Thursday, June 30, 2005

Never is enough?

I went back to Iowa, and to Chicago this weekend. Had a great time! I love my friends here in Maryland, but part of me is dying to go back.
Here's my idea/pipe dream, with two options that are semi/probably not feasible:
a) Stay in VA at current job(s) for 1 year, moving to Iowa next July. In this option, I save money and try to pay off debt while also attempting to live semi-comforably in Northern Virginia. No easy task, I assure you. But if I work 4 days a week at MENC, and work at the church, I should save some/ pay off some every month. The problem with this idea is that I'm not sure I can handle all this at once. Some people could, but I'm not sure I can. I'm very glad that people want to tell me that I can do things, and be positive, but the fact is, I seem to have limits on multi-tasking, or tasks that I can do in general, that others don't have. Whether this is due to ADD, introversion, or just the way I'm wired, that's the way it is. I'm not lazy, I'm not neurotic, and I'm not making excuses, people that's the FUCKING WAY IT IS. I'm not apologizing any more. Wow where did all this come from? ;)
2) The other option, is to move to Iowa instead of Virginia in a month. It makes no sense, as I have no job, but hear me out. I've got a few buds left there, and they'll put me up for cheap (like 200-300 a month, no sec. deposit, actually that's the going rate, it's possible that they'd cut me a deal for even less...) while I find a job. There are many problems with this plan:

a) I am sorta broke. Actually I owe Mom money. I have a few bucks in the bank account, which must go towards my last month's rent. It takes money to move and I don't have any. I could sell my furniture and leave it here, but even then I'd need gas money or something. Food money, etc. The people at the house would probably let me live rent free for a week or two to help me out, but I'd rather not stretch the boundaries of their hospitality. And I'm sure that Mom and Grandma would choose not to participate in such a foolhardy move, which means I'd have to get some unfortunate friend to help me lug my stuff across the country. Actually, to stop me from going, my Mom might (and she would certainly be correct to do so) demand I pay back my loan from her before leaving. I can't afford to do that, and move. Actually I'm not sure I can even afford to move, period. I'd have to start temping, ASAP when I got there, and it is always hard to work and look for a job at the same time.
b) Jobs are kinda scarce out there anyway. Will I be able to find what I want to do?

SO those are my two options, if I decide to move. Actually, neither really sounds all that good. Neither is very conducive to saving money - I have the feeling that I'll still be just getting by if I live in Leesburg, and I'll be in a similar place financially next year when I'm supposedly going to move. What's my option three??

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