told mom
I told my sister and my mom today that I was planning to move. My younger sister, of course, was super encouraging. She even mentioned that she was thinking of doing the same thing as soon as she finished her p.t. internship and passed her test; she wanted to move to Hawaii (of course!), Arizona, or California. A classmate of hers from physical therapy school moved to Arizona and is making $40/hr, and she just bought her own condo. not bad.I told my sister during my lunch break and we had a good discussion about it. I was dreading telling my mom though. Clearly, she was not going to embrace the idea, and I also, I think she takes it a bit as personal rejection that I want to move 2,000 miles away.
At first I thought I would give my family 6 weeks notice, and tell them sometime in mid-August. Then I decided I should tell them now, I don't know if it was prompting for the Holy Spirit or what. I figured that if my mother was going to get super upset, then it is better for her to be super upset now, because then by three months time she will come to acceptance about it.
She was more positive initially than I thought she would be, but then she began to talk about how "all the people in California are nutcases." She said, "that's no place to meet a man." (my gosh, it's not my quest in life!)
My younger sister today said something really profound though, I mean, I thought it was really good for her to say that. I was asking her, because I knew my parents were not going to like the idea of me moving, and she said something along the lines of--they (my parents) can offer their opinions, (and I know they will!) but you have to be happy for yourself.
yup, I believe that's true. : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : )
posted by the princess @ 7/05/2005 05:49:00 PM
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