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[ocelot]

koyote quit his job on Tuesday, and we'll be moving back to California at the end of June. Doing what or living where, we're not entirely sure, but we'll work out something. We have enough to survive for a while, and neither of us is opposed to taking whatever job we can get if it comes to that. Hopefully we can earn enough selling random stuff on ebay and baby carriers that we won't have to, but we'll see.

We'll be staying with my parents for a while. I like to think of this as an extended vacation, rather than moving back home. My mom and stepdad are going to Hawaii for most of July, and we'll be house-sitting. Then we'll be in San Diego for a while.

I'm feeling both apprehensive and relieved about this. Apprehensive for obvious reasons, relieved because I'm really not happy here, and because perhaps having koyote around more will take some of the pressure off me as main caregiver and give me a chance to have some time to myself a bit more often.

So anyways, if any of you living on this coast feel like meeting Leif, get ahold of me soon.

I found out yesterday that my cousin Moira is pregnant. Ironically, she's moving to Northern Virginia this summer, probably a few days after we leave. It's almost enough to make me wish we were staying here, though I doubt we'd see them all that often, anyways.

I'm debating what to do for Leif's first birthday. Part of me feels like we should have a big celebration, the other part doesn't want to deal with it. This isn't entirely laziness - most of what I don't want to deal with has to do with my parents being divorced. Do I invite my dad? Even though the party will be at my Mom's house? What about my paternal grandparents? I feel really bad about the idea of not inviting them, but I think that inviting my dad would be a really bad idea.

If I was having it somewhere neutral, I'd have no problem with inviting them both, but it's so soon after we arrive (we're thinking July 3) that I don't know how feasible it would be to find somewhere else, especially with Coronado being stuck in 4th of July Hell. Two separate parties would be another answer, except there really isn't much of anyone in Coronado besides my dad, grandparents, and possibly brother, and that doesn't really make for much of a party.

I suppose I should just talk to him.

My former boss and manager got laid off this week. I'm glad I'm not working there anymore. My department seems to have really gone to hell over the past year (not that it was much better when I left). I suspect this is partly budget cuts, partly poor management.

I realized today that some of the kids I used to babysit for would be old enough to babysit for Leif.

Ebay is addicting. I love sitting here clicking reload and watching the prices go up, and it's endlessly amusing to me that the stuff I figured would go for $0.99 is up to near retail price (in some cases, more than I paid for it) with quite a bit of time remaining.

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[meglimir.livejournal.com]

Eep! sammyd hasn't met Lief!! We need to get together before y'all leave.

[funjon.livejournal.com]

Well.

Part of me is sad that things didn't go so well in Virginia. Part of me is happy that more people are coming back to California. I've missed all my friends since the great Purge... Going to the range by myself is boring :)

I guess I'm finally fully glad that I didn't get that job at AOL.

Let me know if I can help...

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

For the birthday party, I'd think it would depend on whom it's for. If it's for Leif, invite a couple of people he really likes, and do something he thinks is fun. If it's for you two, to celebrate a year of being Leif's parents, do something you want to do. It doesn't have to be any way but how you like it.

[dempcat.livejournal.com]

I empathize with you in this post in so many ways.

I'm really excited for you going back to California. Take me with you?

As I've gotten older, I've started worrying more about how my parents' divorce affects me. Who do I spend time with at my wedding? My college graduation? If I don't have enough money to visit both, which one do I visit? I'm sorry you have to go through that too.

And Ebay rocks my socks off. Except I'm on the other side of it, paying up to near retail price for other people's things (:

Now that the Toyot has passed on, it doesn't look like Chad and I will get to come see you and Leif, so we'll have to save it for when I drag him out to California with me.

Good luck with your move!

[oatmeal.livejournal.com]

Moira. wow. that's incredible... yet totally credible. alright.

I really, really want to meet Leif. Portland is probably a ways out of your way, but you'd all probably really like it up here. Just a thought. I'll probably be back in CA this summer for a bit, also; I'd love to find time to be in the same city as you.

Good luck: things work out.

[fiorebrilliante.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is a big shocker. I would love to meet Leif before you guys move. Will and I are going to be down in the DC area the last weekend of May - maybe we can work something out.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

So was it AOL that just didn't work out, or Northern VA?

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Both. Neither of us like the area, and if he lost his job (due to normal tech industry layoffs or whatever) after we signed up for another year lease, we'd be in a lot worse shape than we are now. And AOL (or his department, anyways, but probably the tech industry in general) isn't a particularly good place for a dad who wants to spend time with his family.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I think that last is "the tech industry in general" -- too many of the bastards want to own you, body and soul, 24/7.

I really wish I could figure out something else to do for a living. But I have this feeling I'm never going to be able to do anything for a living again that isn't a desk job.

Well, I hope it works out for you both.