Moving on and moving out

When I started this blog I was imagining something that wasn't explicitly personal. It was definitely not a vision of "Are you there blog? It's me, margaret," but I did think that perhaps from time to time I would have to mention details of my life, if only because one person can only post on a blog so much if life isn't allowed to get in the way.

I'm sticking to my guns in that I'm not going to mention names or put in photographs of myself, but I've decided to start a new segment. As you can read in my blog description, I'm an unemployed college student who isn't satisfied. However, living your life in a constant state of dissatisfaction with EVERYTHING simply isn't sustainable. Sure, I'll never be totally satisfied (which is why you, blog, will always exist), but I still have to takes steps to make sure that I can move forward.

The next step is the Big Move from North Carolina to Chicago with my BFFer from college. I'm driving up north this Thursday to check out apartments and sign leases and do other such "School of Real Life" type things; however, I got to thinking today that maybe I shouldn't leave this out of the blog. Everybody I know from school is adjusting to life after college; why shouldn't my exploits in trying to become a real adult stay hidden away in the non-media-blog portion of my life? The new segment for the blog, therefore, is Moving on and Moving out--anything with this tag will be about trying to make a new life after college.

So I'm starting with a road trip to Oberlin and then to Chicago this Thursday. To give you a visual, I will be driving this map route:



(I also like the fact that this particular map of the United States makes it look like pre-Revolutionary war America)

And looking at craiglist entries along these lines.
(Although with more pictures and more detail than that particular entry. Sorry! I don't want any of you bitches stealing my future home).

Change is in the air...appropos to the 70 degree weather in NC today.

On and Out.