Choose Wisely.
Apr. 7th, 2004 02:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpLast night, Jennifer and I ordered chinese food for dinner, or, more specifically, a quart of house special wonton soup. Dang, it was good. And all for $4! I brought a fortune cookie to work with me for lunch and this is my fortune:
Your destiny lies before you, choose wisely.
How appropriate. Indeed, as the time draws nearer to Moving Day (truck reserved for 06-01), I am feeling the nerves that accompany a Big Move and a Big Change. Deep breathing time.
I believe very strongly in my heart that this move is the right thing for us - each of us individually and together. It will be better for both Jennifer and I to be nearer our respective families, she so she can spend more time with her brothers/sisters-in-law/their kids, and I to be able to see my parents and grandparents - and vice versa, of course, since I adore her neice and nephews and all of that. This move will be good for Jennifer because she will have an already established circle of friends and won't feel like she is tagging along with my established friends. We have some "combo friends" and some individual friends, and I think this will be a good thing. There appear to be better career opportunities for me, and hopefully this will pan out. So yes, this is good.
But it's scary as hell. We're looking at job prospects (or, more importantly, salary prospects) and they are not as promising as I would like. Jennifer is possibly looking at going back to retail of pretentious pens which would likely be a pay cut, and I am pretty sure that any increase in pay I can score would not be enough to cover what we need for an increase /and/ cover whatever she would be cut. I can probably score an extra $6000/year over what I make here, but that would all be eaten by our drastic rent increase.
So yeah. I'm sure that we will be fine and we'll make it work, and in some ways having to be more thrifty will keep us from excessive eating out. I also know that we will reduce car insurance and maintenance by having only one car, although we will make up the difference with T passes. We'll cut out the landline phone, a difference of about $15. I'll research thrifty internet service and other ways to pinch pennies, and I'm sure in the long run, we'll be happier and closer to each other. It's just the interim that has me worried.
All told, I'm still confident that this is the right thing for us to do. And I'm positive that the only way we'll "move up" in our careers is to find a place where we can stand to stay for a considerable amount of time, to build a work history and connections and credentials. I just get nervous with change, and when things don't fall into neat little patterns before I get there. So let's hope more things fall into neatness, hmm?
I need to get back into contact with that woman I spoke to about a job. I'd like to keep my name fresh in her memory at all times. I also need to continue selling the things I want to sell (Living Dead Dolls, a black metal futon, my entertainment center, some Boy Scout patches).
I hope I'm choosing wisely.
How appropriate. Indeed, as the time draws nearer to Moving Day (truck reserved for 06-01), I am feeling the nerves that accompany a Big Move and a Big Change. Deep breathing time.
I believe very strongly in my heart that this move is the right thing for us - each of us individually and together. It will be better for both Jennifer and I to be nearer our respective families, she so she can spend more time with her brothers/sisters-in-law/their kids, and I to be able to see my parents and grandparents - and vice versa, of course, since I adore her neice and nephews and all of that. This move will be good for Jennifer because she will have an already established circle of friends and won't feel like she is tagging along with my established friends. We have some "combo friends" and some individual friends, and I think this will be a good thing. There appear to be better career opportunities for me, and hopefully this will pan out. So yes, this is good.
But it's scary as hell. We're looking at job prospects (or, more importantly, salary prospects) and they are not as promising as I would like. Jennifer is possibly looking at going back to retail of pretentious pens which would likely be a pay cut, and I am pretty sure that any increase in pay I can score would not be enough to cover what we need for an increase /and/ cover whatever she would be cut. I can probably score an extra $6000/year over what I make here, but that would all be eaten by our drastic rent increase.
So yeah. I'm sure that we will be fine and we'll make it work, and in some ways having to be more thrifty will keep us from excessive eating out. I also know that we will reduce car insurance and maintenance by having only one car, although we will make up the difference with T passes. We'll cut out the landline phone, a difference of about $15. I'll research thrifty internet service and other ways to pinch pennies, and I'm sure in the long run, we'll be happier and closer to each other. It's just the interim that has me worried.
All told, I'm still confident that this is the right thing for us to do. And I'm positive that the only way we'll "move up" in our careers is to find a place where we can stand to stay for a considerable amount of time, to build a work history and connections and credentials. I just get nervous with change, and when things don't fall into neat little patterns before I get there. So let's hope more things fall into neatness, hmm?
I need to get back into contact with that woman I spoke to about a job. I'd like to keep my name fresh in her memory at all times. I also need to continue selling the things I want to sell (Living Dead Dolls, a black metal futon, my entertainment center, some Boy Scout patches).
I hope I'm choosing wisely.
