Movin' Right Along

[allyndra]

You know how good things seem to happen in a cluster, just like bad things like to gang up on you? Well, I'm in one of those phases of 'good things,' and the best good thing is my new job. I've been looking for one for a year, since I bailed out of my PhD program kicking and screaming. I'm going to be working with people I like, doing work I'm qualified for, for decent pay. How great is that? The downside ('cause there has to be a downside) is that my son and husband are going to be staying behind in Florida until the end of the schoolyear, while I'm heading out to Arizona tomorrow. I have never, ever lived alone, so this is going to be freaky weird. 

Wish me luck! I'll be incommunicado for the next several days, what with the mind-numbingly boring drive I have to accomplish, but I'll check in one everyone once I'm settled.

Comments

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Good luck!!

I lived alone for two years and I loved every second of it. One day I shall have to do it again and that's just fine with me. Enjoy it, hon!

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I'm actually looking forward to some time alone, but I already miss my family. I'm just a bundle of contradictions, huh?

[sublimatedangel]

Ah, exciting but a little scary! I've never lived alone either, and while I think it'd be fun in some ways, I'd miss my beloved and the little one - as I'm sure you will. Still, the new job sounds great, and there are perks to having lots of quality time for yourself. And seems like you going first will make the move easier for your family, since you'll have a chance to "settle in" a little, find out where the grocery stores/library/restaurants/parks/etc are.

Hope the long drive isn't too terrible! And good luck with the new town and the new job!

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The drive was mostly fine. Horrible wind from Las Cruces, NM onward, but I survived. :o) I was an Air Force brat, and Dad always moved first, found us a place to live and all the necessities of life, and then Mom would bring the kids later. So I know it's a functional way to move.

I'm sleeping on a friend's futon right now while I look at apartments. (She's the one who convinced her bosses that the company needed another person, and that they should fly me out to interview - what a good friend!) I think I found a plce, though, so I hope to move in soon. *crosses fingers*

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

How exciting, with your new job!

Oh, I have a similar background, having jumped ship from a PhD program when I was part way through my diss. We should talk about that sometime!

Good luck with settling in now (because I'm guessing you're there and slightly unpacked at this point), and I hope the end of the schoolyear comes quickly so you'll have your husband and son joining you, and enjoying this new phase all together!

[allyndra.livejournal.com]

I've been at my job for a week now, and it's going well so far. The apartment I'm going to rent isn't ready yet, so I'm still living out of a suitcase and sleeping on a friend's futon. That makes me feel indigent, but it shouldn't be for much longer.

How interesting that we have some academic similarities! I don't meet may people who've gone for a PhD at all, much less left partway through. People keep asking me when I'm going to go back and finish my degree, and I'm like, "Did you not notice me RUNNING away from that?" Were you ABD? I hadn't quite finished my coursework when I bugged out.

Thanks for your good wishes!

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Oh good -- yay for the apartment being ready soon!

Yes, exactly -- I'd done all the other requirements and was working on my dissertation when I decided to leave.

Still completing coursework is an *excellent* time to leave -- glad you didn't end up going through the other stages if you weren't feeling at all happy with the process.