California Here We Come

Okay, so we’re actually here already, but we still haven’t officially moved. Let me start from the beginning.

The past couple of months have been insane. The kind of crazy where everyday is filled with a different emotion. It all started a few months ago when our lives didn’t exactly work out as we’d planned. Peter and I had been talking about leaving Austin for the past year and a half and suddenly we became very aware that it wouldn’t happen unless we made it happen. We’re both young and I’ve always wanted to live in a city so I felt like this was our time. Later in life navigating through hoards of people might feel exhausting, but right now, to me it is exhilarating.

So, I narrowed our city choices to:

1. New York
2. Chicago
3. San Francisco

I absolutely love New York (or more specifically Brooklyn). My brother lives there and it is a fantastic city. Peter is from the Chicago area and loves the city, plus his parents live about an hour away. And then there was San Francisco. Neither of us had ever been, but in theory I knew that we would absolutely love it. This is where Peter and I are vastly different. I would move to a city that I had never visited. Peter would not. You could say that he’s more sane than I am or you could just say that I really love change.

Anyway, I was so set on the idea that we would both love it that I convinced him that we should go there on vacation before he went off to teach for the summer. Lo and behold we loved it!

I may write more about the whole job search process later, but to make a long story short. I flew out here, stayed in a mix of hotels, sublets, and with a sorority sister while searching for the right job. It was terrifying and ridiculously stressful, but this past week I found myself in a position with multiple job offers. The whole search had paid off!!

Tomorrow I fly back to Austin, Wednesday Peter will join me. Between Wednesday and Thursday we have to run a million errands, pick up our dogs from my mother’s house, and pack up everything. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we will drive from Austin to San Francisco where we will hopefully have an apartment waiting for us. Monday I start my new job. Again, the last few months have been insane!

So why San Francisco? As strange as it may sound: it’s mostly a weather compromise. Don’t get me wrong the city is amazing, but because Peter is always hot and I’m always cold, it’s somehow a great blend for us.

Where Are You?

Valid question. A lot has changed in my world in the past couple of months. I quit my job at the end of May and I’m starting a company. (Nothing related to this blog, so I won’t bore you with the details.) Peter went to Chicago for the summer to teach as he often has in the past. And I decided to take the opportunity to spend a couple of months in Brooklyn. Luckily for us, we were able to rent out our place to a super-close friend. We’re still wedding planning and we will both return to Austin very shortly.

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One of my brothers lives here and it has been so nice to spend a lot of time with him. The only thing this city is missing is Peter. Maybe someday we will pack up our things and move. We’ll see. We do love our home in Austin. For now I’m just trying to soak it all in, stay on top of wedding planning from afar, and try not to miss having my own space. This means we won’t be posting any updates on our bathroom–I completely meant to finish all of that before we left. Instead, you’ll read a bit more about happenings in New York and probably a fair amount about wedding planning. If you have anything that you want me to check out while I’m here, let me know and i’ll see what I can do.