we would have started our journey with a stumble.

We were fortunate to have formed a great number of families in the South Bend area.  From work friends to gym friends to neighbors and church friends, we had a long list of people to say goodbye to.  If you're reading this blog, you're likely one of the people who had an impact on our lives in Indiana. 

Our last days in South Bend were a whirlwind of goodbyes.  We were thankful to spend a night with Jim and Holly Mumaw and enjoy some of their amazing home-made peanut butter & chocolate ice cream.  The following night, Mike and Margie Reichmann took us in (and fed us an amazing dinner).  Thursday morning (this is Sept 2nd now :) we drove Lucy down to the farm where she'll be boarded for 40 days :(   She definitely knew something was going on and kept us up the night before with her constant whimpering.   And with that we left South Bend.  We spent a day with my parents and my brother Bob and his wife Megan (and their male fetus!) Congrats, again, Bob and Meg! It was wonderful to catch-up and spend some quality time with family.

Well, we're officially pilgrims.  We have no address.  We have no schedule.  We have dear friends who continue to house us (thanks PJ and Steph).  We are excited and nervous for our trip.  We appreciate everyone's support and prayers.  We'll check in again soon.  Feel free to post your thoughts and share our blog address :)