It's funny how quickly things change in my life.
There's good news and bad news. The bad news is that I have to find myself a new job. The bad news is that with all of the little hidden fees that suddenly popped up in the past couple days, I realized that the relocation funds provided by my (former) employer wouldn't be enough to cover even HALF of my move. I realized that financially speaking, we would NEVER recover from this move.
The good news is that I don't have to put my cats through the trauma of a cross-country move. The good news is that my landlord is allowing me to retract my lease cancellation and is seeing if she can apply that fee (one month's rent) to May's rent, so we don't lose any money here. The good news is that it doesn't appear I will lose my severance package by backing out of the transfer (which is good because I get over $300 more with my severance package than I would have with the relocation fund)! And my husband's employer is THRILLED they get to keep him.
I'm quite a bit emotionally screwed up right now (which is easy considering I'm also bipolar). . . And at the same time, there were things I wanted to do in CA before I left. (I will eventually be moving but more than likely it will be to Texas and we will be able to piggy-back on my parents' move. They're getting much older and have some pretty serious long-term ailments and I'd feel MUCH better living closer to them as we all age. . . so that I can be there for the inevitable highly emo stuff that comes along with getting older.)
There's the Masquerade Labyrinth of Jareth Ball I wanted to go to, and of course Comic-Con.
Next weekend we were going to miss the Tattoo Body Art Expo. . . where I was considering getting my first tattoo (lower back, just high enough to peek out above lowrise pants) and maybe a new front-of-the-body adornment.
And about spitting-distance from my current residence is a rodeo. . .
Along with the 10 or so ren faires we wanted to attend (including Vegas and ones up in No Cal). . . Heading back up to Monterey Bay Aquarium (GOD I MISS THAT PLACE!), Winchester Mansion, Muir Woods and Sequoia National Forest. . . . . . These were all things that had been planned for this year. I was completely ready to forfeit doing it all in lieu of different surroundings.
To be honest, I'm relieved. I'm sad and disappointed but I'm relieved because I don't think I could handle the stress of the move, especially from a financial aspect and the trauma of the fact that I was not ready to leave this coming Saturday morning.
And so. . . . . . we're not moving. You'll note I changed my profile to reflect my current residence. I'll be staying here at least into next year at some point, at which time hopefully I'll have done all these things and be both financially and emotionally ready to let go of CA.
Now to fix up my resume.
Anyone have a need for a damn-good editor with no official schooling? 
And for those of you who expressed disappointment about missing Full-Frontal Fridays and such things. . . bless you for making me feel SO pretty and appreciated.
I got a request on one of the boards to post a full set based off this photo here .
I actually DO have more pictures from that sitting that I'll post at some point soon.
However, I did a special set that I'm SO pleased with. . . I may very well use some of the photos from it to apply to be an SG. Also, since we're not leaving, we're going to purchase a TON more lights and turn one side of our computer room into a studio. Perhaps that will help the "yellow" lighting issues we can't seem to get around.
For you, a preview of Friday:
And now, off to hook up my new computer and pray to everything that it works and I can get it online with our current Internet set-up!
There's good news and bad news. The bad news is that I have to find myself a new job. The bad news is that with all of the little hidden fees that suddenly popped up in the past couple days, I realized that the relocation funds provided by my (former) employer wouldn't be enough to cover even HALF of my move. I realized that financially speaking, we would NEVER recover from this move.
The good news is that I don't have to put my cats through the trauma of a cross-country move. The good news is that my landlord is allowing me to retract my lease cancellation and is seeing if she can apply that fee (one month's rent) to May's rent, so we don't lose any money here. The good news is that it doesn't appear I will lose my severance package by backing out of the transfer (which is good because I get over $300 more with my severance package than I would have with the relocation fund)! And my husband's employer is THRILLED they get to keep him.
I'm quite a bit emotionally screwed up right now (which is easy considering I'm also bipolar). . . And at the same time, there were things I wanted to do in CA before I left. (I will eventually be moving but more than likely it will be to Texas and we will be able to piggy-back on my parents' move. They're getting much older and have some pretty serious long-term ailments and I'd feel MUCH better living closer to them as we all age. . . so that I can be there for the inevitable highly emo stuff that comes along with getting older.)
There's the Masquerade Labyrinth of Jareth Ball I wanted to go to, and of course Comic-Con.
Next weekend we were going to miss the Tattoo Body Art Expo. . . where I was considering getting my first tattoo (lower back, just high enough to peek out above lowrise pants) and maybe a new front-of-the-body adornment.
And about spitting-distance from my current residence is a rodeo. . .
Along with the 10 or so ren faires we wanted to attend (including Vegas and ones up in No Cal). . . Heading back up to Monterey Bay Aquarium (GOD I MISS THAT PLACE!), Winchester Mansion, Muir Woods and Sequoia National Forest. . . . . . These were all things that had been planned for this year. I was completely ready to forfeit doing it all in lieu of different surroundings.
To be honest, I'm relieved. I'm sad and disappointed but I'm relieved because I don't think I could handle the stress of the move, especially from a financial aspect and the trauma of the fact that I was not ready to leave this coming Saturday morning.
And so. . . . . . we're not moving. You'll note I changed my profile to reflect my current residence. I'll be staying here at least into next year at some point, at which time hopefully I'll have done all these things and be both financially and emotionally ready to let go of CA.
Now to fix up my resume.
Anyone have a need for a damn-good editor with no official schooling?
And for those of you who expressed disappointment about missing Full-Frontal Fridays and such things. . . bless you for making me feel SO pretty and appreciated.
I got a request on one of the boards to post a full set based off this photo here .
I actually DO have more pictures from that sitting that I'll post at some point soon.
However, I did a special set that I'm SO pleased with. . . I may very well use some of the photos from it to apply to be an SG. Also, since we're not leaving, we're going to purchase a TON more lights and turn one side of our computer room into a studio. Perhaps that will help the "yellow" lighting issues we can't seem to get around.
For you, a preview of Friday:
And now, off to hook up my new computer and pray to everything that it works and I can get it online with our current Internet set-up!
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I've been through a few big moves myself. It can be a worth while ecperience (new people, new culture etc.) bu it does sure take it's toll. Better not to have to do it until you really want it.
And I am really looking forward to your new photos