There hasn’t been a lot of work going on with my whale over the past month or two as I have been dealing with some life decisions. The house that I have been renting is being sold and I had to make the decision whether I wanted to find another rental which would tie me down in Wisconsin for the next year or if I wanted to take this opportunity to look for a job in a geographic location that would make me much happier.
Can I just say that looking for a job and planning a move across country is stressful enough in ordinary times but doing it during a pandemic is just weird. At least the jobs I interviewed for didn’t demand that I fly across country for a thirty minute face to face interview (I have done that twice in my life. Not fun!). Interestingly enough, I received two job offers on the same day, within about thirty minutes of each other. One would have had me an hour from the Atlantic Ocean, the other an hour from the Pacific Ocean. I really loved the idea of both of them but the job out in the PNW was just calling my name.
All that to say…I AM COMING BACK TO THE PNW!!!
Three years ago, at about this same time, I moved away and I have felt like my spiritual self has been withering away. It has been great to meet my wonderful coworkers here and to reconnect with family but the part that makes ME tick has been gone.
So I have packed up my artwork and I will be driving my life out to Oregon in the very near future. I have done this enough to feel like I have things under control (kinda) but this pandemic has played with my head enough that perhaps a good three day road trip and some salt air will get some of the cobwebs out.
Talk to you on the other side!