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osarabaAhahaha, I got laid off.
My last day is this coming Friday, though my boss let me know this past Friday. I went home a little early and told my roomies and quietly freaked out a little. Went to the gym. Then I relaxed because whatevs, I just had to figure out what I should do about it: look up California Unemployment, see if I'm eligible; look up jobs on Craigslist and other sites, start sending resumes out.
I did those things.
I can't even remember what the context was when I jokingly said "I should just move to Philly", but then the thought just got stuck in my mind. The more I thought about it, the more seriously appealing it became. Several weeks ago I'd decided that I was going to stay in LA for only another year before going back to NYC. Mostly because of Rich. So my thinking is: if I've got only a year to sow my wild wanderlust-oats, I need to make the best of it; if I was going to struggle with finding a job (for who knows how long) and maybe not be able to do things because of making only enough money to survive rather than go out and doing fun stuff, I'd rather spend a year doing that in a place I've never lived before, experiencing something completely new and different.
You probably think I'm crazy. I don't blame you; I kind of do, too. But I talked it out with a few people who've got good, rational heads on their shoulders, and I think this is actually going to work out.
I'll be going back to NYC first, for a couple of months, to work and save up some money for the cost of moving to Philly (rent/security/furniture/etc.) where I plan to live for about a year before returning. I'm ridiculously sad I'm going to miss all of the new friends I made here, though. And most especially, my two awesome roomies![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elipie and likeaglass. This past year just couldn't have been as fucking awesome as it was without them!
But I'm not gonna lie -- though it wasn't the motivating, or even the tipping factor -- it's a huge plus that Philly's only 2.5 hours away from Rich, and my family, and so many of my closest friends. (And also the NY Rangers.)
So here's the fun part: ROAD TRIP 2: EAST COAST BOOGALOO!
LOS ANGELES >> ALBUQUERQUE >> OKLAHOMA CITY >> ST LOUIS >> CHICAGO >> PITTSBURGH >> NYC
My last day is this coming Friday, though my boss let me know this past Friday. I went home a little early and told my roomies and quietly freaked out a little. Went to the gym. Then I relaxed because whatevs, I just had to figure out what I should do about it: look up California Unemployment, see if I'm eligible; look up jobs on Craigslist and other sites, start sending resumes out.
I did those things.
I can't even remember what the context was when I jokingly said "I should just move to Philly", but then the thought just got stuck in my mind. The more I thought about it, the more seriously appealing it became. Several weeks ago I'd decided that I was going to stay in LA for only another year before going back to NYC. Mostly because of Rich. So my thinking is: if I've got only a year to sow my wild wanderlust-oats, I need to make the best of it; if I was going to struggle with finding a job (for who knows how long) and maybe not be able to do things because of making only enough money to survive rather than go out and doing fun stuff, I'd rather spend a year doing that in a place I've never lived before, experiencing something completely new and different.
You probably think I'm crazy. I don't blame you; I kind of do, too. But I talked it out with a few people who've got good, rational heads on their shoulders, and I think this is actually going to work out.
I'll be going back to NYC first, for a couple of months, to work and save up some money for the cost of moving to Philly (rent/security/furniture/etc.) where I plan to live for about a year before returning. I'm ridiculously sad I'm going to miss all of the new friends I made here, though. And most especially, my two awesome roomies
elipie and likeaglass. This past year just couldn't have been as fucking awesome as it was without them! But I'm not gonna lie -- though it wasn't the motivating, or even the tipping factor -- it's a huge plus that Philly's only 2.5 hours away from Rich, and my family, and so many of my closest friends. (And also the NY Rangers.)
So here's the fun part: ROAD TRIP 2: EAST COAST BOOGALOO!
LOS ANGELES >> ALBUQUERQUE >> OKLAHOMA CITY >> ST LOUIS >> CHICAGO >> PITTSBURGH >> NYC
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Date: 2013-02-11 07:28 pm (UTC)advicecommon sense (that I didn't heed the 1st time and looks like I won't be this time either): go with someone who can actually drive, because that relieves a bit of the pressure, even if you don't do more than 8hrs of driving a day!I'm going to miss you too! But I'm really glad we're on LJ and twitter. Also, HOCKEY! \o/
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Date: 2013-02-11 08:00 pm (UTC):D :D :D
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Date: 2013-02-11 08:08 pm (UTC)(it's weird that our trips west sort of correlated in terms of time, eh?)
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Date: 2013-02-11 08:10 pm (UTC)It's pretty funny. I did for a second lament that you weren't still in STL since I'll be stopping there on my way back east. =D
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Date: 2013-02-12 12:38 pm (UTC)And more importantly, ROAD TRIP!! When I drove from LA to Kansas City a couple years ago we took old route 66 through California, Arizona and part of New Mexico and it was AWESOME. We stayed in a teepee hotel in Arizona!!
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Date: 2013-02-14 06:15 am (UTC)I wish I could spend more time at each place, but I kind of have to book it back to NYC!
On my road trip from NYC to LA, my sister came with, and we did a few site-seeing things in half of the stops or on the way to our nightly stops, depending on how much driving we had to do each day. Distillery tour in Kentucky, full-scale Parthenon replica in Nashville, Graceland in Memphis, French Quarter in NOLA. We had a bit less time once we started really heading west. Haha, but we stopped in Flagstaff to watch the NHL All Star Skills Competition at a Buffalo Wild Wings!
Have any recs for stuff worth seeing at any of my stops this time?
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Date: 2013-02-23 04:17 am (UTC)In any case, DM any of us on Twitter, yeah?
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