Saturday, April 3, 2004Things to come in AprilWendy's, Mom's and my b-days are all in the month of April. Lots of celebrations :) For my mom's b-day, we're heading to Carmel this weekend. We'll be bringing Lady-- I'll try to post up the pictures from the trip. So Wendy's officially a Stanford MBA student now. Congratulations Hun!! She put down her deposit, got her final fellowship offer and is probably going to start looking for a place near Stanford. Buying a place has me kinda worried, but I guess its just like any other phase of growing up. I don't know why I'm scared-- I guess I just feel like I'm not ready for a 15/30 year mortgage. To me it feels like buying property really means two things: 1) I'm ready to settle down. 2) I'm prepared to work at a stable career until the debt is paid off. The issues above draw out a white-knuckled, butterfly-in-the-stomach response from me. I think my main fear in both cases is that I'll be locked into these assertions despite being less-than-100% certain that either case is true. I'm not sure I've even seen enough of what else is out there to even begin to settle down. I really haven't worked anywhere other than California (Bay Area and a brief stint in San Diego). In fact, I've probably lived in the same 30 mile radius for most of my life. In short, I'm not sure the Bay Area is where I want to live. It just seems to be geared for workaholic technophiles (sadly, I am one). I guess its a good fit in that respect. I mean I wonder what it'd be like just to drop everything and go to a place, like Florida or Hawaii. It would trash all the silly plans I've had, but who knows, maybe there's something even better out there that I haven't even imagined. But I guess its normal to move around-- we could always sell the place or keep it around & rent it out. As for the whole stable job issue, I really like where I am right now. But I feel like I'm still a bit uncertain about what I'd enjoy doing. Software is comfortable and fairly easy, but I wonder if doing other work would be challenging and possibly a better fit especially in the LR. I mean there are a lot of things that are attractive about software-- the flexibility, the creativity, and the analytical nature of the job really appeal to me. I just wonder if there could be something that could tickle me in a different way. I miss writing and reading-- maybe I could satisfy that through some literature classes, which could be a great segue into law if I still have that itch in a few years. Looking back at my life, its kind of strange and neat to be nearing 25 and actually on track with what you had planned out when you were 16. It's also really cool to see friends that you've grown up with transition into adults with jobs as engineers, i-bankers, aspiring actors, doctors in training etc. It's really strange how time works. Speaking of time, Wendy and I will have been together for 6 years this month-- longer than some marriages :). C'est incroyable, n'est-ce pas? As for marriage, it's probably going to be in two years now-- after Stanford (lots of reasons here :)). posted @ 05:23 AM PST [link] |
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