The New Road....

It's Official...The Sullivan Family is off on a new road!

Tom, Charlie and I are moving to Warsaw, Poland in early 2011.  Tom was promoted to General Manager at C.H. Robinson and will be in charge of managing the Warsaw, Poland office.  We are super excited about this new opportunity, so proud of Tom's accomplishments, and can't wait for the new experiences this will bring us as a family.  I am still figuring things out regarding my job and there is a decent possibility that I might even be able to transfer within Leo Burnett and work for their Warsaw office.  We will see....

All of this craziness started about two and a half months ago when Tom was approached regarding the opening in the Warsaw office.  Tom went through an intensive interview process at the corporate level and even underwent a psychological evaluation to ensure that he was "fit" for an international assignment.  Tom can now say that he is 100% not crazy....He even told the psychologist that he has a special "voice" that he uses to pretend he is talking as Charlie, our dog.  And somehow, that still did not persuade them against sending us.  : )   In addition to the interview process, Tom and I have spent the past months thinking, researching, and talking and doing it all over again and again.  We have talked about the big and the little and everything in between.  Obviously, this is a big decision to uproot our wonderful life in Chicago to try something new and different. 

At the end of the day, in some ways it was an easy decision and in other ways it was very difficult.  We are so fortunate to have such great family and friends in our lives that we truly value.  We know that being 7 hours away will make things a bit difficult.  But, we are looking forward to plenty of Skype dates.  And, we are planning to get a two bedroom apartment so visitors are always welcome.  We are also planning to use this blog to share our experiences and adventures with our move...so please feel free to check in often!

We'd like to thank all of our family and friends for their outpouring of love and support this past week as we have started sharing our big news!  We appreciate each and every one of you so much and are fortunate to have your support now and in the future.  We know that with that support comes a bit of heartache knowing that we won't be as close.  But, please know that although we might be a little further from each of you....you will always be close in our hearts and minds.

Love, Sarah, Tom & Charlie