TIME TO START PACKING

I feel like it was just a few weeks ago when I was announcing that I had passed my state board exams. And now I am happy to announce that I have accepted a job offer in San Diego! Yes, I cannot even explain the happiness I feel in knowing that I get to move back to the city I love. My goal all along has been to come up to Riverside to get some work experience, obtain my state registration, and move to the city of my choice afterwards. And even though the past year and four months have really flown by, my time spent here has been extremely difficult. I experienced loneliness and depression on a whole new level. There were many times when I thought I wasn't going to "make it". I spent entire weekends inside of my house crying because I felt so lonely and literally had "nothing" to do. I came close to packing my bags and heading back home more than a handful of times. But here I am almost a year and a half later and I've made it while accomplishing all my goals. I'm excited that I get to head back to a city that feels like home and makes my heart feel happy. I feel so blessed.

So whats next from here? Well, its going to take a while for my pre-employment check to go through. So right now it looks like I won't be starting for at least another month or so. I will be heading to San Diego periodically to take care of different processes in my pre-employment check, which means I am going to have to request random days off work. When I'm in SD I also plan on checking out apartments to rent. I'm definitely looking for roommates this time around as living on my own has become too expensive, and I want to save more money. I'm thinking I will put in my two week notice by mid-June, but probably sooner. I really want to take a trip somewhere before I start this new job since it will  be another 6-9 months before I can request time off. I'm looking into Cabo San Lucas, or a volunteering trip in Costa Rica for 2 weeks. But I still need to do a lot of research and determine if I even have enough money saved up. Which leads me to my next plan....I am going to be working as much overtime as possible to fund my trip(s) and moving expenses. I'm already signed up to work tomorrow and next weekend before I leave for my girls trip. Lastly I will be spending time slowly packing up my things so that I'm all good to go come moving day instead of stressed out. There is no feeling like having your hard work pay off and having your dreams come true.

*Anyone have any friends living in SD that are looking for a roomie? Especially in North Park