Dancing with Georgia on My Mind

Last night was a very emotional night in the White household.

Around 7pm, it was a sad emotion that our favorite tv show was about to air the season finale. That meant no more lyrical hip-hop, no more Mia Michaels or Lil' C choreography, or heartbreaking contemporary routines. No more Kat Deely, Katee, Joshua, or Twitch. We had reserved ourselves to accept the fact that we won't be fully entertained by tv again until next year.

At 9pm the mood turned into excited hysterical crying (let me clarify; I was hysterical. Ben was a little more reserved, but I think he was feeling just the same in the inside, really) when the winner of SYTYCD was announced. Sweet, sweet, precious moment. I was dancing on the inside I was so excited.

I would upload the video if I knew how, but I am not that talented. Just go to YouTube and search 'sytycd winner announced' if you didn't see it.


Rewind to about 5pm yesterday evening. We get a call from Ben's parents.

Just to catch you up, Ben's dad has been looking at transferring his job to somewhere hopefully a little closer to Alabama and TN (right now they are living in Texarkana).

There have been several possibilities to where he may be getting transferred. Some exciting, some not so exciting. Ok... more like downright terrifying. There was one position open in this town in Oklahoma that looked like it had come right out of the movie Deliverance.

Shudder.

See, we love to go visit Ben's parents, and its just been a emotional roller coaster of possibilities, and Texarkana is far far away. That town in Oklahoma was transposed on earth from another planet.

So we've all kind of been waiting to see what happens and what God had in store.

So, now we are back to the phone call yesterday -


I answer the phone and Ben's mom says "Daeon, we found out where David is going to take a transfer to work."

"Oh. Boy." I am literally holding my breath and thinking " please say somewhere nice and sunny. Nice and sunny and normal......"

"Well, I know it isn't as close to Alabama and to ya'll as we had originally planned"

Heart pains.
Ok.
Ok. Maybe we will all just start meeting in the middle at Chris' apartment in Tuscaloosa.
A safe midpoint of a normal town.


"Daeon, we'll be moving in October...

"... to SAVANNAH!"

" To whe....HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

So it wasn't exactly a ladylike response, but at that point I was screaming in my office at work, and had bolted out of my chair.

SAVANNAH?!?!? REALLY???

They didn't even tell us that was a possibility. Sneaky people.

Do you people know how long I have been wanting to go to Savannah? Now we can go whenever. And eat at the Lady & Sons. I could start singing a show tune. Oh, and that Georgia accent. Don't ask me why I love it, I just do. Admit it, its like words with butter.

So call me crazy, but we'll have family in Savannah, and I really am that excited about it.

later, ya'll!