Time to make some decisions
so we come to the end of 2010. I know this: My lease is up March 1st. 3 of my roommates are moving out. I can stay here with the other and try to find new roommates, find a new place on my own, move in with mom and dad (who keep asking me if I want to come back for some reason), or do something totally different.
As I was driving home from work Sunday there was talk of a potential snowfall of 20 inches overnight and 20 more on Monday. I got caught in the storm as I got out of work, driving my dad's Mini Cooper, it was hell. I never had a more stressful ride in my life, all the while I was thinking "why the fuck do I still live in New England?" it was only our first storm of the winter and I was already miserable waiting for Spring. Meanwhile my friends in Orlando were bitching that it was too cold because it was 55 degrees out.
I thought of Orlando and how much I loved it when I was there in November, how excited I was to be going back in April to see Scissor Sisters at Hard Rock Live with my friends that live down there. Then it hit me "move down there".
I'm 30 years old, every day I say, "I wish I could pick up and start over somewhere new" and my roommates leaving is the perfect kick in the ass I need. I can't afford to live here when they move out, finding replacements so far has not yielded any results, as much as me and Cara don't want to go through the act of moving again after a year, I don't think we have much of a choice in the matter.
I work for a company that has several locations in Orlando. They have openings. I've looked at apartment prices and talked to my friends down there about where to live and they offered great suggestions, some great places, great prices and really nice, central, affordable.
Today I go back to work after a few days off to tell my managers "I would like to Transfer to Orlando in March" and ask them how I go about doing it. I want to do it with their support, because without it, it just won't happen.
So, I'm exploring the possibility of transferring. I have a friend down there who really wants me to make the move and was like "come down in a few weeks, I'll have places lined up for you to see, you can stay at my house and I'll show you around" I have a flight booked for April but if I'm moving in March, I'm not gonna really need it, am I? so may as well bump it back to late January/early February for apartment hunting, since I'll already be living there and won't need to fly again in April.
I really like this idea. I'm 30, when am I going to have another opportunity to do something drastic like this? I know, I only know a few people there, all my family and friends are up here in New England, can I leave them behind? No, and that's what's kept me here all these years, my family, my friends. They matter to me a great deal, but they need to understand that I need to try something new. I'm going to a city where I have a few friends, so I won't be completely alone. I've already been in the job for 3 years, so it'll just be a matter of doing it with new people in a new location.
the only thing that scares me is the logistics of moving all my shit to Orlando with me. I have a huge bed, couch, love seat, exercise equipment, plus my car and all my clothing and everything else. How do I physically get everything from here to there? I really don't have an answer. I've never moved more than 30 minutes away from one location to another. I've always been here in MA, I'm still 40 minutes from the house I grew up in, 20 minutes from my last house, 30 from the house before that... so yeah, I've had 30 years to appreciate New England and Central Massachusetts/MetroWest/Boston.
Of course to get my car there I need it repaired first. gotta talk to the lawyer. since I was injured and still have occasional pain flareups, we're going after pain and suffering. so, a settlement check will go a long way in helping towards a big move. every time I go to work I'm in pain again, even just driving brings it back, it's not bullshit, it's there, I feel it, but I wish lawyer guy would actually do something to help instead of, oh yeah, nothing.
So there we go. I have 2 months to pull a move to Florida out of my ass. If I don't do it now, I never will. I've looked at Monster for other jobs down there and didn't find much, but I look at my current job and company as a foot in the door and a way to get myself down there, then from there I'll think in more long term about looking into better paying jobs and going part time at the store.
The thought of facing another Winter here depresses me. I can't do it anymore. I need to go somewhere where 50 degrees is "way too cold" yeah, summers are a bitch down there, but I'll be working inside with air conditioning.
I need to get started with work right away, so I'll get the ball rolling there, that way I can tell people in my life that I'm going to do this. Of course I'll come home in the summer for vacation to see everyone, I'll come home for Christmas. I can fly into Boston or Worcester pretty cheap. I keep getting emails for low fares, so it's not like I'll never come back.
I'm excited about this, I'm nervous as hell, but I think it's a good thing. I know one of my roommates will be mad because I said I'd stay in March and we'd find replacement roommates... but that's not going so well, I feel bad for making them have to move, but it was bound to happen in March anyway.
so I have a lot of loose ends to tie up here, mostly my car, and then of course if it happens I have to gather everyone and say goodbye to all of them.
so, goodbye cold gray winters, hello year round sunshine, hello new future, hello guys I haven't slept with yet.
wish me luck. I'm gonna need it.
As I was driving home from work Sunday there was talk of a potential snowfall of 20 inches overnight and 20 more on Monday. I got caught in the storm as I got out of work, driving my dad's Mini Cooper, it was hell. I never had a more stressful ride in my life, all the while I was thinking "why the fuck do I still live in New England?" it was only our first storm of the winter and I was already miserable waiting for Spring. Meanwhile my friends in Orlando were bitching that it was too cold because it was 55 degrees out.
I thought of Orlando and how much I loved it when I was there in November, how excited I was to be going back in April to see Scissor Sisters at Hard Rock Live with my friends that live down there. Then it hit me "move down there".
I'm 30 years old, every day I say, "I wish I could pick up and start over somewhere new" and my roommates leaving is the perfect kick in the ass I need. I can't afford to live here when they move out, finding replacements so far has not yielded any results, as much as me and Cara don't want to go through the act of moving again after a year, I don't think we have much of a choice in the matter.
I work for a company that has several locations in Orlando. They have openings. I've looked at apartment prices and talked to my friends down there about where to live and they offered great suggestions, some great places, great prices and really nice, central, affordable.
Today I go back to work after a few days off to tell my managers "I would like to Transfer to Orlando in March" and ask them how I go about doing it. I want to do it with their support, because without it, it just won't happen.
So, I'm exploring the possibility of transferring. I have a friend down there who really wants me to make the move and was like "come down in a few weeks, I'll have places lined up for you to see, you can stay at my house and I'll show you around" I have a flight booked for April but if I'm moving in March, I'm not gonna really need it, am I? so may as well bump it back to late January/early February for apartment hunting, since I'll already be living there and won't need to fly again in April.
I really like this idea. I'm 30, when am I going to have another opportunity to do something drastic like this? I know, I only know a few people there, all my family and friends are up here in New England, can I leave them behind? No, and that's what's kept me here all these years, my family, my friends. They matter to me a great deal, but they need to understand that I need to try something new. I'm going to a city where I have a few friends, so I won't be completely alone. I've already been in the job for 3 years, so it'll just be a matter of doing it with new people in a new location.
the only thing that scares me is the logistics of moving all my shit to Orlando with me. I have a huge bed, couch, love seat, exercise equipment, plus my car and all my clothing and everything else. How do I physically get everything from here to there? I really don't have an answer. I've never moved more than 30 minutes away from one location to another. I've always been here in MA, I'm still 40 minutes from the house I grew up in, 20 minutes from my last house, 30 from the house before that... so yeah, I've had 30 years to appreciate New England and Central Massachusetts/MetroWest/Boston.
Of course to get my car there I need it repaired first. gotta talk to the lawyer. since I was injured and still have occasional pain flareups, we're going after pain and suffering. so, a settlement check will go a long way in helping towards a big move. every time I go to work I'm in pain again, even just driving brings it back, it's not bullshit, it's there, I feel it, but I wish lawyer guy would actually do something to help instead of, oh yeah, nothing.
So there we go. I have 2 months to pull a move to Florida out of my ass. If I don't do it now, I never will. I've looked at Monster for other jobs down there and didn't find much, but I look at my current job and company as a foot in the door and a way to get myself down there, then from there I'll think in more long term about looking into better paying jobs and going part time at the store.
The thought of facing another Winter here depresses me. I can't do it anymore. I need to go somewhere where 50 degrees is "way too cold" yeah, summers are a bitch down there, but I'll be working inside with air conditioning.
I need to get started with work right away, so I'll get the ball rolling there, that way I can tell people in my life that I'm going to do this. Of course I'll come home in the summer for vacation to see everyone, I'll come home for Christmas. I can fly into Boston or Worcester pretty cheap. I keep getting emails for low fares, so it's not like I'll never come back.
I'm excited about this, I'm nervous as hell, but I think it's a good thing. I know one of my roommates will be mad because I said I'd stay in March and we'd find replacement roommates... but that's not going so well, I feel bad for making them have to move, but it was bound to happen in March anyway.
so I have a lot of loose ends to tie up here, mostly my car, and then of course if it happens I have to gather everyone and say goodbye to all of them.
so, goodbye cold gray winters, hello year round sunshine, hello new future, hello guys I haven't slept with yet.
wish me luck. I'm gonna need it.