Guess what? I'm about to experience some culture shock.
We have accepted a job offer for Mike to be the City Manager of Clifton, TN. Fantastic, right?!
Two things:
1. Being a City Manager is what Mike has dreamed about and worked towards since he was fifteen years old. He worked in various local government jobs and earned his MPA with the explicit goal of managing a city someday. Yesterday at 8PM, Mike got called up to the big leagues - Dream. Come. True.
2. Clifton is a town in Wayne County, Tennessee, about two hours south of Nashville. It has a population of about 2,800 people (smaller than my undergraduate university) and the WalMart is 18 miles from downtown.
I should start developing my Hungarian accent now, because my life just turned into Green Acres.
As much as I've teased Mike about how tiny this town seems, I'm actually really excited to have another adventure. When we moved to DC we didn't know a soul either, we just sort of rolled up with our bags packed and really made something of ourselves. I can't wait to see what Clifton holds for us... it seems like a really neat place -- it's right on the picturesque Tennessee river and, according to Mike, the people have all the Southern hospitality in the world. Also, the standard of living is so much cheaper down there, we will actually be able to buy a house (ahhh all of my Pinterest pins can finally materialize!) and start having babies. Mike also promised that I could get a puppy...
I'm thinking about naming it Arnold.
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