Heading out west

Posted May 25th, 2008 by Graham

I usually don’t make impulse decisions.
I usually have a plan for everything I do.

Not this time.

My twin sister hinted a few weeks ago that she wanted out of here, and that she wanted a job for the summer in Los Angeles, California. I’ve been out to L.A. multiple times so she asked me if I knew where to start.

I knew a hasty decision to move out west wouldn’t fly with my parents at all, but to my surprise they weren’t against it. They weren’t against it if and only if I went with her.

So comes down to this: We’re probably leaving on Friday to drive to Los Angeles. A three day long drive. We’ll probably get there Sunday night, and on Monday morning we’re going apartment hunting. This amounts to spending the two remaining months of my summer in a city that I can see myself living in once I’m out of college. I see it as a head start, and quite possibly a sobering real world experience to boot.

I’ve worked out that I’ll have to fly home on two occasions: A wedding that I’m an ushering in June and a week-long camp in late July that I’ve been hired out for as Technical Director.

I’m anxiously and cautiously looking forward to this. Though it is one of the crazier and more uncertain things I’ve ever done.

I’ll let you all know how it goes.