I'm all excited and nervous about this whole "moving to Montana" thing, but it's gonna be fun, right??
Until everything you've been told has been contradicted in the direction you didn't want it to go. (Furrows eyebrows)
See, it might not have been so bad if I had known certain things from the get-go, but this sudden big change has got me more worried than excited. Example: Don't get my own bedroom, one phone-line for 8 people, and the only option for internet access is that one phone line. I was under the impression I had my own room, plus internet and cable if I want. I can cope, it's just way under-par from what I was expecting!
Those are just a few things. But I am stubborn and still moving! Adapt to the unexpected!
But it gets better. I took this test for a city job the other day, I was one of 50 people and the ONLY FEMALE. Yeah, it's a labor job and most of the guys were much older and tougher than me. Find out today - I was one of 6 to be invited to the next step - agility test! And they are filling 3 spots!
The catch - I'll be in Montana when they are doing the test. There's probably no way I can come back for it.
I begged and pleaded - as professionally as possible - if there was any way to take the test before I left, or when I get back, or some other time, but I have to call back later when they discuss it. Sigh. I'd hate to think I am missing an opportunity to do full-time work that I can actually tolerate at the expense of a seasonal whim - but I've wanted to do fire for so long that I know myself, and know I have to entertain this whim or it will never go away! And who knows, maybe I'll love fire and make it my career. In any case, I was having doubts about going but my instincts say "LEAVE!!!!"
Yeah, it's going to be a big change, but follow your gut. As far as net access goes, you can always find an internet cafe somewhere to access your mail and your journal etc. (Just go to www.aol.com) As far as the phone is concerned, get yourself a cheap cell phone. I think of all of the trade-offs you've mentioned here, not having a private telephone number would drive me nuts.
ReplyDeleteI think maybe I forgot to mention I will be in the literal "middle of nowhere". Internet cafes? I wish! They tell me the nearest grocery store is 2 hrs away, yet alone any internet cafes. No cell phones work there either. This is why the lack of communication options bothers me. I'm a city girl in a backcountry world! :)
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