geography change

I am still unemployed, as all of the three people that read my blog very well know. I have been out of graduate school since the very beginning of July. I have two degrees (both of which are turning out to be useless- not just the first one like i thought). I am certified in four subject areas to be able to teach- two middle school and two high school. And yet NOTHING.

A while ago I started freaking out about this, having slight panic attacks even just thinking about the fact that i have no income and bills that need to be paid (or paid off). And then I realized that this is the perfect opportunity for me. I mean, outside of the amazing friends I have in Atlanta, and my family here, I have nothing keeping me here. I've always told people that I don't ever want to be tied down; that when i decide to up and move, i can without too many problems. And since, like i said, I don't really have a job holding me in Atlanta, I'm going to do something that I have always wanted to.

I'm going to move to Colorado.

I have wanted to live in Colorado since the first time I went out there when I was 15. There has always been something about it that has drawn me there-- there is something about the West that just does that anyway. But since Colorado was always the dream, that is where I'm going to start (much to Lauren's dismay).
Here is the plan: for the next 8 or so months, I am going to sub (since Dekalb county FINALLY emailed me about becoming a sub, for real), work at the preschool, babysit my ass off, and do just about anything else to pay off some bills and save money. I'm going to work on getting my initial Colorado teaching license, and work my ass off getting a job in Colorado, and move out there sometime July next year. Even if i don't have a job, I'm getting out there and looking for one doing whatever, I don't care. But i feel like it is time for something different, and Colorado seems the best choice. I mean, why not? and I know if I don't do this now, I won't do it at all, and I'll regret it forever. So here we go.