looking ahead...
I am wondering whether or not I should return to Pittsburgh for my 3rd & 4th years of school. There is an option of doing all rotations at West Penn. Now I have a dilemma.
I'm really concerned about the general idea of moving back home. Lately it's been so unappealing to me. I love Pittsburgh, our friends and family, and every time I visit I don't want to leave. That's the problem. I get too comfortable. I just feel that going back so soon is almost like giving up or giving in to the "settling down" process. If we go back home, we'll likely buy a townhouse or something. Next thing you know we'll have a dog, then a kid, a lawn to mow, and then I'll be one of those people who never leaves Pittsburgh. I really don't want that for my life. Not yet. I really want to live in Cali, either SF or SD. I love it there. And at some point I'd like to spend a year or two in NYC if at all possible (residency?). Maybe I wouldn't mind coming back to Pittsburgh after that. I want to do adventurous things before the kids, the house, and all that stuff that ties you down. At least we're (probably) going abroad this summer, that should quench my wanderlust just a bit.
The issue: if I stay in Philly for 3rd and 4th year, I'll be subject to a lottery system that moves the students all over the place. I could do a 6 week rotation in Pittsburgh, but then do 6 weeks in Allentown, a month in Reading, back to Philly, etc. I thought that maybe I could get out of it since I'm a married student, but no. I asked. Oh my. I really don't want to have to move around like that for a year. I would miss Matt so much, and it would just generally suck.
So I may be back to Pittsburgh after all, but hopefully I won't get too comfy to move on if an opportunity presents itself.
I'm really concerned about the general idea of moving back home. Lately it's been so unappealing to me. I love Pittsburgh, our friends and family, and every time I visit I don't want to leave. That's the problem. I get too comfortable. I just feel that going back so soon is almost like giving up or giving in to the "settling down" process. If we go back home, we'll likely buy a townhouse or something. Next thing you know we'll have a dog, then a kid, a lawn to mow, and then I'll be one of those people who never leaves Pittsburgh. I really don't want that for my life. Not yet. I really want to live in Cali, either SF or SD. I love it there. And at some point I'd like to spend a year or two in NYC if at all possible (residency?). Maybe I wouldn't mind coming back to Pittsburgh after that. I want to do adventurous things before the kids, the house, and all that stuff that ties you down. At least we're (probably) going abroad this summer, that should quench my wanderlust just a bit.
The issue: if I stay in Philly for 3rd and 4th year, I'll be subject to a lottery system that moves the students all over the place. I could do a 6 week rotation in Pittsburgh, but then do 6 weeks in Allentown, a month in Reading, back to Philly, etc. I thought that maybe I could get out of it since I'm a married student, but no. I asked. Oh my. I really don't want to have to move around like that for a year. I would miss Matt so much, and it would just generally suck.
So I may be back to Pittsburgh after all, but hopefully I won't get too comfy to move on if an opportunity presents itself.