Our decision to shake things up a bit

There is something about being away from family that makes me want to make sure that I keep a record of my life. Maybe it's just being away from the normal, being away from everything that I consider safe and within my comfort zone? Either way, here I am with an update. 

We moved! Honestly, once Scott graduated from dental school I though the most adventurous part of our life was over. We would move to Utah, live a very predictable life, settle and be there for the rest of the life. Well, that's exactly where our life was going. Scott was working as a dentist with his dad. We found the perfect neighborhood with some of the most amazing friends for both us and our kids. I never in a million years would ever thought that we would leave. Then COVID... Scott had just bought into a dental practice and then it got shut down. Some loss of patients is normal when a new doctor comes into an office, but when you add shutting down the office for a couple months due to a worldwide pandemic things didn't turn out quite the way we had envisioned. 

Every once in a while, during the last 4 years (especially after a tight month financially) Scott would throw out the idea of leaving Utah to practice somewhere else. Usually it was just his way of letting me know he was frustrated about how things were going at the office. The conversation never went past that. 2020 was a strange year for everyone. Mid-January Scott threw out the same comment about maybe looking elsewhere. This time we jumped online just to get an idea of what was out there, buying a practice, working for a practice? In Utah and out of Utah. We looked to see what the salaries are for dentists in other states. We figured that it would be better if we were at least informed about what our choices were if we ever actually NEEDED to find another dental job elsewhere. 

There happened to be a dentist from Oklahoma looking for a new associate. He was making a trip out to Utah a week later and we decided to meet up with him to see what this opportunity could be. After the meeting Scott and I felt really good about the opportunity. We didn't think it would happen as fast as it did, but the way things happened it didn't really allow for things to progress much slower than they did. Mid-February Scott and I both flew out to Tulsa to check out the area and see if it was a place that we could see ourselves. A couple weeks later we listed out house for sale, a week after that Scott moved to Tulsa while I finished packing. It's crazy how in a couple months life can be completely re-directed. There are so many things that I already miss, but we are excited to see where this adventure takes us.