the rather large sleeve

ok...the verdict is in. my professional conversation went quite well, and i got the job. I AM MOVING TO BOSTON. that is by far the most exciting thing i have ever written on this blog. and, i was thinking about it, and it's also probably the "biggest" thing i've ever done. it's certainly the farthest i've ever moved. until now, the farthest was 45 minutes away from oregon city to newberg, to to a teeny tiny christian college. looking back, i cant believe how traumatizing that was for me, what a huge transistion it was. i know what you're thinking...if that was a huge transistion, how are you going to successfully move across the country? well, that was five years ago, and i like to think i've come a long way since then. and truthfully, i have. dont get me wrong, i'm not expecting this to be easy. i know i have a hard time with change. and there's a significant part of me that wants to call the whole thing off just so i can stay near most of the people that mean the most to me, jet over to brian's or my mom's whenever i feel like it, and ensure that i will be at the hospital when matea and geneva's little brothers or sisters are born. but i know, and you know, after listening to my complaining these many months, that i have to get out of here. i need a big change, a big city, a big, huge bucket of possibilities. before i went to boston for the interview, my friend tim told me that he was sure "G0d had something up his rather large sleeve" for me. i like that image, and it appears that he has (finally) pulled it out, and it is boston. i suppose i probably wont really believe it until i've been there for a few months, and i'm expecting it to be emotionally difficult for atleast that long. hopefully i'll acquire a hot boyfriend to comfort me in my angst. not to mention for safety reasons!

so it is looking like brian and i will be moving me in my car via a cross country road trip! how rad is that going to be? i've always wanted to do the cross country road trip thing, i came close once with my friend anne, and who better to do it with than your best friend? it'll be one last hurrah, as i have started to call everything that i'm planning in the little-more-than a month before i leave. the road trip? one last hurrah. the jack johnson show in bend? one last hurrah. living with brian for two weeks before i leave? one last hurrah. the huge going away party i want my friends to throw for me even though they dont know yet? one hell of a last hurrah.

of course, now that i have FINALLY got another job, i can FINALLY give my notice at roth's!!! praise hallelujah! how long have i dreamed of this moment...and it will be happening on tuesday. FINALLY!!! i cant believe that God helped me survive these last months, as i think it was atleast three months ago that i was seriously contemplating just quitting and getting a job as a waitress here in mac. thank you, God, for helping me not to settle, and to wait for this amazing opportunity you have given me. may this be a lesson to all you readers out there! good things really do come to those who wait...and wait...and suffer...and wait.

this is so insane, i cant believe it, etc, etc, etc!!!!