The guys at Meetro are moving from Chicago to Berkeley, CA. I was introducted to Wendell, who works there, by Nicholas of Quicksilver lore. They’re looking for someone to do some web work for them, and I would sure like to do it. I’ve been looking for work for a while now on Monster, Dice, and CareerBuilder, but the sad thing is that if they don’t want you for a job, they never bother to contact you to tell you so. This is frustrating and disheartening, but I can learn to deal with it.

Now if I’m offered the job, I’ll be living up in Berkeley. I’ve never lived there, but I’ve lived in the Bay Area and I like it quite a bit. Sarah will still be in Bakersfield, and she’ll be fairly busy with school. How often will we get to see each other when the drive is about 4.5 - 5 hours and public transportation takes about 6-7 hours? That’s a question she’d not rather find the answer to, and she’d rather I stay in Bakersfield and look for a job here. For a variety of reasons, I can’t do that. I need to live my life, and not put it off. This is not, in my mind, a “career vs. family” issue. I don’t want to go there to advance my career and get ahead blah blah blah. I want to do it because this job, and others like it, are things I enjoy doing. The area is an area I like (significantly better than Bakersfield). It will be hard being away from Sarah but I think it’ll be better for my sanity than if I stayed in Bakersfield.