Last Friday, my love received a call from a company he does business with.  They asked if he would be interested in working for them.  The catch is that the company is out of state.  We would have to move to San Francisco.  Right away my gut reaction was to go.  It’s a lot more money, I would not have to work, it’s a city I love, it’s something different, it’s an adventure.  But, then reality set in and I thought about leaving my family behind, I’ve never been away from them.  We have always lived with in 10 miles of each other.  We would be leaving our friends behind, more of an issue for my love and my girls, I am the loner in the family.  We would be leaving behind a life of comfort zones and heading into a life of uncertainties (ok, not a life of uncertainties, more like a period of uncertainties).  We got our both sets of parents together over the weekend and discussed it, open forum style.  My father in law moved his family around the country quite a bit when they were younger, my parents moved from Iowa to a sort of hippy commune in Colorado for 2 years, back to Iowa for 10 years, then back to Colorado and we have been here ever since.  They both agreed they did it to provide a better life for their kids, which both of them succeeded in doing.  But my father in law was adamantly against us moving.  He had some very valid points,.  My father on the other hand said to go for it.  What a great opportunity, and if it doesn’t work out, we just move back here.  Both mom’s were very even with my mother in law leaning more towards going and my mother leaning more towards staying.  We have brought it up to a few friends, most of whom come up with reasons to stay.  (earthquakes, rainy & foggy weather, leaving family, etc.)  One co-worker, E, of mine said to go, what a wonderful adventure and who wouldn’t want to live in wine country? 

So, we are torn.  My youngest the Drama Queen does not want to move, but I know she is very adaptable.  My oldest the Teen Queen cried at first then came to love the idea of moving.  As she said, we can visit at least twice a year; holidays and summer.  Plus, if she absolutely hates it, she can come back to Colorado for college in 2 years.  My love is leaning towards staying here I think.  And I have to admit, I would love to live out there, I think.  This is a complete reversal from 10 years ago when he was trying to convince me to move to California and I was adamant about never leaving Colorado.  I don’t really have anyone to talk to who has had to make this decision before,  I wouldn’t mind hearing what they decided and why and how it turned out.  That’s why I talked to E, she just moved here from Georgia, but she didn’t have a family, job offer or anything, it was more of a whim for her.  But she had a lot of insight.  Now, I will wait to hear what the official offer from the company is and maybe that will make it easier to decide.  If not, I will continue to think about it, talk it over with my love and the girls and see what fate has in store for me.