Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Moving on and up...literally 2 states up!

Well it took 30 years, but I finally moved out of California, and guess what..... this area of Washington state is pretty darn close to being back in the Bay Area, CA.  Hah! So I guess you can take the girl out of California but you can't take the California out of the girl. I'm actually quite blessed to have moved into a house that is not only paid off, but completely and entirely ours. Not many people can say that in their lifetimes, well unless you're part of the 1% (of which I am most certainly not) however, I'm not here to talk politics.

I'm now a resident of Lynnwood, WA and although I think I may turn into a meat popsicle this winter, (pop culture movie reference FTW!) I have no real complaints about moving up here. Well unless you count the crazy family I've inherited, or moving away from all of my friends and family, or moving into a real life version of the Money Pit, and it could be months before I get a job in my chosen profession, but really no complaints.

Granted alot about me has changed since my last blog post, and I'm very much looking forward to keeping all of my current blog subscribers (and new ones... hello out there... where are you? come see MEEEE) updated about well just the meanderings of my widdle bwain, but about my career path and current obsessions. For those not in the know... which lets face it, is most of you, that would be: Neuromuscular Therapist & Makeup. I blame all of you women in group RUM... oh wait.. first rule of RUM is not to talk about RUM.. eeek I think I may get beaten soon. I went from a tomboy loving makeup idiot, to a tomboy loving girly wannabe makeup snob in no shorter than a few months flat. I have all of them to thank. *huggles*  Oh and a few hundred(s) dollars less in our bank account.

I hope that I'm not the only crazed Californian (or whatever state you hailed from) to claim asylum in another state. I mean honestly the cost of living alone is enough to drive the 99%ers out for good.  Ooops there I go again with politics, I'm sorry. I love that it is absolutely BEAUTIFUL here in Washington, I hate that the people in my city drive just as crazy as people in San Francisco, and yet *I* get the snarky looks for driving around with a CA plate. *shrug* I HATE that liquor is state controlled and the sales tax is even higher here than in CA. I love that I'm really only 30 mins with bad traffic away from Seattle, and I love that my life really is starting right now. I hate that I paid $20K for an education that almost means nothing here in WA and the bureaucratic hops I have to jump through are no less than ridiculous. I love that I can finally have my own animal companions and we now have 3 adorable cats: Captain Jack, Monocle and Polly. (Polly is the only girl and is poly-dactyl meaning she has 6 toes on her front paws.. so cute!) I hate that I now have to invest in this phenomena called "snow tires" the hell?  *snort*

I'd love to know the trials and tribulations any of you went through with a big move, or a life changing event.

And really I'm hoping you'll follow my blog, share my blog... hell I'll even do a giveaway of some sort if that's what it takes. LOL I'm not ashamed to pimp my blog. ;)

Cheers from the ever dropping temperatures here in the Pacific Northwest. *inhales fresh air* ahhhhh.

Quinn