A few months ago John and I were talking about what we want
to do and where we want to go during our lives.
After 18 months at Citi and having our fill (well, mostly my fill, John doesn’t mind as
much) of less-than-perfect Buffalo weather, we decided we definitely needed a
change. We made the decision to move –
to a booming bigger city full of new adventures and better opportunities (the
American dream, right?). We came up with
the tentative plan of applying to major cities throughout the US, and settle on
one once we found a job. In the
meantime, though, we decided to take a trip to California to see what all the
rage was about and scope out some possible cities to apply to. Needless to say, during our road trip from
San Diego to San Francisco, we fell in love – with basically the whole
state! There is a reason that The Mamas
and the Papas wrote a song entitled “California Dreaming” (and have you read
the lyrics? That’s us!)
After our trip in July we decided to narrow our job search
to two major cities: San Diego and San Francisco, but were willing to make the
move to somewhere in between. Our
original California ETA was sometime in late June of 2013, but as time elapsed,
the Buffalo winter set in and we became continually unhappier with our current
jobs. After putting my house up for sale
in December and starting to apply the first day of January (what a GREAT new
year’s resolution), our new departure date is now the beginning of March!
And so it begins, my friends, the journey across the
country. A follow-your-dreams type of
adventure that only happens once in a lifetime.
We have no jobs lined up, no specific destination, and no set
plans. We are going to road-trip across
the United States, arrive in San Diego some time in mid-April and begin
applying. We decided that life is too
short to waste being unhappy or disappointed, and not one person has advised us
not to go (speak now or forever hold your peace). Everyone we’ve told about our plans just
says, “Wow, I wish I had done that when I was young.” So here we are, two “young” adults, maybe
slightly crazy, probably completely insane, but we couldn’t be more excited to
see where life takes us over these next few months. And this blog now exists so that you can see
where we are each step of our journey – enjoy reading!
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent
working in the office or mowing your lawn.
Climb that goddamn mountain” –Jack Kerouac
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