Our 2009 do-over

posted by Jeff | Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 11:13 PM | comments: 0

I've started to pack up stuff that's going with me or into original packaging for our move. In a few days I'll be a transient! I think I've got one burst of sentimentality left, but no time for it. It's weird to think that this room I'm sitting in, that I've occupied for 12 years minus 2, is one I'll never see again. In some way, hooray, but man, if these walls could talk.

When we moved to Seattle in 2009, it was so time to leave Cleveland. It's just that almost nothing was ideal about it. While we were never uncomfortable or subject to extreme risk, there were a ton of stressful situations that made it a whole lot less fun than it could have been. Consider this comparison:

  2009 2013
Houses to sell 2 0
Child situation 6 months pregnant 3-year-old boy
Credit card debt around $40k $0
Cash savings $0 lots
Cats 4 3 (missing Cosmo)
Moving experience Jeff: none
Diana: lots
Like it's our job
Career choices Anything I can get Can be picky

It's a different world this time, that's for sure. Yes, there are definitely some tradeoffs, and I still hope missing Seattle isn't too much of an issue. It's remarkable how much better the circumstances are this time around. Some of them were my own doing, and some was the world getting in the way, but it's a much better scene all around.


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