the gap is closing
no no, fear not all ye preppie white kids and kanye west fans....hmm...that's the second kanye reference i've made in a month...chi-town is rubbing off.....not the commercial conglomerate devoted to dressing the cautious republican children out there, the gap between my feeling comfortable somewhere and needing to relocate again. it used to be right around every two years that i felt the need to crawl out of my skin and scamper to a new scene...but it seems as though it has become every two months---or maybe that's just how long chicago lasted. i have recently made some decisions and finally allowed myself to listen to what the slightly more logical me has been screaming in the background to the little nomad in me---#1, i have concluded that i was right, and after a not entirely so arduous but very telling job search: no one wants to hire a person who just graduated college with a bachelor's degree in psychology....well, unless i want to sell life insurance which is apparently the only thing i'm qualified to do....#2, if i go back to school i've got great health insurance until i'm 25 and it will be crazy easier to find a job when i get out--making a butt load more money...part of that is the assumption that there will be some drastic changes coming in november....if you know what i mean #3, i have to go to graduate school, i will go to graduate school, i am going to graduate school. #4, chicago is great but it makes a hell of a lot more sense (financially and otherwise) to move back to philly and chill with mom and dad--rent free--while i study for my gre's and apply to graduate school...(that's correct, i haven't even taken the gre...i'm so prepared ;) ) #5, if i live at home; a- i don't have to find another random person to live with here in chicago, b-i won't have to buy furniture (as i had to sell or give everything i own away in order to move...since towing a couch on the grand am across the country didn't sound to hot to me) c-i will be able to see my friggin family--who are the most awesome people in the world--which means that i WILL be able to finally attend a birthday celebration for my beautiful niece---at last:) and spend some time with my older relatives who are not in such great health, and finally, d- i will be working and just saving all of my money so i WILL be able to go to india for that month and a half as originally planned.....how great is that? so there you have it---this little kid is crashing back into mom and dad's pad. hellz yeah---whoever said that supporting yourself was cool is out of their mind--and i say that with a useless b.a. in psychology----it will be a little odd, no doubt.....i will have to get used to calling and checking in again....i may have to tame myself a bit, my poor parents will have to adjust to the fact that they can't give me a curfew---god love 'em they will try. and, they will have to learn to love my --shall we call her energetic?--little mutt:) for those of you who know little guinness, you understand what a delightful euphemism that is...so this was all decided thursday---i have already cleaned out my car, packed all of my stuff and am getting ready to load it all up again, say my goodbyes and head out---you'd be amazed how easy this has become for me. so alas, my spunky little pooch and myself are once again destined to be back on the road----after all. i can't let the postal service track me down that easily!
