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Yesterday was my birthday. I am now 26 years old. It's still weird. I know it's not old but it's definitely grown up.
After much discussion and thought Dan and I have decided to stay in California. I found out that if I can't commit to up to a year as an assistant manager at a SBs they can't promote me. If I say I'm moving they'll help me find something wherever I'm moving but I would have to wait at least four months before promoting (and therefore making more money) and then hope that a store would need me. We would then move some place wehre I would have a decent paying job but we'd only have one mode of transportation and Dan would be unemployed. It just doesn't seem like the best financial option right now. Staying in So Cal, getting a promotion, and getting a cheaper place sounds like the best idea to me right now. What's kind of hard is that I feel like I'm committing to another couple of years here. I want to be somewhere and stay there a little bit. If I chose to go back to school here there would be a lot of opportunities for experience that I wouldn't have elsewhere. There are a lot of positives to staying and a lot of just logistical conveniences to not moving. I understand all those but still feel sad at signing on to another 1-3 years far away from loved ones in an expensive city. Moving right now just isn't the most stabilizing responsible thing for us to do and I'm okay with that. Maybe with a promotion I'll actually have the money to visit my loved ones more than once a year.
Moving and all that's connected to it has pretty much been all I've thought about lately. My best friend Sarah was in town a couple weekends ago and it was awesome. I miss the shit out of her. Now my life is back to normal and I can start thinking about the next couple of years I suppose.
For those who have not seen Brokeback Mountain-you should see it. It's fantastic.
After much discussion and thought Dan and I have decided to stay in California. I found out that if I can't commit to up to a year as an assistant manager at a SBs they can't promote me. If I say I'm moving they'll help me find something wherever I'm moving but I would have to wait at least four months before promoting (and therefore making more money) and then hope that a store would need me. We would then move some place wehre I would have a decent paying job but we'd only have one mode of transportation and Dan would be unemployed. It just doesn't seem like the best financial option right now. Staying in So Cal, getting a promotion, and getting a cheaper place sounds like the best idea to me right now. What's kind of hard is that I feel like I'm committing to another couple of years here. I want to be somewhere and stay there a little bit. If I chose to go back to school here there would be a lot of opportunities for experience that I wouldn't have elsewhere. There are a lot of positives to staying and a lot of just logistical conveniences to not moving. I understand all those but still feel sad at signing on to another 1-3 years far away from loved ones in an expensive city. Moving right now just isn't the most stabilizing responsible thing for us to do and I'm okay with that. Maybe with a promotion I'll actually have the money to visit my loved ones more than once a year.
Moving and all that's connected to it has pretty much been all I've thought about lately. My best friend Sarah was in town a couple weekends ago and it was awesome. I miss the shit out of her. Now my life is back to normal and I can start thinking about the next couple of years I suppose.
For those who have not seen Brokeback Mountain-you should see it. It's fantastic.