Fear and Trembling

No one yet knows of this blog. I'm excited the name was available. Anticipating that I will miss friends and family dearly, I hope this helps to bridge the distance.

The work interview was yesterday, and it went well. It seems all are on board with my company for the transfer. I am thankful for their responsiveness, especially my superiors here in St. Louis. I've not yet received the official offer, although it was made fairly clear in the interview it was forthcoming. Salary and start dates have yet to be locked in also, but my current supervisor is thinking mid-May at the earliest. One month. One month to uproot my life.

I spent some time at Barnes and Noble today, originally looking for a map. I walked out with a book titled "Newcomer's Handbook for Moving To and Living In Chicago". Perfect, right? It has a lot of good information about setting up utilities, parking permits, etc.

I've been trolling craigslist and the Chicago Reader website for apartment listings. I wouldn't mind living alone (with pooch, of course), but also wouldn't mind the built-in connections of roommate, not to mention the more-bang-for-your-rental-dollar you get with a two bedroom (and split utilities!). But who? How do you find a good roommate, who is right now a stranger? The book lists some roommate pairing websites. One costs $20 for a month. May be a good investment.

My head is swimming. I want to get the salary locked in, then I can finalize budgets and move forward from there.

Mostly, I want this planning bit to be over, because once the big stuff is out of the way, I think this really could be a lot of fun.

Thanks for reading.