butterflyjack (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:58 am I'm sorry to hear you going through such turmoil, Danya...But, now that you've made a decision, I hope it has abated...You seem to be very hard on yourself...as many of us are..

Smooches Jackie

Hi Jackie,

I'm doing fine today. Yes, there are times when I am very hard on myself. Fortunately, these don't usually last too long. I have been employed only 10 months over the last two years, not for a lack of trying. So this has been a difficult two years for me in some ways. Despite that, I am much happier with life now.

Only a month has passed since I started a very active job search. This is not a long time, but I was recovering from GRS complications for two months prior to that. During part of that t

Dave (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:12 am ime, I had to rely on my dwindling life savings to survive.

Moving and a new job are

big traumas for anyone.

You have to do what is good for you.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for understanding. Moving and starting a new job are major life stresses and I was st

Falcon (imported) wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:21 am ressed out over that. I would have gone ahead anyway for the right job. I may yet move for another opportunity.

I would also suggest Regent Square, which is an easy commute downtown, has a lot of f

un restaurants, and is quite gay friendly. Be sure to stop at the Square Cafe for wonderful breakfast and lunch!

Hi Falcon,

I've read very good things about Regent Square. Sounds like a terrific neighborhood. I have good memories from times I visited Frick Park.

Danya, I do understand, I remember back in May of 95 driving across Neb and wondering what I was thinking, moving from the bay area to St Louis, somewhere on I-70 I realized I was looking off to the right hand side of the road to a white farm house a few trees around it a white pickup and a green tractor, a mile down the road I saw the same white house trees pickup and green tractor, it was this way for miles, at one point I looked to the other side of the road and saw a white house with a few trees a white pickup and a green tractor. I wondered what I had got myself into, I said to myself it Missouri is like Nebraska I was going to turn around and go back.

Moving and a new job are two of the most stressful things we go through, I do understand.

I know you will find that right job and right place to live, and until you do, I will keep thinking about you and sending you big hugs.

River

That's funny, that reminds me of driving from PA into Ohio. On the turnpikes you go from hills and scenic mountains into FLATNESS. It is always startling to me the difference once you cross the state border.