Posted by Margaret on January 29, 2002 at 19:12:47:
There are some pretty big changes in my life now. I just bought a new cell phone, I signed a two year contract. I got my car paid off. I got my tax form, that said last year I clocked so many hours, I made 5 figures the first time my whole life! (The most I've ever made in one whole year before this was $7,000.) I also got good reference for doing all those jobs too now, so I am now able to apply for a permanent job and I can then renew my lease this summer, should I get it. However, if something happens and I still can't get a perm job yet, I am going to check out the east for one week, see how the job situation out there is, as well as the housing, and if I can get a income level and my own living arrangement (no roommates) that is either just as good as or better what I have here, then I will move there and work there permenantly. If however, I cannot find an apt that is as cool as the one I'm in now, nor income that is high enough to make up for it, then I will not move. Instead I will stay here and work here permanently, then after 1 or 2 years of saving money, I will go to Europe for 6 mo - 1 year until my money is gone, then come back to US and get married and have a family. Which means I need to get serious about starting to look for someone locally who is also interested in getting married right now, because I'm not getting any younger. I also got a strange feeling the east is not as affordable as it is out here, that would mean I would need something that pays more than I can make here. Even thought it's still worth a look, if it's not better than here, then I will not go. Unless, of course, I get married. However, I will not depend on that without verbal or written agreement because I don't have time anymore for things that are not reliable, I am not getting any younger, and I need to make progress in my life, that means I only have time left now for firm agreements with someone who is reliable.