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...

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Resigned



Today I resigned from my job in New York.
Room & Board picked up the kitchen table & cabinet for return (we don't need it in Culver City), and The Container Store picked up the kitchen pot rack (we don't need that either). Good thing they take returns.
Last night hung out at The Hideaway and had a *fantastic* date scheming about ways we're going to hang out with our friends, fantasizing about things we want to do to the house, and devising ways to find work.