Why?

After 14 years of LA, the things we didn't like about living here finally wore us down and we decided to move away. Our first choice was Portland, Oregon. After months of interviewing, neither of us could secure a job. We turned our sights to the next city on the list, New York. We lined up jobs and moved at the end of March 2008.

Apparently this was a bad idea. Things were not as they seemed and New York was not a good fit. We learned some good, hard lessons about life. We moved back to LA (four months later!) because the most important things were:

- be with our friends and close to our sisters
- advance our careers in a market we understand
- enjoy a low cost of living so we can save & travel

This is what makes us happy and apparently we had to move away to get our priorities straight. We still LOVE NEW YORK! We just enjoy it more as tourists...

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Appointments

Today is our Four-Week-Mark!

This week has been completely filled with appointments for both of us; Dentist, Optometrist, and Dermatologist. I even managed to squeeze in a mani/pedi and nearly passed out in the chair as I waited for the polish to dry. What a glorious break. 

I'm managing my many Craigslist postings and fending off the idiots who absolutely need me to call them before they can buy anything. Um, no thanks, I only deal with email and I know better. OK, fine, they want me to *text* or call to let them know I still have the CBs because they were only borrowing the computer. Great. Now they have my phone number and they're calling me leaving multiple voice mails telling me they want them for sure. One call is good people. Then they TEXT me to tell me they left me voicemail?! And then I finally answer to get them to stop calling and my phone-call fears are confirmed when they launch into a monologue about where they work and why they need CBs and talk me through their day of appointments only to end with an avalanche of questions about two CB radios I have for sale. This is why I hate Craigslisting. SEVEN phone calls, two voicemails, and three text messages later I have Ten dollars in my pocket. New policy: I don't give my phone number for under fifty bucks.

I made appointments for the pets for their shots and final checkups for travel & boarding. And I'm still trying to figure out which movers to use! All three are great with solid reputations. I will have to use The Force to guide my decision. I'll let it sit over the weekend but I need to hire someone by Monday.