Many of you will remember a few hubs back when I mentioned I had finally come to a conclusion of what I want to do with the rest of my life. Well, now I've decided where I want to do it. For a year or so now North Carolina has been pulling at me, I don't quite know why, but the idea of living near the beach has been something I've strived for. So, today I began job/apartment searching down in N.C., only on craigslist, mind you, and I wasn't finding much, really nothing in my field. Then I thought about looking at the Southern Carolina and still nothing. This though is when I found my state of choice. Just above S.C. on the craigslist list of states was Rhode Island, a short hop, skip, and jump from my current home in Massachusetts. I'm pretty close to my family and my ancestors have lived in the same area of Massachusetts pretty much since they came here, so I've always had a hard time wanting to leave. My heart really is in Massachusetts. I think this is probably why the idea of N.C. never quite felt right. After all, I'd have to take a plane home, or drive for hours on highways, something I'm not incredibly fond of. Rhode Island though, puts me close to the beach, and keeps me close to Boston. A city I am falling in love with.

After deciding that perhaps Rhode Island was where I was meant to be I did a bit of job searching on craigslist. Would you believe I found a good five or six different possible jobs in the area? I couldn't believe it. I went from finding nothing entry-level enough for me, to all kinds of possible job opportunities. I was/am excited at all of the possible jobs. Looking in R.I. also makes it easier on the job hunt. After all, getting to Rhode Island for a job interview is a ton easier than getting to North Carolina. I also was worried that no one in N.C. would be interested in bringing down an entry-level person to interview, after all, couldn't they find other people closer to them? This fixes it all.

I'd once contemplated moving to Michigan, my sister and her family live there, and housing is very cheap. I always envied the fact that she rented a whole house, I want to do that. I've lived in both apartment complexes and apartments in houses, and would love to have a little house to call my own, even if it was just a rental. In my search for affordable housing in R.I. I didn't come across any houses for rent, but what I did come across was just about as good. One and two bedroom apartments for rent. I have recently been looking in the Massachusetts area I just moved out of and it seems that I won't be able to find any one bedroom apartments. I generally get along well with people but for some reason have a bit of trouble getting along well with roomies. It's not that we don't get along, we do, but perhaps I am looking for more from a roomie. Generally the roommates I've lived with since college have lived their own lives seperate from my own. This was a big change from my college years, when you were guaranteed to have 1 or maybe even 5 other people ready, willing, and able to drop whatever they were doing and go to the bar, or a road trip, or whatever caught your fancy. Since college, I have only lived on my own once. The first month or so it was almost debilitating. I would go home and sit around and do nothing, panic attacks were always ready and willing to jump out at me. I made it through, and am thinking that I would like to enjoy that again. If the house was messy, so what, if I wanted to have friends over, there was never anyone to tell us to be quiet, and I got to decorate it just the way I wanted. I'm quite looking forward to that again.