This has been the theme in 2011. As such, there are a couple of options in front of me in life:
Scenario 1 - Return to my long-lost homeland of California. Become happily re-united with my favorite ocean. Throw away all of my winter hats and scarves once and for all to make room for new sundresses. Return to a year-round sandal rotation. Become very tan. Find a Cal Poly boy who understands the enchantment of SLO and convince him to marry me on Dexter lawn. Eat a lot of sushi. Live a sunny and adventurous life.
Scenario 2 - Pack up and head south to the Carolinas. Become a Southern Belle. Learn how to cook?? Say goodbye to my life as business lady and head to grad school. Marry a shy Southern boy with a good brain and an adorable accent. Develop my own adorable accent. Make friends with the Atlantic Ocean. Become very tan. Buy a plantation and raise some kiddos. Invite all of our Southern friends over for barbecues on the patio.
Scenario 3 - Try my luck with a different state on the West Coast. Move to Portland, Oregon. Become a hippie. Spend my days bumming around parks. Buy some cute galoshes and a sturdy umbrella. Finish writing my novel (yes, I have a novel, and I am currently on the first chapter). Get it published and become mildly famous for being the girl who wrote that one brilliant novel. Live happily among the trees. Never pump my own gas again.
So there you go. Yes, these are all perfectly feasible. Except maybe I wouldn't become too much of a hippie. (I will probably never become a vegetarian or wear a leather headband or refuse to shave my legs.) And I'd probably find a day job in Portland just in case my brilliant novel doesn't work out. But one of these could describe my future! Stay tuned.
Scenario 3 - Try my luck with a different state on the West Coast. Move to Portland, Oregon. Become a hippie. Spend my days bumming around parks. Buy some cute galoshes and a sturdy umbrella. Finish writing my novel (yes, I have a novel, and I am currently on the first chapter). Get it published and become mildly famous for being the girl who wrote that one brilliant novel. Live happily among the trees. Never pump my own gas again.
So there you go. Yes, these are all perfectly feasible. Except maybe I wouldn't become too much of a hippie. (I will probably never become a vegetarian or wear a leather headband or refuse to shave my legs.) And I'd probably find a day job in Portland just in case my brilliant novel doesn't work out. But one of these could describe my future! Stay tuned.
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