Almost done with school. In no way is that depressing.

There is about 6 weeks left in the school year here at Tech, and then I'll be a Master of Science and concurrently homeless. The job hunt was going well but all the enormous companies either don't want me or are dragging their ass with getting back to me. I'm thinking it's the latter since they'll take about anyone. But anyways, I did hear from two companies, one in DC and one in Salt Lake (yeah, quite different). And to some's surprise and/or horror, I am probably going to accept the one in Salt Lake City. Yes, it is mormon country but it's also cheap-housing country and outdoor-heaven country. I went up there a few weekends back to check it out and interview, and went skiing up at Snowbird and Brighton. Pretty damn nice. Waaay different than my NY experiences. Even in the middle of the city you are surrounded on all sides by these beautiful mountains, which you can see from anywhere because the city is FLAT. That'll make bike riding a breeze. And cost-of-living is mad cheap. Oh and plus I like the job. It's a real small company that could probably go belly up at any moment, but I'm not too worried about that.

Even though I feel pretty good about it, it's still a big, big decision. This is Utah, people. I've been on the east coast, mostly Maryland my whole life. This is 2000+ miles away. Sometimes I get the "what the hell are you thinking" moments. But then I think, if I did move back to Maryland I would almost definitely regret not moving to Utah or somewhere else. I would regret playing it safe by moving back where all my friends/family are. Coming to Atlanta was awesome, I can't imagine if I had just stayed at UMD... ugh.

So that's that, if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. I would have lost nothing. I'll look to Annie K for inspiration, she just picked up and quit her NYC marketing job or whatever and moved to fucking HAWAII to work on a cruise ship. I mean, what the hell! That's about as 180 as you can go. That's cool. When we hear stories like that, most of us think they are cool, adventurous, romantic, or just plain ballsy, but we rarely make those moves ourselves. I wonder why.