Alright, so in a little over a year from now (winter of 2012) I shall be graduating with a BA in English. After a lot of discussion and agreeing how much the distance totally and completely sucks, my boyfriend and I have worked out a shaky plan that after I graduate I will move with him, over to Michigan, while he finishes up his degree before we move back to California. So this leaves me either moving with him right at the beginning of 2013, or during that summer. And I don't know if I'm jumping the gun here and getting overly excited, but this is really on my mind! We're very fortunate that we live in the same country so that's one less hurdle we don't have to deal with but there's still a lot to be done, and there's so much I don't even know where to start.
I currently work at TJ MAXX which I feel I have a good chance of being transferred over there (I'm so lucky their linked to Marshall's and Home Goods as well which boosts my chances of their being a nearby store) which would help a ton in giving me a place to work while I work on my portfolio and free-lance work, but of course there's no guarantee and I'm very stressed I won't be able to find a job and neither will he (he recently quit his job to focus more on school). I've yet to meet his parents and while I still have a year to do so it also worries me they'll be less than thrilled with my moving there and feeling responsible for me, and I'm way too apprehensive to mention these plans to my own family.
Can anyone give me just a little direction? Am I panicking too soon? Should I wait until it gets a little closer? Or is this the type of thing I need to be thinking and figuring out well in advance?
I currently work at TJ MAXX which I feel I have a good chance of being transferred over there (I'm so lucky their linked to Marshall's and Home Goods as well which boosts my chances of their being a nearby store) which would help a ton in giving me a place to work while I work on my portfolio and free-lance work, but of course there's no guarantee and I'm very stressed I won't be able to find a job and neither will he (he recently quit his job to focus more on school). I've yet to meet his parents and while I still have a year to do so it also worries me they'll be less than thrilled with my moving there and feeling responsible for me, and I'm way too apprehensive to mention these plans to my own family.
Can anyone give me just a little direction? Am I panicking too soon? Should I wait until it gets a little closer? Or is this the type of thing I need to be thinking and figuring out well in advance?
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