Shake that snowglobe!
With any luck, my arduous job search in Portland will soon be coming to an end. Bank of America has offered me a job at one of their call centers and I can start training at the end of the month.
The only catch: the call center is in Belfast (Maine, not Northern Ireland).
So, the job hunt has swiftly transitioned into an apartment hunt! faechylde and I have already decided against a two bedroom breadbox just outside of town, and against a legitimate one bedroom cabin in the woods. We'll be looking at a couple of other possibilities early next week and hoping they're less claustrophobic. In the meantime, if anyone has any suggestions on where to look (anyone like, say, ichijoji_chan), they'd be appreciated.
Of course, finding housing is just one problem that is raised by a Belfast relocation. The midcoast town is a two hour drive from Portland, and at least an hour from Bangor. This effectively isolates me from friends in each area, and from the major fencing groups in both Malagentia and Endewearde. Not that I'll have much for free time now that I'll be working, but I can't say the location seems ideal at first glance. However, I've known for months now that I would need to go where the job requires, and since it's turned out to be there, it's where I'll be going.
Anyway... if anyone wants to hang out before we move, feel free to leave a comment!
The only catch: the call center is in Belfast (Maine, not Northern Ireland).
So, the job hunt has swiftly transitioned into an apartment hunt! faechylde and I have already decided against a two bedroom breadbox just outside of town, and against a legitimate one bedroom cabin in the woods. We'll be looking at a couple of other possibilities early next week and hoping they're less claustrophobic. In the meantime, if anyone has any suggestions on where to look (anyone like, say, ichijoji_chan), they'd be appreciated.
Of course, finding housing is just one problem that is raised by a Belfast relocation. The midcoast town is a two hour drive from Portland, and at least an hour from Bangor. This effectively isolates me from friends in each area, and from the major fencing groups in both Malagentia and Endewearde. Not that I'll have much for free time now that I'll be working, but I can't say the location seems ideal at first glance. However, I've known for months now that I would need to go where the job requires, and since it's turned out to be there, it's where I'll be going.
Anyway... if anyone wants to hang out before we move, feel free to leave a comment!