Well, we've arrived. Four days of driving, three of them with rather stressed-out cats. Let me tell you, that isn't fun. Our cars arrived the day after we did.
The job hunt continues - I have a meeting with a headhunter on Monday and an interview out of town on Wednesday.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Happy (belated) New Year!
It's been a while since I had time to compose a post. It's been a rough week-and-a-half.
First off, Happy New Year, everyone! May 2013 be happy and peaceful.
So, on the way to our New Year's party, we blew a tire. Nothing adds that certain je ne sais qoui to a 16-hour trip like waiting for AAA to come put on the emergency spare and then having to find somewhere to buy tires. Aside from that, the holidays were free of major events - always a good thing. The cats are staying with my in-laws until we swing by to pick them up on the way to Texas - and from the photos of them staring at the front door, I'm not sure whether we miss them more than they miss us.
More recently, we waved goodbye as our cars rolled away on the back of a carrier. There's about a 2-in-10 chance they'll beat us there.
Tomorrow, the long haul begins...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The first week of the journey
On Dec. 20, I bid a fond farewell to my coworkers in Indian Head,
Maryland. A few days later, I bid a somewhat choked-up farewell to my apartment
in Waldorf, MD. While my wife and I may not have especially liked the
apartment or the management company, it was still home for the last four
years.
The reason we're moving is pretty simple. My wife is being relocated to Texas, and my paycheck couldn't support both of us in the Washington DC area.
Closing our apartment in Waldorf left me with nowhere that my name's on the lease. We're currently "living" in my wife's New Jersey apartment (and by "living", I mean take-out food, surrounded by boxes, waiting for the next stage). Our two cats went to my in-laws' home for Christmas and will be staying there until we head for Texas in mid-January. Once we get there, we'll be staying in a hotel for a month while we search for an apartment in our landing zone and I search for a job in my field.
You'd think that finding a job for a Mechanical Engineer would be easy in Texas. After all, there's so many industries that involve engineering there. Unfortunately, the holidays are a lousy time for a job search, plus the "Fiscal Cliff" crisis has everyone wondering what their budget will be next year.
At least I'm finally seeing some snow fall here on December 26th. It's a sight I've not seen all that much of, living in Maryland.
In between my welcome post and now (all of five minutes), I asked myself why I'm posting this online rather than just writing a journal or posting status updates to Facebook. I'm not really sure why, actually. I've started to set up this blog several times, but always pulled back before today. Whatever the reason, I hope you all enjoy the writing to come.
The reason we're moving is pretty simple. My wife is being relocated to Texas, and my paycheck couldn't support both of us in the Washington DC area.
Closing our apartment in Waldorf left me with nowhere that my name's on the lease. We're currently "living" in my wife's New Jersey apartment (and by "living", I mean take-out food, surrounded by boxes, waiting for the next stage). Our two cats went to my in-laws' home for Christmas and will be staying there until we head for Texas in mid-January. Once we get there, we'll be staying in a hotel for a month while we search for an apartment in our landing zone and I search for a job in my field.
You'd think that finding a job for a Mechanical Engineer would be easy in Texas. After all, there's so many industries that involve engineering there. Unfortunately, the holidays are a lousy time for a job search, plus the "Fiscal Cliff" crisis has everyone wondering what their budget will be next year.
At least I'm finally seeing some snow fall here on December 26th. It's a sight I've not seen all that much of, living in Maryland.
In between my welcome post and now (all of five minutes), I asked myself why I'm posting this online rather than just writing a journal or posting status updates to Facebook. I'm not really sure why, actually. I've started to set up this blog several times, but always pulled back before today. Whatever the reason, I hope you all enjoy the writing to come.
Welcome!
I think Semisonic's song "Closing Time" says it best: "Every new beginning is another new beginning's end." Welcome to "A Well-Dressed Homeless Man", an online chronicle of my experience moving from Maryland to New Jersey to Texas, with holiday travel thrown in the middle.
Updates will be sporadic, since reliable internet is dicey when you're on the move. But for everyone who comes here to see me record the next stage of my life for all to see: welcome, and enjoy the show.
Updates will be sporadic, since reliable internet is dicey when you're on the move. But for everyone who comes here to see me record the next stage of my life for all to see: welcome, and enjoy the show.
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