Ready… GO!!
So, tonight its just going to be a jumbled up mess of everything. Just to much on my mind, and I need somewhere to go with it. Not sure why but the last few nights have been like that. Probably just because there is so much going on at the moment.
Chris and I have been talking about moving together, somewhere. Save up the money, find that perfect place, and go. Then suddenly, last Monday, Chris gets told he might have a job offer, and it’s one that he cannot pass up and advances his career years. The hours seemed to inch by while waiting for the next piece of the puzzle as it’s all very cryptic. Then Wednesday comes, and hes told get this application filed out and sent to us… NOW. Then nothing for two days again. Then hes told, yup, here’s your offer letter, tell us yes or no by Monday.
Oh by the way, did I mention that this offer requires him to be in San Francisco. In 30 days.
Suddenly our plans to save money, and find that perfect place, changed to, hurry the fuck up, your going to San Francisco to live in 30 days. Figure out what your doing about your lease, come up with the money for the deposit, get the money for a U Haul to bring all your stuff, find a place, in a city you have never been too, pack all your stuff, oh, and again, did I forget to mention you have a week long vacation planned in just 25 short days. So because of that vacation to Orlando, FL, you have no other PTO you can take at work, to do any of the above mentioned things.
I am incredibly excited at the opportunities this brings, I am more then thrilled for Chris to have such an offer and jump him from doing a job, to having a CAREER. I just cant believe how quickly this changed from a plan it out thing, to a do it tomorrow thing.
We have been looking and talking constantly about this move. Looked at hundreds of apartments in and around San Francisco (where you don’t know the good parts or the bad parts of town either by the way). You would be surprised how hard it is to find a place that will accept you and your 90 lbs. dog, the one you love so much and could never be without. Now we have also planned a three day weekend trip to the Bay area to look at all these places that you think you like, from the pictures you have looked at, the transit times you have taken into consideration, the google maps images you have stared at to figure out whats in the area, and the type of area it is. And its not like the San Francisco Bay area is by any means small, it does span five counties. The smallest being only 47 square miles TOTAL.
While every part of this move, becomes overly complex, and honestly, a bit stressful … I am beyond excited. I love moving to new places, and seeing new things, and experiencing life in a different way. Its amazing what each place has to teach you, and let you learn not just about the area, but about yourself as well. I have also always wanted to live in a BIG city. Somewhere that wasn’t shitty LA. And from all the pictures I have looked at, and maps I have studied, videos I have watched, I am so excited to be giving San Francisco a go at better life.
Although I do have to say I am a little bummed about not moving to the East Coast. I was so looking forward to being back on that side of weather and life. I have been so amazed at how each coast (and in between) live such different lives. Things are so much slower, more relaxed. Weather is also something completely different. A storm on the west coast, is not what a storm is considered on the east coast. Its just a typical afternoon thunderstorm there.
I am also very excited at what the possibilities of San Francisco can do for my own career. There are a lot more options for design needs there, then there is in the middle of the desert, in Phoenix.
So yea, that’s what I had to get out there and out of my mind for a little while.
Current Music: Bohemian Rhapsody ~ Queen