Okay so new job. I was getting all set up and trained and then I got a call saying that funding had been pulled from that department so the position I was hired for no longer existed.
KC and I stressed about what it would mean and where else I could go. I told my supervisor I was still interested in staying with the company and to let me know if there were any other open positions.
A week later I got an email saying there were two positions open to me. One was part time and an hour away. The other was full time, but 1 hour and 40 minutes away.
KC and I spent a long time discussing the pros and cons and finally decided on taking the full time position. So, yes that means I will now be driving almost 4 hours round trip to and from work every day. Yeah…
I might be crazy.
The thing is that I live in the Poconos. My family has lived in this area for generations. The area now is over populated and there just aren’t enough jobs. So for me to find a full time (WELL PAYING) job where I live just hasn’t been possible.
I do have a plan. The plan is to move to Philadelphia this Summer. KC and I fell in love with that area and hoped to move there in a few years. My new job is only 40 minutes from Philly. So we;ll be looking at apartments and seeing what the new plan will be.
It’s also dependent on KC finding a job that pays as well and is as secure as her job now. That might be difficult. So there might be a period where we live apart.
I’m also still unsure of the company and the job, but I look forward to learning more about it.
I’m hopeful. I don’t think it will be easy, but nothing ever is. I just want this to be the catalyst for my life to move forward. I do feel like there has been a period where my life sort of felt stuck. No college, no real job, no place of my own. I think it might be starting.
That is why I chose this job. Things will begin to move forward.
It’s the path less traveled. Will it make all the difference?
Jill - GlossyVeneer said,
March 17, 2010 @ 2:17 pm
I wish you the best of luck with this! I can completely understand that it may be scary, but also exciting… and I truly hope that this is the kickstart your life needs to move forward. Best of luck to both of you in figuring out your future living arrangements… it could be an awesome new adventure to move to Philly!
One Scrappy Gal said,
March 21, 2010 @ 1:27 pm
Yes… the road less travelled usually does make all the difference. I wish you much success in all your future endeovers. Best of luck to you two!! As a Navy wife who has been with her husband 18 years and lived more than that apart I can tell you that…if your love is true and your relationship is solid… you can weather any storm. You can do it!!