First of all, there are lots of receipts for places in Chicagoland that I miss. Portillo's, Sally's, Gibson's, Bongo Room (Ok, so they are all restaurants and bars, but I even got nostalgic for the dry cleaner because he carried my stuff out TO THE CAR for me).
And also, the seemingly never-ending job search. I had an interview last week but I won't find anything out about that position for another two weeks or so. I had one interview at the beginning of February. Still nothing from that. I e-mailed HR on that one yesterday. Then a call today for one on Monday. So, it's at least going SOMEWHERE, but not as fast as I'd hoped. Obviously. Otherwise I wouldn't still be writing about looking for a job.
The thing is, I am going to make a WHOLE LOT LESS money here than I did in Chicagoland. And yes, it costs less to live here. That is true. From all the COL (cost of living) calculators I looked at when we moved up there and also recently, it's about 25% higher in the Chicago area than it is here. But some of these positions pay even more than 25% less. And it's so frustrating to me. I like money. I want to live in a cool neighborhood, like Tarrytown. And I think I was underpaid in Chicago. So I don't really like this difference. UGH. So frustrating.
Such is life, right? I'll have to hope for Scott to get a raise! :)
Oh honey, hang in there, it will get better!
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