Preparing for Las Vegas

So I took the job in Las Vegas and now I am overwhelmed with the idea of moving all the way across the county. Somehow the task just seems huge. I know for a 29 year old I really don't have that much stuff . . . Most of my worldly possessions fit in my closet. I am beginning to sift through my belongings, round up boxes and prepare mentally for that long journey west.

I know some of the this trepidation comes from fear of change and the idea of starting in a new place with no friends and no idea how to get anywhere. The last time I did that was when I moved to Tallahassee to start graduate school. I have become so comfortable here and in many ways this is really the closest thing to home I have felt since I left my parents home almost 10 years ago. I will miss school. I will miss my friends. I will miss all the odd things that make Tallahassee oddly entertaining. All the while I am looking forward to a fresh start and a new place.

I also think these big life changes are a little harder on us single people. (Yes, I know the decisions with two people are harder as are setting the priorities). I have no one to hold my hand and tell me everything will be O. K. I have no one who will be there when I get home to keep me company and make me smile before I make new friends. I have no one to calm me down from the sticker shock of house hunting and make me feel as though it is ok to spend this much money on a condo.

All this makes me wish more than ever that I had found that somebody a long time ago . . . And that they were here to help me through the hard times. I have to believe for my own sanity that I haven't passed him up yet and that he will have been worth all the wait.