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We're leaving for Virginia on Sunday. I've got a stack of resumes and writing samples and all that happy crap to take with me. Threw together a little travel portfolio to pimp myself out. For some reason, I don't have a good feeling about this trip. I know I shouldn't have such a dark cloud over my head, because that will ruin my yeah-let's-go pep rally attitude. I guess I'm just getting frustrated, wondering why I think I'll have better luck in Virginia than I've been having here. Aunt R said that Uncle D is ready to help me look for a job, which is cool because Uncle D is just the awesomest uncle ever. Maybe some of his attitude will rub off on me.
The purpose of our trip is two-fold. The main reason (for me) is to go job hunting. As for my parents, they've been wanting to move south for at least a decade, and this is round 3 (that I'm aware of) that they've been down there looking for houses. Aunt R sent us a bunch of realitor's magazines to look through. We (yes, we) are looking in the the general vicinity of where Uncle D and Aunt R live. The few times I've been there, I've loved it. They're right in the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains, which remind me a lot of the Adirondacks.
On past trips, I've been a more passive participant in the house search. I was in middle school the last time I was at Uncle D's and when we were looking for houses, so my priorities have changed. My parents are still in the same groove as far as what they want in a house. And they're being so cool about accomodating their baby girl in her quest for independence -- I can bunk out with them for as long as it takes me to find a job and an apartment of my own. I think we'll be looking at areas where I can settle in to as well on this trip (at least I hope so). But an apartment for Ter is contingent on Ter having a job, so the houses we want to look at will be big enough for us. Mom wants extra guest rooms for when us girls and the kiddos visit, and definitely more than one bathroom (which I'm all for). The only problem is price, since ones that we think will accomodate our needs are way more than my parents are willing to pay. Nonetheless, we have a few houses we want to look at, and I'm sure there are ones on the market that aren't listed in the catalogs we have.
I'm not sure how long we're going to be in Virginia, so I may or may not update next Friday. I'll have a notebook with me, so whenever I update again I'll have all the juicy details.
Until I return,
Thanks for reading,
Ter
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