
msmagdalene
- January 20th, 21:24
Ive begun researching moving out west. Preferably Arizona, the phoenix area. Chris and i are just done. We're so fed up with life in the north. One of the few things i loved about living in Charlotte was the lack of snow fall like the NE gets. The winters here are just becoming unbearable. It's barely reached 25 the past 2 weeks. We've been hammered by about 4 storms so far this season, this is all not counting the fact that when i snows, it continues to snow for days. It's been snowing for 3 days. Sure, not much accumulation, but it's been snowing non-stop for three days. On days when it's sunny it's not even bright. The sun sets at about 4:30- 5:00. Days are so short and dark up here in the winter. It was -27 up here a few days ago. With windchill, i dont doubt it felt -40. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND ACTUALLY WANTS TO LIVE IN THIS?! - 40 fucking degrees. There is cold, and there is unbearable.
So why a jump from snow to desert?
I've always wanted to live in either Utah, Arizona, Nevada or Colorado. I've never been to any of these places but my family has. My sister, father, mother, grandparents.... Even Chris's family . Neither of us has been but all our family and friends can talk about is how beautiful it is. Not to mention added pluses such as no snow, min. rainfall. Sun. SUN! I dont mind heat, i could care less about how hot it gets. I love being warm, hot and toasty. I swear i'm a lizard. If i was any animal id be a lizard. I'd bask in the sun all day ( of course, if i didnt burn terribly like i do now, and if it didnt cause cancer). Then there is the fact that real estate is cheap. Cheap! Awesome looking homes. A lot are in need of repair, but, when they are selling for 20,000-40,000, because of forclosure and what not, repair is doable. The job market out that way is not all too bad and there is a State Farm there that Chris could transfer to until he figured out what exactly he wants to do with his life.
The ultimate reason for living out that way, and it may sound super corny and/or dumb. I can finally buy a motorcycle, and then we can ride year round ( or close to ). If we move out west we have decided to own only ONE car. A good one. Id like a mustang, and so would Chris. Convertible. Two motorcycles. The amount of money we'd save on car payments, insurance and gas would be so worth it. Dropping 160$ car payment, 115$ in insurance and 100-150$ in gas could mean more money to save. More money to spend on home items. More money to finaly spend on myself. I swear i spend all my money on bills and esstentials. What little i have left i spend on SOME activities, but mostly i try to save. This is not going too well, but, thats ok .
I want out of here . I want to live in a place where i dont have to worry about cold, snow, ice. No bonechilling winds. I want to live somewhere that will make me happy. Somewhere that Chris can be happy. Thats means being able to ride his motorcycle year round, so if that means living in the dessert that is fine by me. Less yard work! I want to establish my life somehwere. I want to settle down so that we ca hopefully get married and start a family in the next few years. I want to be where my life should be, and that is out of the northeast. I , of course, would miss my family. I would be lying if i said my relationship with my family is great though. I feel like a horrible daughter when i realize i have not seen my mother since Christmas. I see my grandmother more than my mother and even then i only see her once a month. I love my family to death, and they love me as well, but i've never had that family bond thing. Not like my sister. It would suck to leave them, but they understand. The fact my father also believes this is impossible just drives me more. I want to prove to my father that he is not always right. He should believe in me more. He should put his faith in me. I know i have given him reasons not to but i feel like i'm much more grown up. Sure i dont have my life perfectly figured out, but i'm getting there. I'm trying. I just want more emotional support and backing from him. I want to him to realize that i am capable of being more than i am. I want him to be happy that i have achieved more than he and that i have made something of my life. I want to be happy. Something, i think, my father has not been ina while. I want him to come visit and play golf all the time.
I want my father to be proud of me. I think, in proving him wrong, he will finally be. I think he has been waiting for the day we ( my sister and I ) finally told him " You're wrong". That day, i think in his eyes, i stop being his little girl and i FINALLY become an adult.
We will eventually move there. I feel it in my blood.
But , seriously, where to start?